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Porn sites pose growing malware risk to users
Some of the internet’s most popular pornography websites are increasingly putting visitors at risk new research has found.Advertisements displayed by the sites, which are visited by millions every day,...
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Google Glasses- no advertising will be allowed
Google have announced that their controversial Google Glasses will not be allowed to place advertising within the device’s display.The newly published terms and conditions for developers working on...
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Your email account hacked? Heres what to do
Your email account did not accepting your password- or a friend wants to know why you are sending out emails with nothing in it, but a link.Join the back of the queue- your email account has been...
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“Free” computers are creating a very expensive society
While people are created equal, computers are not. When people share information freely, those who own the best computers benefit in ways that impoverish everyone else. Those with the best computers...
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Blind Federation criticises website security tests
The National Federation for the Blind says its members are unable to sign an e-petition calling for printed material to be more accessible to the visually impaired because of “Captcha” security. The...
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Police to target pirate copyright websites
The City of London Police has started contacting websites it believes are profiting by breaking copyright laws. The police and the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau have written to two sites known to...
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US govt has been spying for years on us
The National Security Agency (NSA) has been tracking the phone calls, emails and posts of millions of people for years it has been revealed. The Guardian and the Washington Post have announced that the...
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US snoopers program PRISM- more information leaking out
News that the US government’s National Security Agency (NSA) has been snooping into the phone records of Verizon customers quickly escalated into reports that it also had backdoor access to the major...
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Warning over hacked webcams
Webcams should be covered when not in use because hackers could be using them to spy on people a charity has warned.Childnet International says webcams should be disconnected when not in use, and...
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Google given another data deletion notice
Google has been given another 35 days to delete the remaining data it “mistakenly collected” while taking pictures for its Street View service, or face criminal proceedings. It’s investigation into...
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UK under cyberspace attack warns GCHQ
The UK is under daily attack in cyberspace according to British intelligence. Britain is seeing about 70 sophisticated cyber espionage operations a month against government or industry networks. GCHQ...
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France warns Snowden bugging claims will damage EU- USA relationship
French President Francois Hollande has said allegations that the US bugged European embassies could threaten a huge planned EU-US trade deal.He said there could be no negotiations without guarantees...
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Nuisance calls must be stopped says ICO
The data protection regulator has called for more powers to stop companies making nuisance calls, after fining a firm that broke the rules.Tameside Energy Services, based in Denton, Manchester was...
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Google’s Android accounts for 79% of phone malware
79% of malicious attacks on mobiles in 2012 occurred on devices running Google’s Android operating system, US authorities have said.Public information website Public Intelligence published the...
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GCHQ and NSA spy on smartphones
GCHQ and the US National Security Agency (NSA) is reported have cracked the security codes which protect data on iPhones, Blackberries and Android devices. German news weekly Der Spiegel says documents...
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Sir Tim Berners-Lee- UK and US govt encryption cracking is appalling and foolish
Sir Tim Berners-Lee, who created the world wide web called for a “full and frank public debate” over internet surveillance by the National Security Agency and GCHQ- warning that the system of checks...
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Stolen Facebook, Google passwords dumped online
More than two million stolen passwords used for sites such as Facebook, Google and other web services have been posted online.It is suspected the data was taken from computers infected with malicious...
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GCHQ and NSA tracking billions of mobile phones
Almost five billion mobile phone location records are logged by GCHQ and NSA every day according to reports the Washington Post.The data is said to help the NSA track individuals, and map who they...
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The dangers of the Connected Home
The Internet of Things (IoT) lets us communicate and connect via a myriad of different technologies. The IoT promises to let stuff, devices and gadgets connect in the same way that humans do via the...
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Did GCHQ spy on you- how to check
A recent UK tribunal that GCHQ illegally spied on UK citizens means that you can now try and find out if they spied on you. The Tribunal’s decision was the first time that the court ruled against the...
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