Who knew? Microphones respond to light waves as well as sound waves. This allows hackers to attack voice-assistant technologies such as Siri, Alexa and Google Assistant, sometimes from a considerable distance.
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Location, location, location history
Who knew? Turning off Location History on Google doesn’t actually turn off location history. That, at least, is the basis[…]
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Browsing with a Badger
Just like fingerprints at a crime scene, your browser leaves its fingerprints on every website you visit …
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Smartphones: The Abuser in Your Pocket
The first three questions in the Am I In An Abusive Relationship questionnaire take on a whole new meaning if[…]
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Web of Spies
How to check out who is secretly checking you out Lightbeam is a simple browser add-on for Firefox that lets[…]
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The iPhone hack: What you need to know
A few days ago, one of Google’s security teams called Project Zero revealed a chilling and truly massive hack of[…]
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