Reminder: the CIA has been able to hack your WiFi router for years
The CIA has had the tools to take over your router for over a decade, according to government documents leaked by Wikileaks. The software, CherryBlossom, is a custom Linux operating…
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Call to Action: Write to the European Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee on the upcoming copyright vote
On October 10, an important committee in the European Parliament will vote on future copyright law. It hangs in the balance, and ordinary people like you and I contacting Members…
The Chinese IT giant Huawei has big plans for the cloud in Western markets, with important implications for privacy
Some Chinese high-tech companies may be bigger than you think. The e-commerce giant Alibaba has a market capitalization of over $400 billion. The social media and gaming company Tencent is…
President Trump wants to “cut off” the internet in response to terrorism
President Donald Trump has called (in a tweet) to "cut off" the internet following the September 15th London Tube bombing. The cited reason? Because it is a terrorist recruitment tool.…
Your phone can now be turned into an ultrasound sonar tracker against you and others
New research shows how a mobile phone can be turned into a passive indoor ultrasound sonar, locating people with high precision indoors using multi-target echolocation, and is even able to…
California’s Senate votes today (maybe) on A.B. 375: California Broadband Internet Privacy Act
California's State Senate will vote today on A.B. 375 - the California Broadband Internet Privacy Act. The bill forces ISPs to get a customer's express opt-in permission before collecting sensitive…
Another threat to your privacy: the way you write
The 'creator' of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto, has been identified. That, at least, is the claim in a recent article by Alexander Muse on Medium. But don't get too excited. The…
Equifax, yet another catastrophic leak: the old world can’t get away with this stuff anymore
Equifax leaks 143 million social security numbers, and the tech world stands jawdropped, while the mainstream press treats it as a sideline note. This treatment of security on the sidelines…
A computer tells your government you’re 91% gay. Now what?
A fascinating and horrifying new AI algorithm is able to predict your sexual orientation with 91% accuracy from five photographs of your face. According to the researchers, the human brain…
Malaysia blocked Steam because of a single game, those trying to play it will need a VPN
Malaysia temporarily blocked Valve's popular gaming engine, Steam, across the entire country on September 8th, 2017 over a 2D brawler called Fight of the Gods. The Malaysian government had given…