Is there no end to Facebook’s petty humiliations? It is now the turn of an obscure startup called Six4Three to cause the company trouble.
Tag Archives: Privacy
Are your Android apps sending unencrypted data?
This simple setup will help you discover if you’ve got leaky apps.
Wayback Machine ‘unarchives’ spying website
Who is archiving the web, and what happens when people ask for information to be ‘un-archived’? We may have just found out.
Facebook’s counterintuitive way to combat nonconsensual porn
“Upload your nudes to stop revenge porn” might sound crazy but it actually makes sense.
FBI admits to inflating number of crime-related devices it can’t crack
Investigators can’t get into 7,775 devices? Nah, the FBI admits: it’s more like 1,200… or 2000… pending an audit, it’s not really sure.
Google in court over ‘clandestine tracking’ of 4.4m iPhone users
The search giant could be looking at a giant fine of up to $4.3b.
Server? What server? Site forgotten for 12 years attracts hacks, fines
The University of Greenwich might not have noticed the website but hackers did.
TeenSafe phone monitoring app leaks teens’ iCloud logins in plaintext
The “secure” monitoring app is used by over a million parents.
Mugshots.com’s alleged owners arrested for extortion
Mugshots.com publishes people’s mugshots and extorts a removal fee.
Real-time cellphone location data leaked for all major US carriers
From the carriers to LocationSmart to 3Cinteractive to Securus: there appears to be a chain pockmarked with lack of authentication and data lost to hackers.