Jan 6, 2018 | Radio Show, Security
How to Stop Apps From Listening in on Your TV Habits That innocent-looking mobile game you just downloaded might just have an ulterior motive. Behind the scenes, hundreds of different apps could be using your smartphone’s microphone to figure out what you watch on TV,...
Jan 6, 2018 | Radio Show, Security, Technology
That Game on Your Phone May Be Tracking What You’re Watching on TV At first glance, the gaming apps — with names like “Pool 3D,” “Beer Pong: Trickshot” and “Real Bowling Strike 10 Pin” — seem innocuous. One called “Honey Quest” features Jumbo, an animated bear. Yet...
Jan 6, 2018 | Radio Show, Security, Technology
IP address errors lead to wrongful arrests Nigel Lang says his life was ruined by a typo. Wrongly arrested in 2011 by South Yorkshire Police, in the UK, for allegedly sharing images of child abuse, the police refused to tell him how the error had been made. Lang spent...
Jan 6, 2018 | Business, Government, Radio Show, Security, Technology
Cryptojacking Has Gotten Out of Control Cryptojacking, which exploded in popularity this fall, has an ostensibly worthy goal: Use an untapped resource to create an alternative revenue stream for games or media sites, and reduce reliance on ads. It works by embedding a...
Jan 6, 2018 | Government, Radio Show, Security
A bipartisan, GOP-led voting machine security bill that would actually fix vulnerabilities in US elections The Secure Elections Act is a bipartisan Senate bill with six co-sponsors that reads like a security researcher’s wish-list for voting machine reforms....
