Source: Theguardian

Fingerprint spoofing on remote wipe could leave iPhone 5S vulnerable

Fingerprint spoofing on remote wipe could leave iPhone 5S vulnerable

October 4, 2013

The future of security likely lies in biometrics of some sort, but the problems that have plagued the iPhone 5S...

Tor privacy network targeted by NSA, GCHQ

Tor privacy network targeted by NSA, GCHQ

October 4, 2013

The spy organizations for the United States and the United Kingdom both targeted Tor, a private network that allows users...

Secret files – codenamed Marina – show NSA keeps metadata for a year

Secret files – codenamed Marina – show NSA keeps metadata for a year

September 30, 2013

Life patterns are within the hands of the NSA regardless of whether you're a person of interest or not according...

Even Samsung thinks their Gear is worthless

Even Samsung thinks their Gear is worthless

September 29, 2013

The smartwatch revolution is just beginning and the first casualty may have already been logged. Samsung admits their Gear "lacks...

Private mission delivering supplies to ISS delayed

Private mission delivering supplies to ISS delayed

September 22, 2013

With NASA dumping the space shuttle program, they needed an alternative method of delivering supplies to the International Space Station....

Brazil wants the US internet out of their country… and everywhere else

Brazil wants the US internet out of their country… and everywhere else

September 20, 2013

The NSA spying operations weren't the catalyst, but they may be the last straw. Now, Brazil's government is expected to...

Eric Schmidt on spying: ‘the nature of our society’

Eric Schmidt on spying: ‘the nature of our society’

September 13, 2013

Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of Google, reiterated the tech industry's call for greater transparency from the US government over...

Yahoo CEO Mayer: we faced jail if we revealed NSA surveillance secrets

Yahoo CEO Mayer: we faced jail if we revealed NSA surveillance secrets

September 11, 2013

Mark Zuckerberg joins Mayer in hitting back at critics of tech companies, saying US government did 'bad job' of balancing...

NSA shares intelligence data with Israel

NSA shares intelligence data with Israel

September 11, 2013

The National Security Agency routinely shares raw intelligence data withIsrael without first sifting it to remove information about US citizens, a top-secret...

How US and UK spy agencies defeat internet privacy and security

How US and UK spy agencies defeat internet privacy and security

September 6, 2013

US and British intelligence agencies have successfully cracked much of the online encryption relied upon by hundreds of millions of...

The US government has betrayed the internet. We need to take it back.

The US government has betrayed the internet. We need to take it back.

September 5, 2013

Government and industry have betrayed the internet, and us. By subverting the internet at every level to make it a vast,...