Facebook to tell Belgian court it is it’s right to track non-users with ‘datr’ cookie

CPVP meanwhile said Facebook may find it hard to convince the Belgian courts. The decision is a significant victory for data protection agencies in Europe concerned with Facebooks tracking policies. source: www.techworm.net

November 13, 2015 · 1 min · 32 words · Joanna Hale

FBI paid Carnegie Mellon $1 million to help reveal users says Tor

Its objective is to hide the identities of the users who visit them and operators of websites. Nor did the FBI or the Carnegie Mellon University immediately respond to a request for comment. It all started early last year with an attack on the Tor data pipe. Relays are nodes of the Tor internet that route traffic, and can be set up by anyone. They appear to have been targeting people who operate or access Tor hidden services....

November 13, 2015 · 1 min · 121 words · Bill Guzman

Four people charged in the massive hack of JPMorgan Chase and other firms

As we did here, we continue to cooperate with law enforcement in fighting cybercrime. Other firms previously identified as victims included the Dow Jones media group and online brokers Scottrade and ETrade. Bharara said The defendants criminal schemes allegedly generated hundreds of millions of dollars in illicit proceeds. The charged crimes showcase a brave new world of hacking for profit. It is no longer hacking merely for a quick payout, but hacking to support a diversified criminal conglomerate....

November 13, 2015 · 1 min · 127 words · Diana Watson

Policeman pulled over Google’s self driving car for driving slowly

The incident which happened in California was noticed by Zandr Milewski, whoposted a pictureof the incident on Facebook. (Presumably, he meant the human sitting in the front seat.) Googleconfirmed the report with its own post on Google+. Bet humans dont get pulled over for that too often, the companyquipped. They have also been programmed to be extra-careful on the roads. According to Googlesself-driving car FAQ: The cars drive conservatively. source: www....

November 13, 2015 · 1 min · 71 words · Teresa Hill

Prison phone service hack reveals that it recorded private lawyer-inmate calls

Securus Technologies says on its website that it makes an exception for calls from inmates to their lawyers. The company could have serious legal implications, if the records are genuine. Recordings of prison phone calls are a routine. According to Securus, there are no signs that it was hacked. In fact, it believes that an individual or individuals with authorized access took and shared the records. When the sheriff shared recordings with the county and district attorneys, the practice came to light....

November 13, 2015 · 1 min · 125 words · Paul Gilbert

Researchers hack Vizio Smart TVs to access home network

Among the various online services that the devices was sending requests to, was one (encrypted) totvinteractive.tv. In the field of cryptography this bang out of secret key is referred to as salt. Unable to brute-force it, the researchers wanted to see if they can get the salt from the gadget. This allowed them to use a checksum that will make the sent data be accepted by the TV. After Avast researchers discovered these holes they notified Vizio which promptly issued patches for the flaws....

November 13, 2015 · 1 min · 86 words · Anthony Castillo

Teen Wins $400k for His Video Explaining Special Relativity

The laws of physics are the same in all inertial frames of reference. The speed of light in a vacuum has the same valuecin all inertial frames of reference. These are his two frames of reference. The popcorn falls off, Chester flies off his seat. Before, I was worried about graduating with debt, and I dont have to worry about that now. source: www.techworm.net

November 13, 2015 · 1 min · 64 words · Noah Shaw

Want to stay happy? Quit Facebook says study

Their social activities were also on the rise. According to the researchers, the reason behind this is because Facebook highlights the best of peoples lives. ), said Wiking. It just not a causal relationship, there could be something to it. source: www.techworm.net

November 13, 2015 · 1 min · 42 words · Ryan Ross

Facebook’s Photo Magic Tool scans through your smartphone’s camera photo album

The new tool is part of a broader effort by Facebook to encourage more content sharing. Users have to physically opt into the new feature, as it isnt enabled by default. If youve ever sent your friends a photo via Messenger, youve likely already opted in. It is also possible to turn off facial recognition in Facebooks configs in the Timeline and tagging section. However, for iPhone users, it will scan through the camera roll periodically....

November 12, 2015 · 1 min · 131 words · Marilyn Drake

Microsoft’s AI tool scans photos to detect if a person is happy or sad

The announcement was made by the company at the Future Decoded conference in London on Wednesday. It uses a Web-based RESTful interface to add text, voice, and image services. The emotion tool is now available to developers as a public beta, which is a limited free trial. Other new tools announced on Wednesday will be released as beta versions by the end of the year. This could assist with security measures, Microsoft said....

November 12, 2015 · 1 min · 104 words · John Bean

No software is ‘safe from surveillance’: Ex NSA official and whistleblower

Binney left US relatively unscathed after the NSA leaks. Its up to you if you want to believe me. Binney went to reveal many secrets during the half hour AMA which garnered around 5000 votes on Reddit. It was based on real threat and not mass surveillance as methods of today. However, NSA ditched the program because of money issues he said. Asked what can be done to counter the governments mass surveillance operations, Binneyjokinglysaid, use smoke signals....

November 12, 2015 · 1 min · 120 words · Sandra Warren

This $10 Chip Could Let Your Apple Watch Sense Everything You Touch

Carnegie Mellon graduate student Gierad Laput says [Most devices] have EM signatures. Meanwhile, non-conductive objects like pens and plastic chairs are not capable of generating EM signals. source: www.techworm.net

November 12, 2015 · 1 min · 29 words · Joshua Booker

Want a Tag Heuer Android smartwatch, its going to cost you $1500

TAG Heuers first luxury smartwatch start its sales in Europe on November 12. The Carrera Connected is an exclusive, luxury watch. We are not Apple. We are a watch brand. I forbid my colleagues to say Apple is our competitor. The smartwatch shares many of its design attributes with TAG Heuers Carrera analog watch. The Connected features a round-faced display and is 46mm in diameter with a bright screen. TAG Heuer says the material is more scratch-resistant than gold and steel....

November 12, 2015 · 1 min · 148 words · Christopher White