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Kyt Dotson

Kyt Dotson is a Senior Editor at SiliconAngle and works to cover beats surrounding DevOps, security, gaming, and cutting edge technology. Before joining SiliconAngle, Kyt worked as a software engineer starting at Motorola in Q&A to eventually settle at Pets911.com where he helped build a vast database for pet adoption and a lost and found system. Kyt is a published author who writes science fiction and fantasy works that incorporate ideas from modern-day technological innovation and explore the outcome of living with those technologies.

California Judge Gives Go-Ahead for Google Class-Action Involving WiFi Snooping

By Kyt Dotson Jul 5, 2011

United States wiretapping laws are notoriously used in contexts way beyond any possible intent due to the zealotry of law enforcement and the inexorable march of technology. When much of the wiretapping legislation had…

Facebook Blocks Chrome Extension for Exporting Friends to Google+

By Kyt Dotson Jul 5, 2011

In what is going to certainly be the next level in the fight between Facebook and Google over data portability and reciprocity, a Facebook has blocked the functioning of a Chrome browser extension that…

Sabu of LulzSec Speaks with NewScientist Reporter

By Kyt Dotson Jul 4, 2011

It looks like one of the hackers tied to the hacker group LulzSec has spoken with a journalist at NewScientist. In his short exchange he paints a picture of being involved in these hactivist…

Dropbox’s Updated Terms of Service: What You Should Know

By Kyt Dotson Jul 4, 2011

In attempt to reconnect with users who have felt burned by numerous security concerns jumping out of their service from both technical and social angles, Dropbox have decided to address this head on by…

In Wake of Hack Leading to Bitcoin Crash, Mt. Gox Begins to Grow Up

By Kyt Dotson Jul 1, 2011

In a press statement yesterday, MtGox.com acknowledged the security issues and the hack that lead to the crash of the bitcoin economy earlier in June. After freezing all of their assets in the wake…

Kaspersky Labs Uncovers Highly Sophisticated Botnet that Forms “Indestructible” Network

By Kyt Dotson Jun 30, 2011

It appeared in 2008, pulling itself out of the mire of malware ecology to quickly become dominant in its niche. Originally named TDL by its creator—identified as TDSS by Kaspersky Labs—the malware eventually became…

Google+ Early Adopters Discover First Privacy Flaw

By Kyt Dotson Jun 30, 2011

Google+ is out and the Internet populace has hit it like a bag of hammers (so hard in fact that Google had to shut down invites for a while due to overwhelming demand.) In…

FBI Closing in on LulzSec with Search Warrant in Ohio

By Kyt Dotson Jun 29, 2011

A federally sealed search warrant was executed by the FBI in Hamilton Township but no arrests have been made. While much of the news appears to be reporting that it was an area “teen”…

GeoHot (George Hotz) Famous iPhone and Sony Hacker Now Working at Facebook

By Kyt Dotson Jun 29, 2011

George Hotz, also known as GeoHot, has been confirmed by Facebook as being in their employ. Hotz is best known for his engineering prowess with the iPhone and as the person who broke the…