A expert revealed last week that some smartphones may be spying on their owners, and there’s little users can do to stop it from happening. Last week, Connecticut software programmer Trevor Eckhart released a 17-minute video …
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German government accused of spying on citizens with state-sponsored Trojan — Summary: A well-established group of German hackers has accused the German government of releasing a backdoor Trojan into the wild. Security firm F-Secure has confirmed that the program includes a keylogger …
McDonald took the photos and posted them on a Tumblr blog called “People Staring at Computers.” He told Mashable that he got permission from Apple security guards to take photos in the store, but it’s unclear if they were aware that McDonald also meant …
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It settled two lawsuits for $610,000 last fall. In addition to Atlanta-based Aaron’s, the Byrds have sued Pennsylvania-based DesignerWare, the computer security company that allegedly provided Aaron’s with the spying software. Precedent suggests that i …
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