Feb 28, 2019 | 2019, Breaches, January
Who: Victorian Government, Australia # of Accounts Breached: 30,000 Victorian public servants What was affected: Work emails, job titles and work phone numbers. When it happened: December 22, 2018 How it happened: The work details of 30,000 Victorian public servants...
Dec 1, 2018 | Privacy, Radio Show, Shopping, Technology
Amazon’s Accent Recognition Technology Could Tell The Government Where You’re From At the beginning of October, Amazon was quietly issued a patent that would allow its virtual assistant Alexa to decipher a user’s physical characteristics and emotional state based on...
Nov 10, 2018 | Government, Radio Show, Security
Nobody’s Cellphone Is Really That Secure Earlier this week, The New York Times reported that the Russians and the Chinese were eavesdropping on President Donald Trump’s personal cellphone and using the information gleaned to better influence his behavior. This should...
Nov 10, 2018 | Business, Government, Internet, Radio Show
China Has Been ‘Hijacking the Vital Internet Backbone of Western Countries’ A Chinese state-owned telecommunications company has been “hijacking the vital internet backbone of western countries,” according to an academic paper published this...