When Google Earth first debuted in 2005, privacy advocates reacted by overwhelmingly rejecting the new satellite imagery platform. Google Earth provides the public with the ability to access satellite pictures of any coordinates just by simply dragging the mouse. This ...
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Terrifying: Man Hacks Into Baby Monitor, Talks To 2-Year-Old Asleep In Bed
Parents who use so-called nanny cams — video cameras that keep tabs on babies — might want to examine that practice. Hackers, including sexual predators, are now targeting baby monitors. A hacker used a baby monitor to spy on a ...
Read More »Google Admits Gmail Threatens Your Privacy
Google might just be a bigger threat to your privacy than the surveillance programs operated by the National Security Agency. Recent news articles show that the online giant, which operates the world’s most popular search engine, has little regard for ...
Read More »FBI Wants Software Installed To Intercept Americans’ Internet Usage
The FBI is trying to force Internet providers to install software that will allow federal agents to track Americans’ Internet usage. CNET’s Declan McCullagh has learned that the FBI has developed an application called a port reader designed to collect ...
Read More »Pew Poll: Americans More Concerned About Invasion Of Privacy Than Terrorism
For the first time since 9/11, Americans are more concerned about the government invading their privacy than they are about terrorism. That’s according to a new poll by the Pew Research Center, which conducted the survey in light of revelations ...
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