By B.N. Frank According to ArsTechnica.com, this operation was carefully designed and included multiple stages. Audio, contacts, location, and more was stolen for years. The…
By Daisy Luther This weekend, on April 6th, we’re having another Y2K. This one is on GPS devices, as they roll over from “week 1024”…
By Bennett Cyphers and Jason Kelley Once again, Facebook is in the news for bad security practices, dark design patterns, and secretly reappropriating sensitive data…
By Thomas Eckert Donald Trump found himself in hot water last month with critics and supporters alike. His new spending bill didn’t sit well with…
By Gennie Gebhart In his latest announcement, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg embraces privacy and security fundamentals like end-to-end encrypted messaging. But announcing a plan is…
By MassPrivateI Across the country fire departments in Connecticut, Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina and Illinois have begun encrypting their radio transmissions, effectively turning them into secret public safety…
By Gennie Gebhart When we publicly demanded that Facebook stop messing with users’ phone numbers last week, we weren’t expecting the social network to double…
By B.N. Frank The Telecom Industry can’t even say that 5G technology is safe. Insurance companies don’t even cover them anymore – it’s too risky….
By B.N. Frank 66% of Americans don’t want to live in “Smart Cities.” Smart Cities require Internet of Things (IoT) technology which has an almost…
By John W. Whitehead “When the President does it, that means that it is not illegal.”—Richard Nixon Who pays the price for the dissolution of…
By Tyler Durden Just south of Tampa, Fla., students at the Manatee School for the Arts (MSA) roam the hallways past an armed combat veteran…
By Aaron Leibowitz for ProPublica Illinois, and Sarah Karp, WBEZ Chicago This is a collaboration between ProPublica Illinois and WBEZ Chicago. In January 2017, after…
By Cooper Quintin It’s hard to talk about the vulnerabilities in cellular technology without increasing the amount of fear, uncertainty, and doubt. There is already…
By B.N. Frank An op-ed by former FCC Chairman, Tom Wheeler, was published in The New York Times: “If 5G Is So Important, Why Isn’t…