Category: Security

Facebook code allowed partners ‘continued data access’ despite shutdown

Post author By Randall
Post date July 24, 2019
Categories In data, Facebook, gear, Internet, Microsoft, Privacy, Security, social network, social networking, Sony, Tech

[ad_1] The social site said it was restricting access for all partners, and was “immediately” ending Microsoft and Sony’s access to friend data. It also reiterated that it has new measures in place to limit data access, including more user controls, rewards for reports of data misuse and a review process for every new or […]

A new bill could ban facial recognition in federally-funded housing

Post author By Randall
Post date July 23, 2019
Categories In ayanna pressley, ban, bill, department of housing and urban development, facial recognition, federal, gear, Home, hud, law, legislation, limit, no biometric barriers to housing act, Politics, prohibit, rashida tlaib, representatives, Security, Tech, technology, tomorrow, yvette clarke

[ad_1] If passed, the bill would prohibit facial recognition in public housing units that receive Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funding. It would also require HUD to submit a report on facial recognition and its impacts on public housing units and tenants. The legislation will be proposed by Reps. Yvette Clarke (D-NY), Ayanna […]

Hackers broke into a contractor for Russia’s spy agency

Post author By Randall
Post date July 21, 2019
Categories In 0v1ru$, active directory, anonymity, data breach, fsb, gear, Hack, Internet, ovirus, Politics, Privacy, Russia, Security, spying, surveillance, sytech, Tech, tor

[ad_1] The most prominent of the projects, Nautilus-S, was meant to deanonymize Tor traffic and create a database of Tor users and devices. Work started on it in 2012, and it appears to have been put into use in 2014, when Swedish researchers discovered Russian Tor nodes trying to decipher data. It’s unclear how successful […]

NSA contractor sentenced to nine years over theft of classified info

Post author By Randall
Post date July 20, 2019
Categories In cia, cyber command, gear, harold martin, leak, nsa, Security, shadow brokers, Tech

[ad_1] In 2016, federal agents arrested NSA contractor Harold Martin for stealing up to 50TB of classified information, and reports claimed that included offensive hacking technology designed to break into foreign computer networks. Sources for the data he took included the NSA, CIA and US Cyber Command over two decades between 1996 and 2016. On […]

A sheriff’s office in Colorado will use Galaxy S9s as body cameras

Post author By Randall
Post date July 18, 2019
Categories In att, automatic upload, body cameras, Colorado, deputies, firstnet, gadgetry, Gadgets, galaxy s9, gear, kit carson county, police, real-time, Samsung, Security, sheriff, Tech, Wearables

[ad_1] Using Galaxy S9s as body cameras might bring some benefits, like automatic uploads and real-time livestreams. But it’s an odd thing to tout at the moment, given all of the backlash about body cameras being worn but not turned on and growing concern about police-use of facial recognition — though Samsung did not say […]

Instagram will notify you before it disables your account

Post author By Randall
Post date July 18, 2019
Categories In account, accounts, app, appeal, disable, disabled, Facebook, gear, Instagram, Internet, Mobile, notification, notify, policy, Safety, Security, Tech, violations

[ad_1] While that could mean more accounts get disabled, Instagram will notify users if they’re at risk of being cut off. Users will be able to appeal content deleted for violations including nudity and pornography, bullying and harassment, hate speech, drug sales and counter-terrorism policies. And while users have long been able to appeal disabled […]

Microsoft demos its bid at creating ‘secure’ voting systems

Post author By Randall
Post date July 17, 2019
Categories In accountguard, adaptive controller, clear ballot, electionguard, elections, gear, Internet, Microsoft, Politics, Security, smartmatic, surface, Tech, voting, xbox adaptive controller

[ad_1] After you’ve cast your ballot using either the Surface or the controller, ElectionGuard uses homomorphic encryption to count the vote while keeping the data encrypted. It also offers a tracking code that voters can enter on the web to verify that their vote was both counted and hasn’t been changed. And yes, there will […]

Oakland bans city use of facial recognition software

Post author By Randall
Post date July 17, 2019
Categories In ban, bias, body cameras, california, city, city council, facial recognition, gear, inaccuracies, oakland, police, Politics, Privacy, Security, surveillance, Tech, tomorrow

[ad_1] Oakland, Calif. is now the third US city to ban the use of facial recognition technology. The city passed an ordinance yesterday that prohibits the use of the technology on the grounds that it is often inaccurate, potentially invasive and lacks standards. “Face recognition technology runs the risk of making Oakland residents less safe […]

Google pulls stalking apps from the Play Store

Post author By Randall
Post date July 17, 2019
Categories In Android, app, apps, avast, gear, Google, google play, Internet, Mobile, Privacy, Security, stalking, Tech

[ad_1] The apps were frequently pitched as employee and parental monitoring tools, but CNET found that some people weren’t using the app that way. Reviews for Spy Tracker, for instance, included numerous people using the app to stalk romantic partners. The clients were mildly popular — they had 130,000 total downloads. When asked for comment, […]

A Bluetooth vulnerability could give hackers your location

Post author By Randall
Post date July 17, 2019
Categories In algorithm, Android, bluetooth, boston university, data, device, Fitbit, gadgetry, Gadgets, gear, hacking, ios, location, Research, Security, sniffer, stalking, Tech, tracking, vulnerability, Wearables, windows 10

[ad_1] The vulnerability has to do with the way Bluetooth-enabled devices pair with each other. In that relationship, one device serves as the central connection and the other plays a peripheral role. The peripheral device sends out a signal that contains a unique address — similar to an IP address — and data about the […]