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Facebook accused of ‘reading’ your private messages
Facebook has found itself in hot water for the umpteenth time, and once again it’s due to alleged privacy violations. So what has the social media giant done this time around, you ask? Well, all of the ‘private’ messages sent to your friends aren’t nearly as private as you might have hoped, for Facebook apparently ...
Windows crash reports give the NSA ‘passive access’ to your PC
If you’re a Windows user – as the vast majority of desktop owners are – you’ll be entirely familiar with that irritating message that follows a system crash: “The system has recovered from a serious error. A log of this error has been created. Please tell Microsoft about this problem,” followed by the option to ...
Windows 8 isn’t doing too bad at all, now running on 10% of all desktops
Microsoft has every reason to think this year’s set to be a good one, following the news that its divisive Windows 8 and 8.1 operating systems have finally landed on 10 percent of all desktops running to date. The stats come from Net Applications, which is one of the leading monitors of such things, and ...
Snapchat API exploit results in 4.6M usernames and phone numbers exposed
Snapchat users are mistaken if they think that the messaging platform is inherently more secure than others. While it’s gained millions of users over the last year due to the way it permanently deletes messages and photos after a period of ten seconds or less, that doesn’t mean its servers can’t give up confidential details ...
BlackBerry outlines its New Year resolution: Saving its ass with enterprise, BBM focus
Everyone hopes for the new year to be more successful than the previous one, but few will have a more daunting task to achieve that than BlackBerry’s new CEO John Chen. Which is precisely why Chen has decided to get the ball rolling early, whilst most people in the tech world are still kicking it ...
The NSA has totally compromised Apple’s iPhone, leaked documents show
It’s very likely that all what we’ve learned about the NSA’s spy program is but the tip of the iceberg of the agency’s true capabilities, following yet more revelations published yesterday. Just days after leaked documents from the Ed Snowden treasure trove revealed that the NSA was intercepting laptops ordered online to install spyware and ...
Doggone it! Someone’s just ripped of 21 million Dogecoins
Dogecoin, which is probably the most ridiculous cryptocurrency to emerge so far, based on one of this year’s most ridiculous internet memes, has reportedly suffered its first hacking incident with more than 21 million Dogecoins stolen from the Dogewallet online wallet service. If you’re wondering what the hell Dogecoin is, the IB Times gives a ...
Dread Pirate Roberts wants his Bitcoin booty back
Alleged Silk Road website mastermind Ross Ulbricht, AKA Dread Pirate Roberts, has just launched an ambitious attempt to have more than 173,000 Bitcoins seized by the FBI returned to him, despite continuing to protest his innocence in the charges leveled against him. The argument given by Ulbricht is an interesting one – he admits his ...
RSA hits back, categorically denies NSA ‘bribe’ allegations
The security people at RSA aren’t a very happy bunch at the moment – just days after being accused of taking a $10 million ‘bribe’ from the NSA in order to facilitate it’s spying, the company has hit back with a strongly-worded denial of the allegations. Claims that RSA had taken a bribe emerged last ...
Overstock jumps into bed with Bitcoin
Bitcoin is about to get a whole lot more useful than it already is, following last week’s announcement that Overstock.com is to begin accepting the currency soon. In interviews given to both the Financial Times and the Los Angeles Times, Overstock’s CEO Patrick Byrne revealed that the company will begin accepting payments via Bitcoin some ...