Forum: Surveillance and Personal Security

Something for all of us to think about. The internet is awesome but also an open and unlocked door to your world. :p Canadian Internet...

A smart doll named Cayla is thought to be compromising security of households "Parents in Germany have been told to destroy the talking toy called...

I've looked at various computer circuits, the boards on Dell computers for instance, using the RealTek chipset talked about in the article -...

Got one of those new fancy Smart TV's that run the Open Source Android Operating system? Like an LG smart TV ? There is a current concern in...

Security company finds 700 million Android phones have spying firmware pre-installed Mike Wehner BGR Tue, 20 Dec...

A type of "backdoor" opening, for a root-kit, designed to have the smartphone "phone home" to China (again).. was found by BitSight security...

Two different articles from RT.com that ties into my previous thread on the new 1 pound coin being minted in the UK with a chip in it. In the second...

ET phone home? Maybe if home is somewhere in China.. Android again has another problem.. Security researchers have uncovered a secret backdoor...

Hi Everyone, Mods if this has been covered in a separate thread please delete, but WOW! "The United Kingdom’s Royal Mint has revealed a beautiful...

Each person connected to the web and other electronic devices might be amazed to hear that the people doing the data mining have so much material...

Remember Sauron of Lord of the rings? Kaspersky only discovered its existence when it was asked by an unnamed government organization to...

For the last few years I've used real pictures of myself for my avatar and for a profile pic. Last night, I forwarded a thread link to some friends...

I've been a member here for quite some time, but I haven't really had any particular topic to point out yet, so this is my first. Paranormal and such...

Just when we thought that iPhones were in better shape (such we have been brain-cleaned to believe), we hear this - UPDATE your iPhone software NOW,...

What if someone emails you and you respond back? Never thought until now about emails. Do we still have privacy or can people track an ip on emails?...

The NSA Leak Is Real, Snowden Documents Confirm Sam Biddle Aug. 19 2016, 2:00 p.m. Leia em português ⟶ On Monday, a hacking group ...

Another issue hits Android - phones and tablets - a TCP flaw in which the way the RFC 5961 standard is implemented in the Linux kernel. Mitigating...

Linux vulnerability leaves top sites wide open to attackers Published time: 11 Aug, 2016 15:47 Get short URL © Beck Diefenbach...

It's called the QuadRooter Flaw - Got an Android? Well, another hole leaves your phone open potentially to attack, where the attacker can take...

We are so incredibly fortunate to have found Project Avalon. Where would we be without it......lost me thinks? So I want to salute Bill and...

There is a new attack being used on people who might have valuable or high profile bank, email, web hosting, twitter, or other such accounts. If...

"Recent Intel x86 processors implement a secret, powerful control mechanism that runs on a separate chip that no one is allowed to audit or examine."...

Why would I want to let Google record my living room 24 hours a day, just so I can order a pizza without dialling? Google Tries Again ...

Since quite a while I am not active on this forum. Since two years I slowly, slowly cut all my connections to the legal name my parents registered...

Seems that social media creates a fantastic place to share thoughts, or plant ideas, create intense emotion, obviously a place to share that which...

The title pretty much explains the purpose of the thread. I could wax lyrical, embellish & pad things out but its a kind of a to the bone question...

Is SaferWeb a good alternative or are there others? I was hacked for the first time ever on the 14th of last month. "If you live in the US and...

From TheHighersideChats Greg Carlwood interviews Robert Guffey "Author Robert Guffey joins THC to talk about the saga contained in his new...