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Is Siri spilling your secrets? – #WTFWednesday
Siri may do more than just misunderstand your commands. According to a group of French researchers, your personal pocket secretary can be used to send texts, open unsafe websites, and even record enti...
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Fight the TPP with a VPN
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is an international trade agreement five years in the making. Although the details around the agreement are secret, certain chapters, namely those around intellectu...
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Someone left the fridge open to hackers – #WTFWednesday
First we brought you breaking news about how your car can be hacked. Then we exposed the nasty truth about wireless pacemakers. Now we’re here to blow the door off all the “smart” refrigerators ...
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Which body part did this man eat to avoid being ID’ed?
Warning! Not for the faint of heart! A Florida man, recently arrested for driving a stolen Mercedes, spent his time detained in the police vehicle attempting to bite off his own fingerprints! Don’t ...
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US corporations that skimp on cybersecurity now subject to FTC regulation
NOTE: This post was originally published on September 17, 2015 A US appeals court has recently ruled that the Federal Trade Commission now has the authority to regulate corporations’ cybersecurity....
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Creepy Chrome extension lets you stalk your Facebook friends in real life - #WTFWednesday
Gather round, kids, because today’s #WTFWednesday is scary. Like walking in on your 85-year-old grandma in the tub scary. We already know how Facebook Messenger allows users to share their location,...
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AT&T's free Wi-Fi comes with one big catch
One of the perks of signing a contract with AT&T, the largest mobile carrier in the United States by customer base, is the use of its 30,000 free nationwide Wi-Fi hotspots. They are ubiquitously l...
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iOS 9 can track your sex life?
This post was originally published on September 9, 2015. If you have an iPhone, then your device and its maker, Apple, know a lot about you. From your location to your web history, owning an iPhone me...
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Facebook can identify you even if it can't see your face - #WTFWednesday
It’s creepy enough that Facebook can recognize your face in photos. Even if you didn’t upload it yourself, Facebook can spot you and let other people tag you in any picture uploaded to the site. T...
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Spotify responds to backlash against 'creepy' new privacy policy
This post was originally published on August 25, 2015. When Spotify launched in 2008, it was heralded as a return to the glory days of Napster, when all music was free. In a sense, this is still true;...
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