Tag Archive for: Privacy

Privacy & security nightmares: Hacking smart toilets, smart toys, smart homes

Disregard for a moment why you would ever want to connect a toilet to the Internet to “record a toilet diary,” and instead ask why would a person hack a smart toilet? Because it’s there; it’s vulnerable and it helps to highlight new security risks associated with smart devices connected to the web, making up the Internet of Things.
Ms. Smith’s blog

How much privacy will you have with Microsoft’s ‘family of devices’?

Windows may only be a “shell” now, said six different times by Steve Ballmer as he revealed a new strategy for Microsoft that revolves around a “family of devices.” The company will “design, create and deliver through us and through third parties a complete family of Windows-powered devices,” which will include “a full spectrum of both partner and first-party devices.
Ms. Smith’s blog

US rule broadens to protect children’s online privacy, leaves developers with questions

The updated rule is confusing developers who can’t tell when a mobile gadget passes from parent to offspring. Let’s hope they get it all ironed out soon. Increased control for parents sounds like a good way to head off both advertising targeted at children and the willy-nilly dispersal of geolocation data.
Naked Security – Sophos

13 Android Apps to Protect Your Privacy – Technology Personalized


Technology Personalized

13 Android Apps to Protect Your Privacy
Technology Personalized
Many security companies that develop antivirus programs and apps offer this type of service, and you might have heard of them from our previous posts on Android security, where we talked about the best antivirus apps; you can also download and add to 

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