WhatsApp is storing unencrypted backup data on Google Drive

Did someone order a back door?,Security ,Security,Privacy ,Facebook,whatsapp,Social Media,Google | Continue reading

@theinquirer.net | 4 years ago

The INQUIRER reaches end-of-life

We came, we Inquired, we're off to the pub,History ,inq | Continue reading

@theinquirer.net | 4 years ago

Paying £4 a month for use of your own doorbell?

If we don't own the future, it'll own us,Software,Friction ,Software,Friction,as-a-service,digital rights | Continue reading

@theinquirer.net | 4 years ago

One man writes Linux drivers for 235 USB webcams (2007)

Face to Face Michel, the pipe-smoking French Linux guru,Graphics,Laptops,Peripherals,Software , | Continue reading

@theinquirer.net | 4 years ago

Unsecured database exposes 179GB of US Army and government personnel data

Atten tut-tut,Security ,US Army,Privacy ,data leak,cloud | Continue reading

@theinquirer.net | 4 years ago

Facebook must delete 'illegal' comments globally, ECJ rules

Article 19 warns ruling could put freedom of speech at risk,Communications ,Social Media,Facebook | Continue reading

@theinquirer.net | 4 years ago

It Looks Like the Move from Google Play Music to YouTube Music Is Back On

The tiny tweaks are coming thick and fast now,Software ,Software,Google,Android,YouTube | Continue reading

@theinquirer.net | 4 years ago

1m fingerprints found in leaky database by firm who should know better

Your handsome prints have come,Security ,Security,Privacy ,Hacking,biometrics | Continue reading

@theinquirer.net | 4 years ago

Harmony OS Makes Its Debut on the Honor Vision TV

Honor gets the honour of deflowering Huawei's Harmony,Software,Hardware ,Software,Hardware,huawei,honor,HarmonyOS | Continue reading

@theinquirer.net | 4 years ago

GitHub faces class-action lawsuit over role in Capital One breach

Plaintiffs claim firm violated the federal Wiretap Act,Security ,Hacking,Github,lawsuit,Friction,data breach | Continue reading

@theinquirer.net | 4 years ago

Google settles for 13$M for theft of passwords and data over WiFi

That's less than a sixth of Alphabet's daily income,Friction ,Google,street view,Privacy | Continue reading

@theinquirer.net | 4 years ago

Huawei lays off two-thirds of its US R&D workforce

Wei to go,Friction ,Friction,huawei,USA,china,Hiring & Firing | Continue reading

@theinquirer.net | 4 years ago

The second coming of Eve: Why crowd-designed hardware is still the future

Forget the past, look to the Finnish,Hardware ,Hardware | Continue reading

@theinquirer.net | 4 years ago

Original USB plug wasn’t reversible because being cheap was more important

Ahhhhhh... flip,Hardware ,Hardware,usb | Continue reading

@theinquirer.net | 4 years ago

Adobe's experimental AI tool can tell if something's been Photoshopped

And it'll even undo the damage,Software ,AI,adobe,Software,fake news | Continue reading

@theinquirer.net | 4 years ago

Russia plans to ban nine VPNs within a month

Putin' censorship first,Controversy ,russia,VPN,Privacy ,Security | Continue reading

@theinquirer.net | 4 years ago

Apple accused of censoring negative reactions to its $999 Mac Pro stand

Apple wants us off the boos,Friction,Hardware ,Hardware,Friction,Apple,YouTube,copyright | Continue reading

@theinquirer.net | 4 years ago

South Korea is switching to Linux ahead of the Windows 7 shutdown

Tabs to more Ctrl and less Win. Such Fn.,Software ,Software,Windows,Linux,Open Source,windows 7 | Continue reading

@theinquirer.net | 4 years ago

Huawei: 'no-spy' contracts and promises to 'shutdown' if China forces backdoors

Promises go further than ever before,Security ,Security,critical infrastructure,5G,huawei,China | Continue reading

@theinquirer.net | 4 years ago

Apple is lobbying Californian lawmakers against 'Right to Repair' bill

Because you could hurt your little handy-wandys,Hardware,Friction ,Hardware,Friction,Apple,iphone | Continue reading

@theinquirer.net | 4 years ago

The NSA wants to call time on its phone-tapping hobby

Phoning it in,Controversy ,nsa,Edward Snowden,spying | Continue reading

@theinquirer.net | 5 years ago

Facebook is asking new users to hand over their email password

We should be should be surprised, but...,Security ,Facebook,Social Media,password,Security,Privacy | Continue reading

@theinquirer.net | 5 years ago

Google now pays more in EU fines than it does in taxes

Firm was slapped with $5.1bn worth of penalties in 2018,Friction ,Google,ALPHABET,European Commission | Continue reading

@theinquirer.net | 5 years ago

Six per cent of bots spread 31 per cent of fake information on Twitter

Bot or not?,Controversy,Boffin Watch ,bots,Social Media,Twitter,fake news | Continue reading

@theinquirer.net | 5 years ago

MFA issues lock out Office 365 and Azure users globally

It's so secure that users can't get into their accounts,Software ,Microsoft,cloud computing,borkage,office 365 | Continue reading

@theinquirer.net | 5 years ago

Trump-themed dating website exposes user data on launch day

Yuge breach might have also revealed authentication tokens,Security ,data breach,Security,donald trump,Privacy | Continue reading

@theinquirer.net | 5 years ago

Nvidia's GeForce RTX 2080 Ti cards are reportedly failing in high numbers

Founders Edition cards seem to be the most bork-prone,Graphics ,Nvidia,GeForce RTX 2080 Ti,GPU,graphics,borkage | Continue reading

@theinquirer.net | 5 years ago

Microsoft has been serving a malware-filled Chrome link through Bing

Lack of intel inside,Software,Security ,Security,Software,Hacking,Chrome,Google,Microsoft,bing | Continue reading

@theinquirer.net | 5 years ago

Twitter faces GDPR probe over data collected by URL-shortening service

Privacy researcher suspects t.co service tracks users across the web,Communications ,Twitter,Social Media,gdpr,Privacy ,internet | Continue reading

@theinquirer.net | 5 years ago

Microsoft donates 30-year-old obsolete MS-DOS to GitHub

But don't fiddle with it. You'll go blind. Also it's not editable,Software,History ,Software,Microsoft,Open Source,Github | Continue reading

@theinquirer.net | 5 years ago

Microsoft releases list of features being removed from Windows 10 October Update

It's not nearly as bad as it looks,Software ,Software,Microsoft,Windows | Continue reading

@theinquirer.net | 5 years ago

Equifax hack report sheds light on firm's dysfunctional IT department

Security staffers didn't know how much data was stolen in 2017 breach,Security ,Security,equifax,Hacking,data breach | Continue reading

@theinquirer.net | 5 years ago

CCleaner is updating itself without users' permission

Second privacy misfire in as many months,Security ,Security,Privacy ,ccleaner,Avast | Continue reading

@theinquirer.net | 5 years ago

GovPayNow's dodgy website security exposes 14M customer records

But there's no indication that data was used for nefarious purposes,Security ,data breach,privacy,Security | Continue reading

@theinquirer.net | 5 years ago

Google confirms it's letting third parties scan your Gmail

Google warns users to check their permissions. Well, duh,Security ,Security,Privacy ,Google,gmail | Continue reading

@theinquirer.net | 5 years ago

Lenovo CTO confirms local backdoors in products

But emphasises that this doesn't apply to the rest of the world,Security ,Security,privacy,LENOVO,china | Continue reading

@theinquirer.net | 5 years ago

445M customer records on left open AWS server

200GB data trove was uncovered by security researcher Bob Diachenki,Security ,Security,aws,data breach,Privacy | Continue reading

@theinquirer.net | 5 years ago

GCHQ's mass surveillance violates citizens' right to privacy, ECHR rules

Landmark ruling is first related to UK gov's controversial intelligence sharing,Communications ,GCHQ,Security,Privacy ,Edward Snowden | Continue reading

@theinquirer.net | 5 years ago

Microsoft's Windows 10 October update will kill of Disk Cleanup

It's all about smart file management and the cloud now... because of course it is,Software ,windows 10,Microsoft,Disk Clean-up | Continue reading

@theinquirer.net | 5 years ago

Google will consign Inbox app to the knackers yard come March 2019

All the best features are in Gmail, so dry your eyes mate,Software,Developer ,Google,Inbox,gmail,AI | Continue reading

@theinquirer.net | 5 years ago

Plex Cloud will be killed due to technical gremlins

Going to the cloud ain't that easy after all,Software,Cloud ,plex,aws,cloud computing,borkage | Continue reading

@theinquirer.net | 5 years ago

Microsoft takes down spoof sites owned by “Fancy Bear”

Russian hacking group is created spoof websites for Senate and thinktanks,Security ,russia,fancy bear,Microsoft,US government,Security,Hacking | Continue reading

@theinquirer.net | 5 years ago

BBC 4.1 joins the AI revolution with two nights of AI-generated programmes

See clips unseen for decades through the eyes of a neural network,Infrastructure ,digital television,Digital Media,AI,bbc,datastrategy | Continue reading

@theinquirer.net | 5 years ago

John McAfee's 'unhackable' Bitfi wallet has been hacked inside a week

Experts claim to have root access, as well as finding spyware,Security,Hardware ,Security,Hacking,john mcafee,Bitcoin,cryptocurrency | Continue reading

@theinquirer.net | 5 years ago

Firefox has a decade-old bug that serves users Apple and crypto scams

But odd 'drag and drop' flaw is unlikely too much of a threat,Security ,bug,mozilla,firefox,cryptocurrency,Apple | Continue reading

@theinquirer.net | 5 years ago

Intel delays 10nm Cannon Lake processors, again, until late 2019

Firm promises to deliver chips to consumer PCs in time for the holidays... next year,Laptop ,10nm chips,cannon lake,Intel | Continue reading

@theinquirer.net | 5 years ago

Another German regional government is switching from Linux to Windows

Achtung! Das Baby mit dem Badewasser rauswerfen!,Open Source ,Software,Open Source,Linux,Microsoft,Windows,Bratwurst | Continue reading

@theinquirer.net | 5 years ago

Google launches Chrome 68 with doomsaying for unsecured websites

Here be dragons, repent all ye that pass,Software ,Software,Google,Android,Security,Chrome | Continue reading

@theinquirer.net | 5 years ago