Neowin News Feed for: Spying

UK schools discover new level of creepiness with toilet cameras

Tyler Holman — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 17:58:03 +0100

UK schools have discovered a new level of creepiness by installing cameras (as many as one for every 5 students) in 'private' areas, like toilets. Unsurprisingly, privacy advocates are up in arms. Read more...

Two ArmA III developers arrested for spying in Greece

John Callaham — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 15:34:54 +0100

Two developers from ArmA III creator Bohemia Interactive have been arrested in Greece and charged with spying after they took photographs and video of military installations. Read more...

The UK wants to build a 'giant database' of internet usage

Tyler Holman — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 20:21:35 +0100

The UK is working to pass a new bill that would require ISPs to store all internet data for 12 months, with metadata open for warrantless examination by everyone from law enforcement to tax inspectors Read more...

Google faces FTC fine for spying on Safari users

Paul Ferson — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 02:40:15 +0100

Google faces an investigation from the Federal Trade Commission over an exploit they manipulated with Safari's cookies, allowing them to track users who did not give permission to be tracked. Read more...

British Airways begins to examine its customers

Paul Ferson — Fri, 06 Jul 2012 00:28:54 +0100

British Airways has begun to examine its customers to identify regular travellers, promoting a close-knit relationship. Opposition to this has emerged over the use of modern media for investigation. Read more...

Homeland Security wants to hack your console

Tyler Holman — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 20:13:03 +0100

The US Navy and DHS have tapped a computer forensics company to develop new methods of hacking gaming consoles and establishing a collection of data from second hand devices to use as a base. Read more...

The NSA's new spy center will see everything

Tyler Holman — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 02:08:17 +0000

Imagine a heavily guarded supercomputer deep in the desert, keeping tabs on everything that passes through the net, all the while working to break the encryption. Sound like bad Sci-Fi? It's not. Read more...

Value your privacy? You may be a terrorist!

Tyler Holman — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:10:40 +0000

According to a new FBI flyer, internet cafes should be on the lookout for anyone who seems 'overly concerned about privacy,' or anyone who logs into AOL, as these may be signs of terrorism. Read more...

Israel uses Facebook to blacklist airline passengers

Christopher White — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 15:29:56 +0100

Maybe Julian Assange was onto something when he called Facebook an “appalling spy machine.” The social media site that is used for sharing personal tidbits of information is also used to bring groups of... Read more...

iPhone 4 reportedly capturing images at random using front camera

Matthew Jones — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 11:52:40 +0100

In an issue that will have privacy advocates up in arms, iPhone 4 owners are claiming their devices are, in effect, spying on them using the phone's front-facing camera. In a thread on Apple's support forums,... Read more...

Former Microsoft employee responds to spying allegations

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 22:24:42 +0000

Microsoft recently accused Mike Mullor, a former employee for applying for his job in Microsoft under false pretenses and using his role at the company to gain access to confidential data. Mullor, Chairman and Founder... Read more...

Germany seeks expansion of computer spying

blackice912 — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 20:05:32 +0000

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Looking to join other governments and expand surveillance laws, the LATimes is reporting that Germany wants to be your friend and give you a Trojan. A Trojan horse, that is. Quote - ... Read more...

Judge Rules Internet Spying Illegal

Sagittarius — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 00:03:58 +0100

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In a case brought against the Department of Justice by the American Civil Liberties Union, the National Security Archive and the Electronic Privacy Information Center, Judge Victor Marrero, of the District of Columbia, has determined... Read more...

California Attorney General Files Charges in HP Spying Case

Daylene — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 15:19:12 +0100

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The California Attorney General's office late Wednesday charged former Hewlett-Packard Chairwoman Patricia Dunn, a second high-ranking HP executive and three others with felony fraud and conspiracy in the wake of a controversial internal investigation launched... Read more...

Wired Leaks NSA/AT&T Spying Documents

Croquant — Mon, 22 May 2006 21:20:24 +0100

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Wired news has published documents detailing AT&T's cooperation with the National Security Agency in spying on American citizens. Former AT&T technician Mark Klein is the key witness in the Electronic Frontier Foundation's class-action lawsuit against... Read more...

RFID - between spying and utility

Michael S — Wed, 30 Mar 2005 16:30:26 +0100

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It's the year 2010. You're watching your favorite news show to see what's happening in the crazy world of technology. The show is interrupted by commercials. You think this is a good time for a... Read more...

Is Steam spying on you?

Keldyn — Fri, 12 Sep 2003 18:21:42 +0100

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After probing Steams code some people found detail within Steam that lead them to think that Steam watches what's on your hard drive.... Valve's main man, Gabe Newell says, "Not... Read more...

Who's Spying on You at Work?

malebolgia — Fri, 18 Jul 2003 19:44:46 +0100

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"You better be prepared for what you find out, and it may be that the most senior people in your organization are perpetrating the biggest problem," says Atthought CEO Arthur Tisi. "And then it becomes,... Read more...

Secret U.S. court OKs electronic spying

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 19 Nov 2002 14:40:16 +0000

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A secretive federal court on Monday granted police broad authority to monitor Internet use, record keystrokes and employ other surveillance methods against terror and espionage suspects. In an unexpected and near-complete victory for law enforcement,... Read more...

UPDATE : Ever had doubts that XP was spying on you?

Mr magoo — Sun, 23 Jun 2002 14:58:04 +0100

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Rephrased at the request of many users Here's a heads up on what "Related Links" does on XP SP1 and prior versions of IE (as linked below, Alexa team up with MS in ie5) It... Read more...