Ars tests Internet surveillance—by spying on an NPR reporter A week spent playing NSA reveals just how much data we leak online. On a bright April morning in Menlo Park, California, I became an Internet spy. This was easier than it sounds because I had a willing target. I had partnered with National Public Radio (NPR) tech correspondent… Read More »
Google unseats Microsoft as the U.S. browser powerhouse Google’s strength in mobile browsing pushes it past Microsoft’s Internet Explorer Google has unseated rival Microsoft as the leading browser maker in the U.S. for the first time, Adobe said this week, citing data from its analytics platform. The rise in Google’s domestic fortunes followed Microsoft’s reduction to second fiddle… Read More »
Many of you who are using Windows 7 have written to us asking if you should upgrade to Windows 8.x in light of the recent revelations that Microsoft has released fixes for Windows 8 for zero-day vulnerabilities but not for Windows 7. According to Microsoft, Windows 7 with Service Pack One (SP1) will be supported until January 14, 2020 (extended… Read More »
Redmond is patching Windows 8 but NOT Windows 7, say security bods New tool checks differences, could lead to 0-day bonanza Microsoft has left Windows 7 exposed by only applying patches to its newest operating systems. Researchers found the gaps after they scanned 900 Windows libraries and uncovered a variety of security functions that were updated in Windows… Read More »
The Top 5 Claims That Defenders of the NSA Have to Stop Making to Remain Credible Cindy Cohn and Nadia Kayyali – EFF Over the past year, as the Snowden revelations have rolled out, the government and its apologists have developed a set of talking points about mass spying that the public has now heard over and over… Read More »
Intruders for the Plugged-In Home, Coming in Through the Internet Sometime soon, you may be able to turn your lights on with your iPhone. That, however, raises the question of what could happen if your device fell into the hands of a hacker. Home, connected home. The front door opens with a tap on aniPhone. The lights come… Read More »