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Is Your Smartphone Privacy Worth $100 a Month? | MIT Technology Review
Just tweeted(August 28, 2014 at 02:51PM): “Anyone paying attention knows that his or her Web searches, Facebook feeds, and other online activity isn’t always safe—be it from the prying eyes of the NSA or those of the companies providing a social networking service.” See here
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Just tweeted(August 28, 2014 at 10:25AM): “DLD Tel Aviv Festival Events September 13-20, 2014:” See here
ICREACH: How the NSA Built Its Own Secret Google -The Intercept
Just tweeted(August 27, 2014 at 01:29PM): “The National Security Agency is secretly providing data to nearly two dozen U.S. government agencies with a “Google-like” search engine built to share more than 850 billion records about phone calls, emails, cellphone locations, and internet chats, according to classified documents obtained by The Intercept” See here
This iPhone 6 'leak' video is hilarious and perfect | The Verge
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Ifinity Unveils Battery-Less Beacon Tech | TechCrunch
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BBC News - What are wi-fi connections revealing about you?
Just tweeted(August 26, 2014 at 06:13PM): “When walking through the centre of a busy city it is easy to feel anonymous. Set against the cacophony of sharing and declaring that happens online, it can be precious to feel that, just for a moment, you are lost in a crowd. Unidentifiable. It is, of course, an illusion. You are never alone, especially if you are carrying a smartphone that has ever been used to connect to a wireless network. Which is pretty much all of them.” See here
Helsinki Airport to track passengers using mobile phone WiFi | Mail Online
Just tweeted(August 25, 2014 at 12:34PM): “Finland's largest airport will be the first in the world to track passengers' movements in real-time - from the car park to the departure gate.Dozens of sensors throughout Helsinki Airport will automatically pinpoint the location of mobile phones with wifi setting turned on - as part of a plan that is drawing criticism from privacy advocates.The system, which aims to monitor crowds and eliminate bottlenecks at security checkpoints or shopping areas, will send alerts to passengers if their departure times or gates change.” See here
Wireless location beacons are now the size of stickers | The Verge
Just tweeted(August 25, 2014 at 12:34PM): “When a company called Estimote released its first product last year, it was about the size of of a kiwi fruit that had been cut in half. Its diminutive wireless Bluetooth beacons were (and still are) designed to replace things like signs and information placards by sending that to the screen of your smartphone. At the same time, the beacons would help retail shops, museums, and restaurants keep track of where visitors were going.” See here
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Would you pay £140 a year for an ad-free web? - Telegraph
Just tweeted(August 22, 2014 at 01:01PM): “An ad-free internet would cost each user at least £140 a year – a sum that the vast majority of UK web users say they would never pay, according to new research” See here
Why A Philosopher Teaches Privacy
Just tweeted(August 21, 2014 at 10:54AM): “Not too long ago, a privacy course in the humanities would be of limited interest. Many students were predisposed to believe that privacy issues mostly concerned bad things that happened to indiscreet blabbermouths or anxiety experienced by folks with skeletons in the closet—you know, people with something to hide.” See here
Researchers find it’s terrifyingly easy to hack traffic lights | Ars Technica
Just tweeted(August 21, 2014 at 09:08AM): “Taking over a city’s intersections and making all the lights green to cause chaos is a pretty bog-standard Evil Techno Bad Guy tactic on TV and in movies, but according to a research team at the University of Michigan, doing it in real life is within the realm of anyone with a laptop and the right kind of radio. In a paper published this month, the researchers describe how they very simply and very quickly seized control of an entire system of almost 100 intersections in an unnamed Michigan city from a single ingress point.” See here
Emerging IoT business model pattern: Physical product digitally reloaded | Bosch ConnectedWorld Blog
Just tweeted(August 19, 2014 at 09:40AM): “Our Bosch IoT Lab’s project ‘SecurityLight – comfy’ recently won the BearingPoint Be.Project 2014 startup competition. Nine student teams from Germany, Austria and Switzerland presented their projects to a jury at the finals in Zurich.” See here
Google Wants Your Children...To Be Safe on the Web
Just tweeted(August 19, 2014 at 08:58AM): “Internet services want users, and much like religions and smartphone ecosystems, it's best to convert them when they're young. But a string of federal regulation, including the last year's overhauled COPPA rules, provide necessary restrictions and protections for youngling web surfers. But Google isn't giving up and is working on a legal and kid-friendly solution.” See here
Bicycle Anecdotes from Amsterdam on Vimeo
Just tweeted(August 18, 2014 at 09:47AM): Why I like Amsterdam See here
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Is an ad-based business model the original sin of the web — and if so, what do we do about it? — Tech News and Analysis
Just tweeted(August 15, 2014 at 03:52PM): “Ethan Zuckerman of MIT, who helped develop the first online pop-up ad, argues that an ad-based model is responsible for the privacy-invading nature of the modern web — but even if that’s true, how do we fix it?” See here
Your Voice Assistant is Mine: How to Abuse Speakers to Steal Information and Control Your Phone
Just tweeted(August 14, 2014 at 11:18AM): Previous research about sensor based attacks on Android platform focused mainly on accessing or controlling over sensitive device components, such as camera, microphone and GPS. These approaches get data from sensors directly and need corresponding sensor invoking permissions. See here
Facebook Now Tells Advertisers When Ads Lead To Purchases Across Devices | TechCrunch
Just tweeted(August 14, 2014 at 09:30AM): “Facebook announced today that it will be giving advertisers a new report showing how often ads drive users to buy the advertised product on a different device.” See here
Lookout, a mobile security software company, raises $150 million
Just tweeted(August 13, 2014 at 03:12PM): “Lookout, the security software maker for mobile devices, has raised $150 million in Series F funding, Fortune has learned. T. Rowe Price led the round and was joined by new investors Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Bezos Expeditions and Wellington Management Company. Previous investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Accel Partners, Index Ventures, and Khosla Ventures also participated in the round. To date, Lookout has raised over $280 million.” See here
Iota: Never lose sight of what's important. by Iotera — Kickstarter
Just tweeted(August 12, 2014 at 12:08PM): The smallest, longest-lasting GPS tracker in the world. But it does WAY more, and all on a new nationwide network with no monthly fees. See here
How to Use Your Cat to Hack Your Neighbor’s Wi-Fi | Threat Level | WIRED
Just tweeted(August 11, 2014 at 09:36AM): Though he admits his cat stunt was mostly intended to entertain himself, he hopes it might make more users aware of privacy lessons those in the security community have long taken for granted. “Cats are more interesting to people than information security,” Bransfield says. “If people realize that a cat can pick up on their open Wi-Fi hotspot, maybe that’s a good thing.” See here
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