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Ultrafast Internet opens up new possibilities: experts
Superfast Internet connections are likely to open up new kinds of communication such as “telepresence” and improve services such as remote health care, a …
Facebook Not Sorry For Psych Experiment On Users, Just Sorry You Got Mad
As previously reported, Facebook revealed that it had conducted a psychological experiment on over 600,000 of its users without their consent. This experiment, which …
Facebook toughens user-data research rules, but offers no ‘opt-out’
Facebook has come up with new guidelines for research on the platform, including “enhanced review process” by a special internal panel and training for …
Widespread Android Vulnerability ‘A Privacy Disaster’, Claim Researchers
Right at the start of September, security researcher Rafay Baloch released details on an Android bug that has now been called a “privacy disaster”. …
Study: Frequent Facebook Users More Likely to Fall for Phishing Scams
Researchers at SUNY Buffalo conducted a study on Facebook user habits and found that people who use the site frequently are more likely to …
Researchers in China work on facial recognition payment app
Researchers with the Chinese Academy of Science (CAS) are reportedly working to launch a mobile payment app that makes use of facial recognition technology …
Researchers find data leaks in Instagram, Grindr, OoVoo and more
By sniffing out the details of network communications, University of New Haven researchers have uncovered a host of data-leakage problems in Instagram, Vine, Nimbuzz, …
Researchers will compete to win up to $425,000 at Mobile Pwn2Own 2014
The third annual Mobile Pwn2Own competition will feature new devices to crack and a larger prize pool. Operated by HP Security Research’s Zero Day …
6 Criteria for Evaluating Secure File Transfer Apps
File transfer protocol (FTP) was developed in the early 1970s when security concerns and usability were less important than getting data from one place …
Internet of Things a Potential Security Disaster
The Internet of Things (IoT) could be a security disaster waiting to happen. That’s the view of Andrew Rose, a Forrester Research analyst. He …
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