Encrypted Blackphone goes to war with snoopers
It's a fully encrypted smartphone that aims to foil snooping governments, industry rivals and hackers.
Security
Jan 19, 2014
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NSA phone data control may come to end
A senior administration official says President Barack Obama will call for stripping the National Security Agency's ability to store phone data from millions of Americans.
Internet
Jan 17, 2014
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Countering click spam: Researchers test new algorithm to detect, combat fraudulent clicks online
(Phys.org) —When is a click not a click? When an advertising network registers a click on one of their online advertisements, how can it be sure that a single consumer – a "pair of eyeballs" in Madison Avenue jargon – ...
Computer Sciences
Nov 4, 2013
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The power of one: Single photons illuminate quantum technology
Quantum mechanics, which aims to describe the nano-scale world around us, has already led to the development of many technologies ubiquitous in modern life, including broadband optical fibre communication and smartphone displays.
Quantum Physics
Oct 11, 2013
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Researchers switch a quantum light source in a superfast way
Scientists from the FOM Foundation, the University of Twente and at the Institute for Nanoscience and Cryogenics in France have shown that light sources which usually emit light randomly can be coaxed to emit an ultrashort ...
Optics & Photonics
Sep 26, 2013
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New password in a heartbeat: Researchers propose touch-to-access security for implanted devices
Pacemakers, insulin pumps, defibrillators and other implantable medical devices often have wireless capabilities that allow emergency workers to monitor patients. But these devices have a potential downside: They can be hacked.
Security
Sep 23, 2013
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Close ties between White House, NSA spying review
Stung by public unease about new details of spying by the National Security Agency, President Barack Obama selected a panel of advisers he described as independent experts to scrutinize the NSA's surveillance programs to ...
Internet
Sep 22, 2013
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Tech-backed coalition makes transparency push global
An Internet freedom coalition backed by US technology giants asked Thursday for 21 countries to release information on national security and law enforcement data requests.
Internet
Sep 19, 2013
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Brazil hackers mistake NASA for NSA in spying payback
Hackers have hit back in retaliation for US cyber-spying on Brazil but mistook the US space agency NASA for the National Security Agency (NSA), a news website reported here Tuesday.
Internet
Sep 17, 2013
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Report: US spied on Brazil's Petrobras, Google
Documents leaked by Edward Snowden indicate the National Security Agency spied on Brazil's state-run oil company, the private computer networks of Google and a company that facilitates most of the world's international bank ...
Internet
Sep 9, 2013
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