Category: Computer Security

France issues formal notice to Microsoft about Windows 10: “stop collecting excessive data and tracking browsing by users without their consent.” | Privacy Online News

The French National Data Protection Commission (CNIL) has issued a formal notice to Microsoft regarding Windows 10 privacy and security concerns. The agency, along with >>>

Posted: July 21, 2016 in Computer, Security

Snowden Designs a Device to Warn If Your iPhone’s Radios Are Snitching

Your smartphone’s radio can be used to spy on you. The exiled NSA leaker teamed up with renowned hardware hacker Bunnie Huang to stop it. >>>

Posted: July 21, 2016 in Computer, Security

Windows 10 personal data collection ruled ‘excessive’ – Technology & Science – CBC News

Windows 10 collects “excessive” data on users, violates privacy laws in “numerous” ways and must be fixed within three months, France’s data privacy watchdog announced >>>

Posted: July 20, 2016 in Computer, Security

The FBI Can Neither Confirm Nor Deny Wiretapping Your Amazon Echo

Back in March, I filed a Freedom of Information request with the FBI asking if the agency had ever wiretapped an Amazon Echo. This week >>>

Posted: July 20, 2016 in Computer, Editorial, Security, Social

Handover of US internet control to ICANN officially blocked in Republican policy • The Register

China, Russia, Iran will ‘devour’ the web after IANA transition Source: Handover of US internet control to ICANN officially blocked in Republican policy • The >>>

Posted: July 20, 2016 in Computer, Internet, Security

North Korea’s Naenara Web Browser: It’s Weirder Than We Thought – WhiteHat Security

Naenara Browser is the DPRK’s version of Firefox that comes built into Red Star OS, the official operating system of North Korea. I recently got >>>

Posted: July 19, 2016 in Computer, Operating Systems

WikiLeaks – Search the AKP email database

Source: WikiLeaks – Search the AKP email database

Posted: July 19, 2016 in Computer, Editorial, Security, Social

For $800 you can buy internet engineers’ answer to US government spying • The Register

Open-source CrypTech board launches in Berlin Source: For $800 you can buy internet engineers’ answer to US government spying • The Register

Posted: July 19, 2016 in Computer, Security

Cloudflare reCAPTCHA De-anonymizes Tor Users

Source: Cloudflare reCAPTCHA De-anonymizes Tor Users

Posted: July 19, 2016 in Computer, Internet, Security

Chemical breakthrough in quantum computing

Nanowerk, the leading nanotechnology portal, is committed to educate, inform and inspire about nanotechnologies, nanosciences, and other emerging techs

Posted: July 18, 2016 in Chemistry, Computer, Quantum Computing