Chris Matyszczyk writes: Apple’s AirTags are getting something of a bad (brand) name. It’s “a perfect tool for stalking,” as Eva Galperin, Director of Cyber-Security at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, put it to the BBC. She’s right, of course. That’s the problem with technology, isn’t it? For every potential good use, there are at least several pain-inducing,…
What does your smart fridge know about you?
Tate Ryan-Mosley writes: …..Take, for example, a Samsung refrigerator. Epifani used data from VTO Labs, a digital forensics lab in the US, to investigate just how much information a smart fridge keeps about its owners. […] What he found was a treasure trove of personal details. Epifani found information about Bluetooth devices near the fridge,…
UK locks horns with WhatsApp over threat to break encryption
On May 2, Annabelle Dickson, Mark Scott, and Tom Bristow reported: Britain’s tough new plan to police the internet has left politicians in a stand-off with WhatsApp and other popular encrypted messaging services. Deescalating that row will be easier said than done. The Online Safety Bill, the United Kingdom’s landmark effort to regulate social media giants,…
Central NY man hacked local middle-schoolers’ SnapChat photos and tried to extort them, police say
Elizabeth Doran reports: A 24-year-old Van Buren man has been accused of extorting Central New York children after he hacked into their social media and stole naked photos of them, police said. The man targeted kids attending Pine Grove Middle School in the East Syracuse Minoa School district, police said. Police, however, said they believe…