Another one bites the dust, this time for spying on a teenage girl via webcam. 4 years is a reasonable sentence this time I think as the case borders on many offenses such as blackmail, indecent behaviour, infringement of privacy, unlawful access and probably a few more.
It was a pretty simple hack as it goes, [...]
For some of the long time readers, you might remember we’ve been covering the case of the UK Hacker Gary McKinnon for quite some time. The last post was about a year ago though in August 2007 when he Won Right to Lords Appeal Extradition Hearing.
The first post on the case was over 2 years [...]
Now this is an interesting privacy related case to think about over the weekend, Google has to reveal viewing details for Youtube to Viacom.
Anyone who has EVER watched a Youtube video, that’s pretty extreme. Luckily most people are using dynamic IP addresses, so it shouldn’t be too much of a concern.
Unless of course they decide [...]
It just goes to show, however smart you think you are…don’t bother trying to wreck someones data. In this case, even if the guy was pissed it was highly responsible as it involved medical records and could actually seriously effect someones life.
He was pretty careful but left a few clues behind, more than enough for [...]
Looks like India has them moving into the hacking scene young, it’ll happen anywhere with decent network infrastructure and disparate levels of economy. Look at Eastern Europe and China as other examples, India though due to it’s outsourcing culture and plentiful legitimate jobs in the IT industry doesn’t seem to suffer so many problems with [...]
If not the magic camera in the sky might think you are a terrorist and a squad of crack F16s might be dispatched to blow up your plane..
Don’t go to the toilet too often too, or walk around too much…or do anything really. Better just sit in your seat with a blank expression on your [...]
Oh dear, UK going backwards again. A bad case of Big Brother syndrome and once again under the blanket excuse of efforts against terrorism.
Please! That’s so old and tired now, do governments seriously think they can keep infringing people’s privacy and rights under the same old guise? Strike terror into the public by continually telling [...]
Another big heist in the US netting a whole lot of juicy information on credit and debit cards, over half a million USD lost in this case alone. There’s a whole lot of fraud going on..
Not bad for fiddling with the cash register system of a restaurant chain. It just shows, anyone dealing with finanical [...]
A while back we reported how US customs owns your data, now it’s getting even worse. 10 days ago the US appeals court gave them rights to COPY all your data without notice even if there are no suspicions.
Anyone want to talk about dilution of intellectual property? Privacy? Or just basic human rights..
In a letter [...]
It seems like Russia wants to keep a tight reign on things, anything with Wifi capability must be licenses! That includes your phone…imagine having to apply for a permit to have a wireless AP at home?
Rather ridiculous no?
Business travellers to Russia might want to keep their laptops and iPhones well-concealed - not from muggers, necessarily, [...]
