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Blackberry to ‘exit’ Pakistan over data-retention row
Phone-maker Blackberry is to stop operating in Pakistan at the end of 2015 because of government requests to monitor customer data. The Pakistani government …
Some Uber trip info is publicly accessible through Google
When an Uber rider reaches his or her destination, the ride may be over, but information about it could live on through Google. On …
Carphone Warehouse in customer data breach
Personal details of up to 2.4 million Carphone Warehouse customers may have been accessed in a cyber-attack, the mobile phone retailer says. Up to …
Nokia to make virtual reality camera for movie industry
Nokia is developing a virtual-reality capture device that can record 360-degree views and “3D audio”. The Ozo features eight camera lenses and eight microphones …
Irked by U.S., but EU keeps own spy projects quiet
Revelations of U.S. spying in Europe have soured transatlantic relations, prompting a White House apology and, as leak followed leak over the past two …
The town that banned Wi-Fi
Up and up the roads to Green Bank went, winding into the West Virginian hills as four lanes thinned to one. It was early …
South Korea to track mobile phones to enforce Mers virus quarantine rules
South Korean authorities will track the mobile phones of hundreds of people under quarantine to prevent the spread of the deadly Mers virus as …
Hackers can hack Android smartphones using covert data channels using voice channel
Researchers demonstrate hack by creating a covert data channel using a smartphone’s voice channel to exfiltrate data albeit slowly From the time smartphones have …
White House Pushes to Keep Power to Shut Down Cellphone Networks
In 2005, amid reports that the London subway bombers had used cellphones as detonators, the White House secretly established the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) …
With ransomware on the rise, cryptographers take it personally
Some of the world’s leading cryptographers are concerned about the increasing number of malicious programs that hold computers and mobile phones to ransom, in …
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