Minister of Justice in the UK government announced plans to introduce a more severe punishment for internet trolls who publish online offensive material or threats to other people.
Now for such offenses in the country, you can get up to six months in prison. However, the authorities intend to review the law and increase the term. New measures have caused outrage among some users. Laws to deal with internet “trolling” already exist in the UK and newly-proposed legislation makes many worried about democracy and freedom of expression Gavin Macfadyen, director of the Centre for Investigative Journalism told in his interview.
Read moreSnapchat reportedly has more than 100 million active users of its free photo and video messaging app, but it has never made any money from them. Now it’s hoping to change that by running adverts within the app.
The subject matter may have been scary, but Snapchat was at pains to tell its users that it wants to steer away from “creepy” ad-targeting, as well as avoiding being too intrusive with advertising. Snapchat explained that It’s the first time we had done anything like this because it’s the first time we had been paid to put content in that space. It’s going to feel a little weird at first, but they are taking the plunge.
Read moreImagine attending a stand-up comedy show where entrance to the club is free but you are told that you will be charged a specific price per laugh. The more you laugh, the more you pay. If you don’t laugh, you don’t pay. Exactly that type of “pay-per-laugh” business model is being tested at a comedy club in Barcelona.
What makes this pay-per-laugh model possible is facial recognition software loaded onto tablets that are attached to the backs of seats in the theater. This facial recognition technology can detect each and every laugh and then charge people. For now, this innovative pay-per-laugh model appears to be a winner for Spanish comedians.
Read moreFacebook wants assurances from the Drug Enforcement Administration that it's not operating any more fake profile pages as part of ongoing investigations.
Facebook's chief security officer said to DEA Administrator that law enforcement agencies need to follow the same rules about being truthful on Facebook as civilian users. Those rules include a ban on lying about who you are. Sullivan in response to a New York woman's federal lawsuit claimed that a DEA agent created a fake online persona using her name and photographs stored on her cellphone. A woman said her pictures were retrieved from her cellphone after she was arrested.
Read moreImagine being able to download a full HD movie in less than three second, or back your entire computer up in less than a minute without the need for any cables. Samsung has announced that it has made a breakthrough in Wi-Fi technology which will allow a 1GB file to be downloaded in less than three seconds.
Samsung claims it is able to eliminate a problem where too many signals from different smartphones, tablets or computers cause interference, which hampers speed. It’s worth noting though, that this new breakthrough doesn’t suddenly mean you will have faster internet, your internet service provider controls that. This simply means faster connections in your internal network between devices.
Read moreJunk mail is a pain for all of us, but in Britain, what's really bugging people is that it's being so personally targeted into their homes. What's more, marketing firms are buying up names and addresses from a place most would assume holds their details safely under lock and key.
Getting the post, delivered these days is less by letters from France or even bills it now a direct advertising offensive to your own front door. Each year, individuals and private firms receive 12 billion of advertising letters, that is, more than 400 for the average English family. So, who is selling your name and address?
Read moreA malicious worm that can roam the net seeking data stored on insecure hardware has been created by a security researcher. The proof-of-concept worm was written to illustrate how vulnerable such data stores are to malicious attack.
Many people connect these devices to a home router to give family members a place to put important files such as photos and films or to act as a back-up for other gadgets. Some home routers can also connect to hard drives to turn them into an NAS-type device. Many of these, if exploited, would give an attacker complete control over a device letting them plunder the data on it.
Read moreA Tic-tac-toe game is actually a new mobile trojan – detected as Trojan-Spy,AndroidOS.Gomal.a, or Gomal – targeting Android devices. Gomal is capable of recording audio from the microphone, stealing incoming SMS messages, stealing device information such as cell phone number.
Obtaining root privileges, dumping memory regions of some processes in order to obtain sensitive data, and stealing data from the device log. Gomal uses many techniques initially incorporated into Windows trojans, the post indicates. Packaging trojans in mobile games is common – there are multiple cases of attackers doing so using the popular games.
Read moreDoes the US lack cybersecurity manpower? Even if it adds thousands of security pros, can Washington stay ahead of the hackers? And how can the federal government compete for top talent with the likes of Facebook, Google, and Twitter?
Michael Daniel has been on a recruitment drive since becoming White House Cybersecurity Coordinator more than two years ago. He’s been on the hunt for more skilled security pros to join the government’s fight against criminal hackers, as well as championing the cause for an all-around more digitally vigilant workforce.
Read moreA startup called Pavlok has launched a crowdfunding campaign for a wristband that electroshocks its owner to encourage him or her to exercise, eat healthily, wake up on time and stop procrastinating.
Pavlok can help with setting goals like going to the gym regularly or giving up social networks, with the wristband electrically shocking the owner, should he/she fail to stick to the task. Pavlok can shock the person via small metal terminals, and the wave might jolt, but supposedly isn’t hazardous. Amid the most notable Pavlok’s functions, is the alarm which goes off gently with noises and vibrations, waking the owner up, but if he or she continues to sleep, a shock wave will be sent.
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