Three months ago, Harvard student Aran Khanna was preparing to start a coveted internship at Facebook when he launched a browser application from his dorm room that angered the social media behemoth.
Chelsea Clark's night watching Netflix with her boyfriend didn't seem like anything out of the ordinary -- until pictures of the couple from that evening were sent to her Facebook account by the hacker who'd taken them from her webcam.
But like the rest of the rapidly evolving Microsoft, he also realizes that so much of the world now runs Linux, the Windows alternative built by a vast community of open source software coders.
Silent Pocket is a wireless shielding technology integrated into sleek leather goods like bags, pouches, backpacks, etc. which makes any device undetectable by instantly blocking cellular, GPS, WIFI, Bluetototh, RFID and NFC in all frequencies.
It was disclosed her top aides are being drawn into a burgeoning federal inquiry and that two emails on her private account have been classified as "Top Secret."
Your communications and personal data belong to you and you alone. You wouldn't allow anyone into your home to just snoop around, so why would you tolerate unauthorized government snatching of everything you say in messages, email or phone calls?
Last week's GOP presidential "debate" was more interesting than expected. While Donald Trump certainly enlivened the event, the night's most substantive discussion was the Chris Christie – Rand Paul exchange on warrantless National Security Agency
George Washington could have become a king, but instead devoted his life to giving power back to the people. This is why his political heritage remains so strong today, inspiring millions around the world to continue striving for liberty and democrac
U.S. officials tell NBC News that Russia launched a "sophisticated cyberattack" against the Pentagon's Joint Staff unclassified email system, which has been shut down and taken offline for nearly two weeks.
The dream of a free and open Internet is slowly being killed by overregulation, censorship and bad laws that don't stop the right people, a top computer crime defense lawyer says.
Drone have been used to drop bombs, spy on foreign countries and monitor how farmers work their fields. Now they could help hack into personal computers.
As of August 1, 2015 (that is, a few days ago), Microsoft announced a new privacy policy and a new services agreement. In the words of one network professional, "Basically, they redefined their operating system to be spyware."
Well now, with the help of a little futuristic technology, companies who just can't get over themselves long enough to respect your privacy for one second can make your worst nightmares come true.
Like a lot of teenagers, Aanya Nigam reflexively shares her whereabouts, activities and thoughts on Twitter, Instagram and other social networks without a qualm.
The installation of smart electric meters by a city-owned utility does not amount to a violation of a homeowner's constitutional rights against warrantless search, no matter how much data the meters might collect or transmit about a homeowner's e
...Your privacy is seen as a barrier to economic growth. The latest trade deal to be passed by the EU will see us sacrifice our commitment to data protection
Bob Bowdon (Founder of ChoiceMedia.TV) on the topic of 'Should State education be supported for incremental progress, or not supported on principle'? - Christopher Waid (Founder of ThinkPenguin.com) on privacy and freedom in the tech sphere
Harvard Professor Margo Seltzer warned that miniature mosquito drones will one day forcibly extract your DNA on behalf of the government and insurance companies as she told elitists at the World Economic Forum in Davos that privacy was dead.
Tim Cook has launched an assault on Google and Facebook's Big Data model, even as most consumers remain in the dark about how companies use their personal information.
On Monday password manager service LastPass admitted it had been the target of a hack that accessed its users' email addresses, encrypted master passwords, and the reminder words and phrases that the service asks users to create for those master pa
Under the draft provisions of the latest trade deal to be leaked by Wikileaks, countries could be barred from trying to control where their citizens' personal data is held or whether it's accessible from outside the country.
Under the draft provisions of the latest trade deal to be leaked by Wikileaks, countries could be barred from trying to control where their citizens' personal data is held or whether it's accessible from outside the country.
One of the United States government's top counterterrorism officials says Congress must help investigators crack the encrypted communications of terrorists as groups like the so-called Islamic State ramp-up their online recruitment efforts.