privacy

Use Wickr to Send Self-Destructing Messages From Your Desktop

Wickr, the instant messaging equivalent of Snapchat, is now available for home computers. The desktop version operates in the same…

10 years ago

Twitter Users Beware: It’s Now Tracking Other Apps Installed

Twitter has just announced that it is now tracking other apps that its users have installed, therefore allowing ads to…

10 years ago

Private Web Cam Site Shut Down, Owner Seeks Job

The creepy site we reported on that streamed thousands of private IP cameras has been shut down, with its owner…

10 years ago

Northern Ireland Government Website Displayed Users’ Information in Public Searches

In an example of truly terrible website design, a site set up by the government of Northern Ireland to encourage people to…

10 years ago

UK’s NHS Breaches Data 6 Times a Day, Including on Social Media

Privacy pressure group Big Brother Watch has conducted research revealing a startling number of sensitive data breaches by the UK's…

10 years ago

Tor Announces Partnership with Mozilla

On Monday we reported Facebook's announcement that they would be officially supporting users of the Tor browser. Now yet another web…

10 years ago

Apple Releases a Tool to Remotely Deregister iPhones from iMessage

    Got rid of your iPhone and you've found you're not receiving text messages from friends? No problem, as…

10 years ago

Samaritans Charity Pulls its Controversial Twitter App

Counselling charity Samaritans has pulled a suicide prevention Twitter app that caused a great deal of controversy. The 'Radar' app…

10 years ago

Harvard University Secretly Tracked Attendance Using Cameras

The prestigious Harvard University has revealed it conducted an experiment using cameras to track attendance. The experiment which used security…

10 years ago

Facebook Now Officially Supports Tor

  Facebook has taken the unusual move of supporting Tor, the anonymising "dark web" service. The social networking site was…

10 years ago

Adobe Collecting Mass Amounts of User Data from eBook Software!

In a digital world that is (rightly) obsessed with online security and privacy, Adobe seem have have taken the risky…

10 years ago

Apple Alter their Health App Privacy Policy

Apple has recently changed it's privacy guidelines for developers wishing to utilize its own HealthKit framework. Some are taking this change…

10 years ago

John McAfee Tells Google Users to “Wise Up”

John McAfee has one of the best known names in the industry and often finds himself the focus of unique…

10 years ago

Facebook Messenger Sparks Anger in Low-End Smartphone Users

Facebook's aim is to be a social network, dedicated to maintaining friendships, creating new ones, share experiences and most importantly,…

10 years ago

International Class Action Privacy Suit Targets Facebook

Activist and law student, Max Schrems, has launched an international class action suit against Facebook Ireland for not being in…

10 years ago