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No negotiation: The rising threat of crypto ransomware
We all know the rule – you don’t negotiate with terrorists. When you react to their demands, you prove...
Theft from the skies: Could cell phone data theft affect you?
Recent discoveries have revealed that the NSA has been stealing cellular data right out of the air.
Just looking? ISPs are watching you browse
You are being watched. From everything you ask Alexa to all your emails and passwords: If you don’t encrypt...
Laura Poitras and the Digital Exiles
Documentary filmmaker Laura Poitras moved to Berlin in order to protect the source material for her documentary on Edward Snowden.
OS X Yosemite: Are security and privacy the first thought or...
Mac OS X Yosemite (10.10) has arrived and, according to Apple, it comes with safety. Built right in. The company’s...
Don’t get bit: URL-shortening service flagged as malware
This article was originally published on November 6, 2014. If you can't trust Bitly, who can you trust? Citizens of...
Verizon’s ‘perma-cookie’: Just another example of how ISPs invade, threaten our...
**Update: Verizon forced 'supercookies' on all of their customers until March 2015, when several senators raised privacy concerns over...
Smart meters, dumb security? Hacking the Internet of Things
With increasing smart energy meters on the market, it's possible for hackers to spoof identities or cut off power to specific homes.
Soggy cardboard? Dropbox says it wasn’t hacked
Hundreds of Dropbox usernames and passwords were leaked on a Reddit thread, but the popular cloud service maintains it wasn't hacked.
New documentary shining light on Snowden: Citizenfour
Laura Poitras looks to run headlong into the firestorm created by Snowden and the NSA to show a different version of the man painted technology turncoat.
