Jan 5, 2019 | gadgets, Radio Show, Security
Apple Watch Can Now Detect Your Irregular Heart Rhythms And Other Problems: Here’s How It Works Apple Watch users can now take a reading of their heart’s electrical signal by holding a finger on the crown of the device. On Thursday, customers with the...
Jan 5, 2019 | holidayshopping-2018, Radio Show, Security
Are Your Holiday Gifts Safe? Teddy bears that connect to the internet. Smart speakers that listen to commands. Great gifts—unless they spy on you. We created this guide to help you look at this year’s gifts and decide if you might want to return them. Some are better...
Dec 29, 2018 | cell phones, Phone, Radio Show, Security, Smart Phone
Sorry, Your Data Can Still Be Identified Even If It’s Anonymized Thanks to the near-complete saturation of the city with sensors and smartphones, we humans are now walking, talking data factories. Passing through a subway turnstile, sending a text, even just carrying...
Dec 29, 2018 | Radio Show, Security
Delete All Your Apps The New York Times published a horrifying investigation in which the publication reviewed a huge, “anonymized” dataset of smartphone location data from a third-party vendor, de-anonymized it, and tracked ordinary people through their day-to-day...
Dec 29, 2018 | Radio Show, Security
The 6 Reasons Why Huawei Gives The Us And Its Allies Security Nightmares The detention in Canada of Meng Wanzhou, Huawei’s CFO and the daughter of its founder, is further inflaming tensions between the US and China. Her arrest is linked to a US extradition request. On...
Dec 29, 2018 | Privacy, Radio Show, Security
The Next Big Risk To Your Privacy: Your Child’s Video-Game Habit Be careful who you play with. Online gaming is a growing target for hackers, a new report from identity theft protection firm Experian EXPN, -0.11% found. Cyber criminals are increasingly posing as...