Android devices may soon offer users far more control over what access apps have to their data and hardware. The latest release has a hidden feature that removes the all-or-nothing approach to access. A key part of the Android security system is the “permissions” system which controls dozens of settings that say whether or not […]
The National Security Agency can gather and keep information about US citizens from online communications without a warrant for up to five years — as long as they get it by “accident”. That’s the revelation in the latest leaked documents in the NSA scandal. To date the story has largely centered on the ability of […]
For those of you who aren’t aware of what this comic is about, read this enlightening post on The New Yorker. [Source: Joy Of Tech]
Staff at a government laboratory have revealed they’ve been using a quantum internet since late 2010. But it’s an extremely simple model and might not scale well. The idea of a quantum internet scales from quantum computing, which used the magnetic orientation of atomic particles as a way to encode 0s and 1s. Simply put, […]
Electronic Arts is not having the best of weeks. Just days after server problems led to widespread issues for people trying to play the new edition of Sim City, the company has come under fire for a potential security risk in its game platform Origin. At the moment, the security flaw doesn’t appear to have […]
For those not aware of this yet, a meteorite exploded in the sky over Chelyabinsk, Russia earlier today, causing multiple windows to break (because of the sonic boom) and injuring over 500 people in the process. here are a few videos of the event: And here’s Neil deGrasse Tyson’s prophetic response that was posted just […]
A software developer has been busted for secretly outsourcing his work to China and instead spending his time in the office messing about on the web. The revelation comes from Verizon’s security team, which was called in to investigate at an unnamed US company involved in “critical infrastructure.” The company allows some staff to work […]
Not all parents who download smartphone apps for their children, or allow their children to pick their own apps, check up on the privacy consequences. But according to a government agency those parents who do try to look for possible drawbacks will often be out of luck. The Federal Trade Commission looked at a sample […]
Apple fans have always touted how much more secure they are with iOS is in comparison to other mobile operating systems – how the iron fist of the iTunes store also means that you are saved the hassle of having to face malware and viruses. Well perhaps not so much. A security flaw has recently […]
It’s one of those things that Apple fans love to lord over the PC-lovers and, more recently, the Android-lovers. Viruses and malware. Apple just seems to get fewer. It probably has to do with the fact that the Google Play system is a lot more open than the Apple App Store. With all the good […]