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AT&T Breaching Net-Neutrality Rules

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AT&T continues to breach net-neutrality regulations despite an announcement that it would begin offering Apple

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 09, 2012

License Plate Frame Foils Irksome Traffic-Light Cameras

Traffic-light tickets have ticked off a gazillion drivers, some of whom have had to fork over $500 for running a light. Now there

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 22, 2012

Fighting Hackers: Everything You

Security is not just about strong encryption, good anti-virus software, or techniques like two-factor authentication. It

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 19, 2012

Privacy war heats up between ACLU, DOJ

Law enforcement authorities in the U.S. still need a warrant to listen in on your phone calls or to read your emails and text messages. But they don't need your permission or a warrant to track who you call, who calls you, who you text, email or vice versa. Plus, your activities on social media sites like Facebook are also fair game -- all in real time.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 03, 2012

Scary Android Malware Story

Developed by Robert Templeman at the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Indiana and a few buddies from Indiana University, PlaceRader hijacks your phone's camera and takes a series of secret photographs, recording the time, and the phone's orientation and location with each shot.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 01, 2012

Your phone's secure? Think again

Smartphone arrogance is something I can tolerate. But I can't stand smart alecs who think their smart devices are absolutely secure.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 01, 2012

Justice Department

The Justice Department use of warrantless internet and telephone surveillance methods known as pen register and trap-and-trace has exploded in the last decade, according to government documents the American Civil Liberties obtained via a Freedom of Information Act claim.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 28, 2012

Net Neutrality Groups Challenge AT&T FaceTime Blocking

The he-said, she-said banter may end soon about whether AT&T is breaching so-called net neutrality rules by limiting the use of iPhone

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 19, 2012

Twitter Reluctantly Coughs Up Occupy Protester

Twitter on Friday reluctantly complied with a judge

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 17, 2012

Millions Will Flow to Privacy Groups Supporting Weak Facebook Settlement

Privacy and consumer groups are urging a federal judge to sign off on a controversial Facebook settlement over its

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jul 16, 2012

Twitter: This year so far we have ratted out 948 users to the US govt

The US government demands more data from Twitter than any other nation, the micro-blogging website has revealed.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jul 03, 2012

Trojan poses as privacy tool, spies on Iranian surfers

Backdoored versions of a widely used privacy tool have surfaced in Iran, raising fears that its government is using the Trojanised software to spy on its citizens.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 30, 2012

FBI Wants Backdoors in Facebook, Skype and Instant Messaging

The FBI has been lobbying top internet companies like Yahoo and Google to support a proposal that would force them to provide backdoors for government surveillance, according to CNET.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 06, 2012

Mozilla Slams CISPA, Breaking Silicon Valley's Silence On Cybersecurity Bill

While the Internet has been bristling with anger over the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, the Internet industry has been either silent or quietly supportive of the controversial bill. With one exception.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 02, 2012

EPIC demands full copy of FCC's probe of Google Street View

An Internet privacy advocacy group wants the Federal Communications Commission to release the full report of its investigation of Google Street View's collection and storage of data from unencrypted wireless networks.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 20, 2012

Austrian ID card vulnerable to spoofing attack

Security expert Wolfgang Ettlinger has discovered a vulnerability in the Austrian Citizen Card that allows attackers to spoof the credentials of their victims. This is the second time the card has been hacked.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 19, 2012

Disguising Tor Traffic as Skype Video Calls

To prevent the Tor traffic from being recognized by anyone analyzing the network flow, SkypeMorph uses what's known as traffic shaping to convert Tor packets into User Datagram Protocol packets, as used by Skype. The traffic shaping also mimics the sizes and timings of packets produced by normal Skype video conversations. As a result, outsiders observing the traffic between the end user and the bridge see data that looks identical to a Skype video conversation.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 13, 2012

Got Privacy? Ubuntu Linux 12.04 Will Help Ensure It.

Say the word

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 11, 2012

Google's New Privacy Policy Goes Live Today, Do You Care?

Despite opposition from privacy groups and regulators, Google's privacy policy update is set to go live today, March 1. But is this something that should have you worried, or is it much ado about nothing? Depends on who you ask.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 01, 2012

Google says IE privacy policy is impractical in modern Web

Microsoft's privacy protection feature in Internet Explorer, known as P3P, is impractical to comply with while providing modern web functionality such as cookie-based features, Google said Monday in response to an accusation from Microsoft that Google had bypassed privacy protections in Internet Explorer.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 21, 2012

Linux Privacy - Page 23

Navigating the Tails 6.8 Update: What It Means for Security-Minded Users

Google Chooses Passkeys Over Passwords: Examining the Security Benefits for Linux Users

Tails 6.6 Released: Unpacking Key Features & Updates