Wickr, the instant messaging equivalent of Snapchat, is now available for home computers. The desktop version operates in the same way as the smartphone app, allowing users to ...
December 4, 2014 at 5:52 pm by Ashley Allen
Twitter has just announced that it is now tracking other apps that its users have installed, therefore allowing ads to be more directly targeted to all. This change will ...
November 27, 2014 at 3:55 am by Chris Smith
The creepy site we reported on that streamed thousands of private IP cameras has been shut down, with its owner after a new job. Visiting the site in question now only ...
November 24, 2014 at 10:32 pm by Ryan Simmons
In an example of truly terrible website design, a site set up by the government of Northern Ireland to encourage people to learn the Irish language, has been temporarily ...
November 18, 2014 at 6:25 pm by Ryan Simmons
Privacy pressure group Big Brother Watch has conducted research revealing a startling number of sensitive data breaches by the UK’s National Health Service. On average, ...
November 14, 2014 at 6:47 pm by Ryan Simmons
On Monday we reported Facebook’s announcement that they would be officially supporting users of the Tor browser. Now yet another web giant, this time an open source ...
November 13, 2014 at 7:58 am by Ryan Simmons
Got rid of your iPhone and you’ve found you’re not receiving text messages from friends? No problem, as Apple quietly released a tool yesterday that ...
November 10, 2014 at 7:40 pm by Ryan Simmons
Counselling charity Samaritans has pulled a suicide prevention Twitter app that caused a great deal of controversy. The ‘Radar’ app was intended to scan tweets for ...
November 10, 2014 at 6:40 pm by Ryan Simmons
The prestigious Harvard University has revealed it conducted an experiment using cameras to track attendance. The experiment which used security cameras and custom software to ...
November 10, 2014 at 3:57 pm by Ryan Simmons
Facebook has taken the unusual move of supporting Tor, the anonymising “dark web” service. The social networking site was already accessible via Tor, ...
November 10, 2014 at 1:56 pm by Ryan Simmons
In a digital world that is (rightly) obsessed with online security and privacy, Adobe seem have have taken the risky and rather silly move of spying on users of their Adobe ...
October 7, 2014 at 10:51 am by Peter Donnell
Apple has recently changed it’s privacy guidelines for developers wishing to utilize its own HealthKit framework. Some are taking this change as another sign that ...
August 29, 2014 at 4:31 am by Chris Smith
John McAfee has one of the best known names in the industry and often finds himself the focus of unique and interesting tales, today is no different. The cybersecuity ...
August 18, 2014 at 10:54 am by Peter Donnell
Facebook’s aim is to be a social network, dedicated to maintaining friendships, creating new ones, share experiences and most importantly, chatting with friends. ...
August 3, 2014 at 9:16 pm by Gabriel Roşu
Activist and law student, Max Schrems, has launched an international class action suit against Facebook Ireland for not being in accordance with European data protection law. ...
August 2, 2014 at 5:11 pm by Gabriel Roşu
