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Use An iPhone? Yup, The Government Tracks That

Last week, an Indian hacker crew successfully broke into a secured Indian military government network. The group posted documents that infer Apple, Nokia, and Research In Motion gave the Indian government backdoor access to their devices in exchange for mobile phone market rights. Are the docs forgeries or real?READ»

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Ralph Nader and EPIC Take On Full-Body Airport Scanners

Privacy watchdog group EPIC and legendary consumer watchdog Ralph Nader claim the full-body scanners are easily hackable, store nude pictures for unknown periods of time, and don't even catch terrorists. Worse: They run a version of Windows XP.READ»

Should You Be Afraid of Airport Body Scans? Or Just the TSA?

We've talked a lot about full-body security scans in airports, as it's powerful and challenging tech. But should travelers worry about them--or is the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) what they should be more concerned ...READ»

Will Google Buzz Go the Way of Facebook Beacon?

In 2007 Facebook rolled out Beacon, an ad system that took parts of user's Facebook data that they thought were private, and made them public. Last week, Google's Buzz did something similar. Beacon was killed by public revolt--and a ...READ»

Managing Transparency

What are the strategies we can use to deal with unrelenting transparency? Fight it. Accept it. Deceive it.READ»