BitTorrent is arguably the most efficient peer-to-peer protocol for content replication. However, BitTorrent has not been designed with privacy in mind and its popularity could threaten the privacy of millions of users. Surprisingly, privacy threats due to BitTorrent have been overlooked because BitTorrent popularity gives its users the illusion that finding them is like looking…
Category: Surveillance
Spy software watches BlackBerry, privacy advocates too
AFP with Lia Timson report: US software firm Retina-X Studios has released a more vigilant version of its Mobile Spy program that captures every email and picture from BlackBerry smartphones, prompting Australian privacy advocates to call for order. […] Roger Clarke, chairman, Australian Privacy Foundation, said such software was entirely inappropriate. “We’re still in the…
Apple asked for ‘lost’ iPhone criminal probe (update 9)
Mary Duan reports: The criminal investigation into the purported theft of an apparent iPhone prototype came at the request of Apple Inc., officials said Tuesday. Investigators said they have identified and interviewed the person who took the phone from the Gourmet Haus Staudt on March 18 after it was left there by Apple engineer Gray…
China wants telecom companies to inform on clients
Gillian Wong of the Associated Press reports: China is poised to strengthen a law to require telecommunications and Internet companies to inform on customers who discuss state secrets, potentially forcing businesses to collaborate with the country’s vast security apparatus that stifles political dissent. Read the full story on ABC.