Recently, an unsecured database from China was accessed by a Dutch security researcher who revealed the shocking depth of state surveillance. The database contained close to 364 million records of Chinese citizens. The information captured included private chat logs, names, GPS locations, file transfers, and so on. Wide surveillance network database The security researcher, Victor Gevers, who ...
Many people have bought into the Amazon Echo and Alexa craze, setting them up eagerly in their homes. Unfortunately, the vast majority of people have little to no idea that these technologies pose a significant risk to their privacy. Privacy risks In May last year, a family in Portland was shocked to find that their ...
Last year, Google CEO Sundar Pichai stated that the company had no immediate plans to go ahead with implementing project Dragonfly, a censored search engine, in China. Since he never confirmed that the project was fully shut down, there was always speculation that it was active. And now, a few employees at Google have uncovered ...
Malcolm Turnbull, the former Prime Minister of Australia, has warned the United Kingdom against using Huawei to build their 5G networks, arguing that such an action would be a grave security risk to the nation. Australia has already banned the use of Huawei 5G hardware in their networks. Banning Huawei Turnbull highlighted the recent hacking ...
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been using an online surveillance program to track private messages of users on apps like WeChat and QQ, a data leak shows. The leak was discovered by Victor Gevers, a security researcher who works for the non-profit GDI foundation that campaigns for a free Internet. Tracking social networks Gevers ...
Boeing is facing a difficult time as several countries, including China and the U.S., have grounded their 737 Max 8 model after two planes crashed in less than six months. The first plane crashed in late October in Indonesia and was operated by Lion Air. The accident killed 189 people. The second crash took place ...
With Google rumored to be secretly continuing with its censored search engine project for China, Dragonfly, many are worried about the future of the Internet. Brandon Downey, a former security team member at Google and the author of An Old Approach to China, strongly believes that the company should not bow before the Chinese regime ...
When Tim Berners-Lee created the HTTP protocol to help CERN scientists across the world share information and cooperate with one another, he laid the foundations of the Internet we know today. Decades after its invention, it is now an integral part of human society. However, Francois Fluckiger, the man who assumed charge of the web ...
A security research report has revealed that Chinese hacking groups targeted a minimum of 27 American universities, looking for U.S. military secrets. The report is authored by iDefense, the security research wing of Accenture. Stealing American secrets by hacking The hackers are said to use spear phishing to access files, meaning that they appear as ...
In a report that focused on social media disinformation, UK lawmakers charged Facebook with violating competition and data privacy laws. It also accused CEO Mark Zuckerberg of disrespecting the parliament by choosing not to appear before it. Facebook violating the privacy of UK citizens The UK Digital, Culture, Media and Sports Committee reviewed a set ...
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