privacy

Right to Be Forgotten Is a Waste of Time

The legal ruling in Europe that allows everyone to wipe their digital slate clean is a complete and utter waste of time. Simply removing your articles from Google is hardly ...

July 31, 2014 at 8:22 am by

Facebook Facial Recognition Software Proven to be More Accurate than FBI Counterpart

There has been a lot of debating when it comes to facial recognition, having the FBI scare people off with its Next Generation Identification project and its intention to ...

July 9, 2014 at 5:23 pm by

Singapore Plans to Get Rid of Illegal Websites with New Law

Singapore is said to have its Law Ministry cooking up a law since April, similar to what is currently in effect in the UK, which will amend the Copyright Act and force ISPs to ...

July 9, 2014 at 3:37 pm by

NSA Revealed to have Collected Docs from Innocent Individuals, not Valid Targets

It appears that a huge report from The Washington Post has uncovered a large number of communications and documents collected by the National Security Agency’s ...

July 6, 2014 at 7:48 pm by

Google is Forced to Censor Negative Information through ‘Right to be Forgotten’

The law given by the European Union, forcing Google to remove links to information people wish to no longer have available on the Internet, is apparently working like a charm. ...

July 3, 2014 at 5:59 pm by

Quadrocopter Pilot Assaulted on Beach – Video Secures Prosecution

Personal quadrocopters such as the A.R. Drone 2 from Parrot are quickly becoming a techie’s toy and to be honest it’s easy to see why. There are though many people ...

June 10, 2014 at 9:55 pm by

iOS8 to Include MAC Address Spoofing – Marketing Data Will be Heavily Affected

With Apple’s latest iOS8 platform drawing nearer and nearer to its release date – which even at this time is not confirmed (although we do estimate a date of ...

June 10, 2014 at 4:40 pm by

Google Received 12000 “Forget” Requests On The First Day Of The Service

A recent change in EU law meant Google was forced to examine and process requests from European citizens who want to be removed from the Google search engine directories. On ...

June 1, 2014 at 10:45 am by

Edward Snowden Reveals he was Trained as a Spy and Not an Analyst

After leaking information about NSA activities and other secret plots, Edward Snowden makes another statement to the press. This time around, he reveals his own past relations ...

May 29, 2014 at 7:24 pm by

Man Receives Access to High School Girl’s Account Due To Instagram Bug

There are a lot of applications out that which let users sign in using their Facebook account. However, Instagram is one application which ‘assumes’ that ...

May 29, 2014 at 7:24 pm by

Ever Visited WikiLeaks? Well You’ve Been Logged And Your Visit Recorded

New revelations reveal that the NSA and GCHQ have been heavily monitoring WikiLeaks. Some of the revelations include that the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been placed ...

February 18, 2014 at 11:18 am by

Germany and France Looking To Create NSA-Free European Communications Networks

According to the German Chancellor’s weekly podcast she will be working with France to develop a European Communications Network that bypasses any American-based nodes ...

February 16, 2014 at 12:57 pm by

Samsung’s Context Service May Take Data Collection And Surveillance To Worrying Levels

A report by TheInformation, via the Verge, suggests that Samsung is working on a new service that will allow app developers to know even more details about mobile users. The ...

February 11, 2014 at 2:54 pm by

Google Refuses To Pay French Privacy Fine, Has To Admit Guilt On Google France

Google recently lost a legal dispute in France for failing to tell French citizens exactly what happens to the personal data that Google collects about them. As a result ...

February 8, 2014 at 11:45 pm by

NYPD Trialling Google Glass To Aid Officers In The Field

Google Glass has been attracting the attention of the authorities recently – in Wyoming a bill has been proposed to ban Google Glass while driving and in Ohio a man ...

February 8, 2014 at 9:45 pm by

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