Tag: #Privacy
Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak Leaves Facebook Over Data Scandal
Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple, has announced that he’s leaving Facebook’s platform after its recent data breach scandal. Speaking with USA Today, he said...
Fuck the Internet of Things
Dinner time! Bob’s favourite dish! “How was your day?” Betty asks to open conversation. Halfway through dinner, after Betty telling Bob he should visit...
Yahoo Hit With $35 Million USD Fine Over 2014 Data Breach
Yahoo, now known as Altaba, has been given a huge fine due to a 2014 data breach. The issue, which affected 500 million users,...
Matt Damon on Edward Snowden: He Did a Great Thing [VIDEO]
In an interview posted quietly on YouTube, the actor best know for portraying a covert secret agent with a government hunting him down, goes...
My Name Is Only Real Enough to Work at Facebook, Not...
I always knew this day would come. The day that Facebook decided my name was not real enough and summarily cut me off from...
Chinese Police Are Using Facial Recognition Sunglasses for Surveillance
China’s police are utilizing sunglasses with built-in facial recognition at Zhengzhou train stations to scan travelers during the upcoming Lunar New Year. The holiday...
Germany Orders Facebook to Allow Fake Names
Facebook has been dogged by the issue of fake names on its site for some time: Should they be allowed?, Will they help users?,...
U.K. Government Wants Neighbours To Spy on Each Other
Go neighbours you really can't stand? Want to get them in a bit of trouble with the powers that be so they'll finally turn...
Computer Hacker gets 3 years jail time
Andrew Auernheimer, 27, was sentenced on Monday March 18th to three years and five months in prison for stealing the personal data of about...
Big Brother goes high-tech With RFID
It seems the friendly chaps over at Ubisense have never read 1984, because their new Employee Tracking System looks like they ignored all the Orwellian warning...
