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10/09/2018 / By Ethan Huff

Massive Google cover-up exposed: Hundreds of thousands of users compromised; Google tried to sweep it under the rug

Not that anyone ever really used it anyway, but social networking site Google Plus is officially going the way of the dodo bird after it was revealed that private data on hundreds of thousands of users was leaked due to a “bug.” According to reports, a “vulnerability” was discovered during one of Google’s “Project Strobe” […]

07/22/2018 / By Michelle Simmons

Health apps are BAD for your privacy: 80% or more share your data, research reveals

A European study revealed that mobile health apps were sending health-related data to third-party companies, harming the privacy of its users. This study was conducted by a team of researchers from the University of Pireus in Greece and Rovira I Virgili University in Spain. The research team analyzed 20 well-known, free mobile health apps that […]

03/16/2018 / By David Williams

Data from connected cars will be exploited, monetized by car companies; most drivers have absolutely no idea it has already begun

Lots of cars now come standard with built-in cellular networking technology. Whether a car is autonomous or not is completely irrelevant. Car companies have been selling so-called smart cars for many years now. But just like regular cellphones, which also connect to cellular networks, these cars tend to store personally identifiable information (PII) about you. […]

12/28/2017 / By Rita Winters

Is your online data secure? The personal data of 31 MILLION users was compromised by keyboard app developers who used an unsecured online database

Free apps come with a price. More often than not, free app developers request permission upon download to access a smartphone’s user data to monetize advertisements within the app. An Android and iOS on-screen keyboard app called AI.type recently failed to secure their user database server with a password, allowing anyone to access 577 gigabytes […]

01/03/2017 / By Don Wrightman

CLOSE CALL: European Union finally rejects horrific mass surveillance legislation

The British government’s mass surveillance powers have been severely undermined by The European Union’s top court. The new ruling could constrain police and spy agency investigations. The judgement was handed down last month, in Luxembourg, where the European Court of Justice declared that general and indiscriminate data retention regarding people’s communications and whereabouts is inconsistent […]

12/14/2016 / By Don Wrightman

Sony just invented a personal assistant that fits in your ear

Xperia Ear is Sony’s new intelligent personal assistant. The Sony Mobile smart product is an in-ear personal assistant that can help you communicate and be productive by using conversational voice interaction or simple head gestures. The design strives to provide a new way of communicating, without compromising your attention to the world around you. The […]

10/07/2015 / By Chris Draper

150 million vehicles will be vulnerable to hacking by 2020

People are jumping on board the connected car bandwagon. Approximately 150 million connected cars are expected to be on road by 2020. Although connected cars enable drivers to access the internet with ease, they enable hackers to take control of vehicles as well.(1) Earlier this year, hackers were able to take control of a Jeep […]

09/03/2015 / By usafeaturesmedia

Russia, China cross-indexing hacked data to expose, blackmail U.S. spies

(NationalSecurity.news) Spy services in a number of foreign countries, especially Russia and China, are busy cross-indexing hacked U.S. computer databases, including those containing security clearance applications, airline records and medical insurance forms, in order to identify U.S. intelligence officers, officials have told the Los Angeles Times. At least one undercover network of U.S. engineers and […]

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