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Closed doors are no match for a Wi‑Fi peeping tom and a smartphone
Researchers have found that a smartphone and some smart number crunching can track people moving in their homes as they reflect radio waves.
Wi-Fi versions to get names people can actually understand
The high priests of Wi-Fi just made your life – and the lives of wireless network equipment vendors everywhere – a little easier.
FTC sanctions phone location tracking company for not allowing customer opt-out
Nomi has been ordered to tidy up its business practices as part of a settlement with the FTC over its tracking of retail customers’ smartphones.
Privacy group wants to shut down “eavesdropping” Barbie
It’s worried about kids’ voices being recorded by a corporation that will then target ads at them, but it should be far more worried about security and privacy. 
Get ready for the internet-enabled, speech recognising, joke-telling Barbie
An internet-enabled toy that talks to your kids: what could possibly go wrong?!
War Kitteh hunts out your unsecured Wi-Fi
Coco the cat was outfitted with Wi-Fi sniffing equipment in his collar, enabling him to map out 23 unique Wi-Fi hotspots, 4 of which used feeble WEP encryption, 4 of which were wide open, requiring no password. He also caught a mouse, showing him to be adroit in both analog and digital media. 
Most people think public Wi-Fi is safe. Seriously?
Talk about dismaying numbers! In Ofcom’s recent report, three quarters of the public were unconcerned about security when accessing Wi-Fi outside of their homes, and were quite happy to do *anything* on public Wi-Fi. Help us educate them, please!
UK city of York dangles free Wi-Fi in exchange for its residents’ data
The UK city of York is planning to roll out citywide free Wi-Fi. Correction: it’s only “free” if you don’t count the privacy you stand to lose. 
World Cup security well executed if you don’t count the WiFi
The company providing security for one of the World Cup venues in Brazil accidentally posted a photo containing the secret WiFi password. Does it really matter? Was it even a secret to begin with?