spying

The FBI has succeeded in uniting silicon valley...against the FBI

Posted in Business on 26th Feb, 2016
by Alex Muller

Never have we seen so many tech companies united against the US government.

NSA planned to sneak spyware onto smartphone app stores

Posted in Software on 22nd May, 2015
by Alex Muller

In addition to using these 'implants' for plain old spying, the agencies also intended to use hijacked phones to send bad information to targets.

Smart devices: Is privacy loss inevitable?

Posted in Business on 10th Feb, 2015
by Alex Muller

People who use smart devices that monitor what they do will have to get used to giving up some privacy, warns a top technologist.

US privacy confidence at new low

Posted in Online on 12th Nov, 2014
by Alex Muller

The vast majority, 91% of Americans believe that consumers have lost control over how personal information is collected and used by companies, according to a survey.

NSA is collecting millions of photographs daily for facial recognition program

Posted in Software on 2nd Jun, 2014
by Alex Muller

The NSA isn't limiting itself to telephone metadata and email communications.