Dec 1, 2018 | cell phones, Privacy, Radio Show, Technology
Local Law Enforcement Using Mysterious New Tool To Unlock Cellphones Law enforcement agencies are using a mysterious new tool to unlock the cellphones of criminal suspects and access their text messages, emails and voice messages. Some agencies around the country,...
Dec 1, 2018 | Facebook, Facebook, Hacking, Internet, Radio Show, Social Networking, Technology
Facebook Ads Urge Its Staff To Leak Secrets A campaign group advocating the break-up of Facebook has subverted the social network’s advertising tools to tempt its employees into leaking information.Freedom from Facebook says it targeted ads at the technology...
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...
Dec 1, 2018 | Privacy, Radio Show, Technology, Tracking
How High-Tech Toilets Could Soon Be Tracking Your Every Movement The bathroom is arguably the last bastion of privacy, but soon a new high-tech lavatory could be tracking your every movement. Researchers at the European Space Agency (ESA) and MIT have teamed up with...
Nov 24, 2018 | Business, Radio Show, Security, Technology
The New YUBIKEY Will Help Kill the Password BY NOW IT’S hopefully been drilled into you to enable two-factor authentication on your online accounts, giving you more protection than a password alone. And while the most ubiquitous second factor is a numeric code...
Nov 17, 2018 | Business, Radio Show, Security, Technology
Why Robocalls Have Taken Over Your Phone By 2009, Chris Hughson was fed up. The Portland area realtor was getting bombarded with spam texts and calls, as many as 10 a day, despite having his number on the Do Not Call Registry. He assumed his phone number had made it...