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Ian Forrester

Apple chief Tim Cook criticises Google and Facebook over privacy | Technology | The Gua... - 0 views

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    "Web rivals' business models undermine users' privacy, says Tim Cook, who also warns governments on pursuing 'dangerous' encryption policies"
Ian Forrester

Big Mother Is Watching You: The Track-Everything Revolution Is Here Whether You Want It... - 0 views

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    "If you keep your fitness-related New Year's resolutions in 2015, it'll likely be thanks to the new wave of devices and apps that have taken monitoring things like newborn sleep patterns and blood oxygenation from geek hobby to mass-market juggernaut. But what happens when companies have access to the most mundane details about our bodies? "
Ian Forrester

How Hackable Is Your Car? WIRED - 0 views

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    Consult This Handy Chart | Autopia | WIRED
Ian Forrester

Police will have 'backdoor' access to health records despite opt-out, says MP | Society... - 0 views

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    "David Davis says police would be able to approach central NHS database without a warrant as critics warn of catastrophic breach of trust "
Ian Forrester

NHS England patient data 'uploaded to Google servers', Tory MP says | Society | theguar... - 0 views

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    "Health select committee member Sarah Wollaston queries how data was secured by PA Consulting and uploaded to servers outside UK"
Ian Forrester

NHS disregards patient requests to opt out of sharing medical records | Society | The G... - 0 views

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    " Officials now admit they shared data because otherwise it would have affected patients' treatment "
Ian Forrester

Surveillance-based manipulation: How Facebook or Google could tilt elections | Ars Tech... - 0 views

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    Someone who knows things about us has some measure of control over us, and someone who knows everything about us has a lot of control over us. Surveillance facilitates control.
Ian Forrester

'Overnight, everything I loved was gone': the internet shaming of Lindsey Stone | Techn... - 0 views

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    "When a friend posted a photograph of charity worker Lindsey Stone on Facebook, she never dreamed she would lose her job and her reputation. Two years on, could she get her life back?"
Ian Forrester

The internet of things - the next big challenge to our privacy | Technology | theguardi... - 0 views

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    Privacy is a hot-button issue in the tech world. How will it fare in the age of pervasive computing - a world of billions of connected devices, systems, and services exchanging personal data?
Ian Forrester

Tech Weekly podcast | Technology | theguardian.com - 0 views

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    "Julia Powles and Jat Singh from St Johns College Cambridge discuss why the internet of things poses huge risks to online privacy. Julia and Jat discuss their recent article on the issue and why the law needs to catch up with these technological developments."
Ian Forrester

Stalking Your Friends with Facebook Messenger - Faith and future - Medium - 0 views

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    I didn't realize how much data about me Messenger was revealing to the people I chatted with until last week when I began tinkering with my message history.
Ian Forrester

IoT Abandonware: When your cloud service leaves you stranded | ZDNet - 0 views

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    In November, owners of the Aether Cone intelligent streaming audio device got a lump of coal for the holidays, when Aether, the manufacturer of the "smart speaker" announced it was going out of business.
Ian Forrester

Critical IoT Reading List - Thingclash - 0 views

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    Critical and insightful reading list about IOT
Ian Forrester

TalkTalk hacking crisis deepens as more details emerge | Business | The Guardian - 0 views

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    "TalkTalk is facing increasing criticism after belatedly admitting it was the victim of a "significant and sustained" cyber-attack that has led to the theft of the credit card and bank details of up to 4 million customers. "
Ian Forrester

Record-breaking DDoS reportedly delivered by >145k hacked cameras | Ars Technica - 0 views

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    Last week, security news site KrebsOnSecurity went dark for more than 24 hours following what was believed to be a record 620 gigabit-per-second denial of service attack brought on by an ensemble of routers, security cameras, or other so-called Internet of Things devices. Now, there's word of a similar attack on a French Web host that peaked at a staggering 1.1 terabits per second, more than 60 percent bigger.
Ian Forrester

Housing big data | HACT - 2 views

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    Big data project for those on low incomes
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    Big data project for those on low incomes
Ian Forrester

Troy Hunt: Data from connected CloudPets teddy bears leaked and ransomed, exposing kids... - 0 views

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    "Only a couple of weeks ago, there were a lot of news headlines about how Germany had banned an internet-connected doll called "Cayla" over fears hackers could target children. One of their primary concerns was the potential risk to the privacy of children:"
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