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Is it okay to shoot a drone over your backyard? This seems to be a trend, as people have shot down drones in southern New Jersey and rural California. The courts have ruled this to be illegal, and they got arrested for it. Drones are a real threat, and the government is taking them seriously. In January, a man lost control of his drone, which crashed on the White House lawn. In May, another man was arrested for trying to fly his drone over the White House fence. Another man was arrested last week for flying a drone into the stadium where the U.S. Open was taking place. People have even attempted to get drugs into prisons with drones in Maryland, Ohio and South Carolina. There have even been many near-misses between drones and airplanes. People are worried about the possible terrorist uses of drones. There are companies that sell anti-drone laser weapons. One company even sells shotgun shells specifically designed to shoot down drones. Currently, it's illegal to shoot down a drone, even if it's hovering above your own property. Law professor Michael Froomkin argues that self-defense should be permissible against drones simply because you don't know their capabilities. I agree with Michael Froomkin on this, because people have mounted guns on drones. The drones could could be listening or photographing us on our own property. I understand it is dangerous to have people firing guns into the air trying to shoot down drones over their property, so maybe stricter laws about where you can fly a drone could be the answer to these problems. Source: http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/09/opinions/schneier-shoot-down-drones/

This could be super well known, this could be completely irrelevant, but does gmail store information about you by searching inside email attachments? Recently, I was searching for flights and google brought up a whole bunch of flight information from a few pdf flight itineraries I'd been sent a while ago, no actual information in the email, just the attachments. The only information I could find about this was a few posts from 2012 about users being able to search for information inside attachments in google. Does anyone find this scary? Or is this just a super common feature?

The Tories are attempting to introduce legislation that would require adult websites to implement age verification mechanisms. The intention here being to minimize the amount of access minors have to this content. Websites that fail to do so would be shut down. Think of the children! Experts have warned the party that this would be particularly difficult to enforce. According to Huffington Post UK, the party is committed to ensuring that such content is locked after "a recent Childline poll found nearly one in ten 12 -13 year olds are worried they are addicted and 18% have seen shocking or upsetting images." The proposal would employ an ISP arbitrator which would enforce compliance. Providers that fail to comply with the new regulations would be fined. Here's a thought. Why not, as parents, monitor what your kids do online? While I certainly agree that this type of material can impose negative viewpoints and/or give children a false understanding of what healthy relationships are, it should not be the government's job to monitor children. Such legislation would be a logistical nightmare to enforce. I'm not sure that they are aware that it is rather easy to lie on the Internet about one's age. This is not surprising at all. This is just a modern extension of what many teenagers have done in the past. Am I being too dismissive? Interested to hear your thoughts below.

It should come as no surprise that "privacy" on Facebook is a joke. For about a year now, I've been using online mediums on and off for dating. In this last week, I started noticing people I've spoken to using applications such as Tinder or POF appearing in my Facebook feed. Generally Facebeook suggests people nearby, with at least 1 mutual friend. This last week suddenly half of the people I've had a conversation with on a dating application started popping up as friend suggestions. There are no mutual friends to connect us, nor are they nearby (I live an hour away from a major city), I don't talk about my dating life on Facebook. There really shouldn't be any reason for them to be popping up, or visa versa. If we wanted to give up what anonymity we had, we would do it when we feel it is safe to do so. But Tinder REQUIRES you to connect with Facebook! Absolutely sure that part is understandable, however other applications such as POF do not. POF Doesn't require you to disclose any information you do not want wish to share, even your first name! Since I've made that particular account, I've used an alias email to help prevent spam on my main email. To be clear, some of these individuals haven't even shared their first name, let alone their last. Showing me gaming and electronic ads because I use Facebook chat is one thing, trying to suggest friends from dating applications is insane and a huge compromise in security. Just something to consider should you decide to try any of these applications. If you want to be found by a stranger, that shouldn't be Facebooks decision.

Windows 10 is mostly free for everyone in the first year. But as it seems as Microsoft is going down the Google road and collecting all you personal data. But it is even worse as they are collecting it on the level of the operating system. https://jonathan.porta.codes/2015/07/30/windows-10-seems-to-have-some-scary-privacy-defaults/ There's as a reddit on how to disable most of the data logs: https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/3f38ed/guide_how_to_disable_data_logging_in_w10/ I personally will move on and use Linux for all my personal stuff and use Windows only for gaming from now on. Moreover you should change some default settings for update delivery, because otherwise Microsoft will just plain use your bandwidth to update other people's OS http://thenextweb.com/microsoft/2015/07/30/windows-10-steals-your-bandwidth-to-send-other-people-updates/ I was really excited for Windows 10, until I read all of this. F*** you Microsoft

There's a new social media platform that's just launched in a public Alpha state @ minds.com, it's claiming to be focused on Open Source, encryption and maintaining privacy, things we care about in the tech world. http://rt.com/news/267835-social-network-anonymous-minds/ https://www.minds.com Register your name now before you have to start adding random crap on the end

Found this article and just wanted to share some information about privacy concerns. I know these kinds of articles have been shared multiple times already but here is another one. https://www.petri.com/windows-10-privacy-concerns-are-overblown-but-perception-matters Issues we have heard that are mentioned in the article: Most settings in Windows—browser history, favorites, and passwords—are now automatically synchronized to Microsoft’s servers. Yes, it debuted in windows 8 and only works with a Microsoft account. What it is suppose to do is make things simple for users. Instead of needing to change settings and such every time we sign into a new PC, the settings and other things followed you to this new device.Cortana collects even more data for Microsoft Yes she does but ONLY if you opt in. When you first search from Cortana you can disable all of this stuff. You can at any time, if you enable cortana to disable her. By default Cortana ONLY searches through your PC and internet. You also tell her what you want her to know about you in the notebook. Do not worry that when you turn Cortana stuff off and she still shows up in your task manager. It just means search is on. Cortana only collects a device’s location, calendar data, app usage, emails, text messages, and phone call history if you let her. If you already use Google Now or Siri on your phone then this isn't new to you. Here is more information about Cortana's privacy. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/cortana-privacy-faq Windows 10’s new feature steals your Internet bandwidth I made this Bold because IT'S TRUE and is hard to notice! Windows 10 is designed to use peer to peer networking technology to reduce bandwidth. By default, in Settings>Update and Security>Windows Update>Advanced Options>Choose how updates are delivered the selection "PCs on my local network, and PCs on the internet" enabled. The "PCs on the internet" part is what will transfer windows 10 and apps update data from your pc to another pc somewhere that is not on your network. This is NOT a security issue but a bandwidth issue. Your bandwidth will be used without you directly knowing about it. We don't know how much bandwidth or how much it will impact your internet connection. Click on "PCs on my local network" to ONLY share windows 10 and app update data between PCs on your local network which does save bandwidth on your own personal network. To turn this off click slider that says "ON" and it will change to "OFF" If you’re using a metered connection this is turned off by default. Microsoft assigns a unique advertising ID and Bing which collects data which is then sold to third parties to provide users with more personalized search results This is true It debuted in Windows 8 It's anonymous Can be simply disabled in Settings>Privacy>General and click on the first slider to "OFF" Wi-Fi Sense actually shares your protected Wi-Fi passwords with your friends False, what Wi-Fi sense actually does is allow a friends connect to your network without sharing any passwords. You must opt in and enable which network you want to be shared with your friends Your friends do NOT get any passwords they simply just connect. Your friends also must have Wi-Fi Sense enabled. This I would find is actually more secure. Your friends don't get any password so your password is safe with you. In my house we have a guest network set up with a simple password. I set up Wi-Fi sense to allow my friends to connect only to the guest network. Instead of them putting in the password they can now just connect as long as they are running Windows 10 or Windows phone 8.1 and have Wi-Fi Sense enabled. If you have a smartphone then almost all of this stuff happens already to you. Microsoft is allowing you to turn things off though. Share any of your Privacy concerns about Windows 10. I've read a few posts about this already and a few things I find valid while most I don't think are a concern.

Loads of good information in here to help keep your private data private. I did a quick search and couldn't see this posted previously. Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/3f38ed/guide_how_to_disable_data_logging_in_w10/ There's been a lot of commotion over W10's privacy terms. I'm sure these methods can change/improve at any time, but here's a guide which should hopefully give you a relatively more private, safe experience, however at the risk of not being able to enjoy some of W10's features. Before/During Installation Do not use Express Settings. Hit Customize, and make sure everything is turned off. It's strongly preferred that you use a local account with Windows 10. After Installation Head to Settings > Privacy, and disable everything, unless there are some things you really need. While within the Privacy page, go to Feedback, select Never in the first box, and Basic in the second box. Head to Settings > Update and Security > Advanced Options > Choose how updates are delivered, and turn the first switch off. Disable Cortana by clicking the Search bar/icon. (Optional) Disable web search in Search by going to Settings, and turning off Search online and include web results. Slightly Complex Open up the Command Prompt by launching cmd as an administrator, and enter the following: sc delete DiagTrack sc delete dmwappushservice echo "" > C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Diagnosis\ETLLogs\AutoLogger\AutoLogger-Diagtrack-Listener.etl Open up the Group Policy Editor by launching gpedit.msc as an administrator. Go through Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Data Collection and Preview Builds. Double click Telemetry, hit Disabled, then apply. NOTE: This only truly works in the Enterprise edition, but the final step provides a decent enough workaround for Pro users. While still in the Group Policy Editor, go through Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > OneDrive, double click Prevent the usage of OneDrive for file storage, hit Enabled, then apply. While still in the Group Policy Editor, go through Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Defender, double click Turn Off Windows Defender, hit Enabled, then apply. Open up the Registry Editor by launching regedit as an administrator. Go through HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\DataCollection, select AllowTelemetry, change its value to 0, then apply. First, download the Take Ownership tweak and enable it. Then, head to the Hosts File by going through C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\Etc, take ownership of the hosts file, and add all of the IPs from this page into the file. Up To You Replace Microsoft Edge/Internet Explorer with Firefox, Chromium, or any forks/variations of them. Replace Windows Media Player with VLC or MPC-HC Replace Groove Music with Foobar2000, Winamp, or MusicBee. Replace Photos/Windows Photo Viewer with ImageGlass or IrfanView.

I apologise if this has already been over discussed here but I didn't see and apparent topic for it. I was just reading a little into the terms and agreements related to using Windows 10 and as you can imagine a long and dry topic. I pretty much skipped to the sections related to privacy as I remembered when I went to activate Cortana on my phone. It wanted access to alot of data which fair enough they gave a reason for and I could just hit no and continue using the phone. However Cortana at the moment is built into Windows 10 and active by default and from what I've read can't be uninstalled/removed. So that apparently means when you've agreed to Windows 10 T&A you're also agreeing to perhaps more. Fair enough software will of course come with your OS/PC but this time it's seems to be set as though you've already launched it once and hit agree. It seems you have to manual disable features you don't agree with or just don't like. This may of been a given for Windows itself if you like to set it up to run how you like but to also have to seek the settings of programs you don't intend to use (and perhaps haven't even launched once as I don't know how a fresh Windows 10 install acts upon that first time boot. More than just testing your video?). Which means when you're going about your daily computer use you're apparently agreeing to having what ever data you're accessing to be send to Microsoft as well. As you could guess the official documentation at Microsoft is very long and dry, although this article http://thenextweb.com/microsoft/2015/07/29/wind-nos/ does jump to some points I rather didn't like about it. Mainly the default opt in and sharing what seems to be unspecified data with their partner/chosen companies. Oh and the disclosing your data includes a short list, which includes your files and specifically mentions files in your private folders. Has anyone here reviewed the privacy statements yet? What do you think about this have it set by default you agree we can take this? I guess fair enough they always could but now it has you saying it's ok to do pretty much with out limit. I've not read over Windows 7 privacy or T&A so does anyone here know how different the agreement is for 10 from 7? Excluding the expected expanded to cover more legal clauses has they Windows 10 privacy statement really made that much of a giant leap towards getting at your data relative to 7? Would this put anyone here off using Windows 10, perhaps waiting for an amendment to the T&A or how the default setting are shipped. Good thing everyone who has ever used a computer has read every page of every piece of software's T&A...

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/08/even-when-told-not-to-windows-10-just-cant-stop-talking-to-microsoft/ Random machine ID is probably the unique advertisement code that Windows 10 generates with every Microsoft Account. If you use WiFi, setting the connection to a metered connection may resolve some of these issue. According to the site, when they inquired about it to Microsoft they got this response: To me it makes no sense that "Bing search" should be contacted if you are looking for files on your local system, and have the appropriate settings put in place to disable internet search. Guess time will tell if Microsoft will modify it or leave it as is.

Tim Cook, shooting shots in a blunt manner that only he seems confident enough to pull off these days, especially against companies like Google who built their business out of selling data to make a large profit. He isn't wrong, given how his company has a completely different stance on consumer data compared to Google who has a strong financial incentive to farm out your data to bolster their search engines and for marketing and advertising. Its just funny to see someone so openly take shots against the competition for their practices. Some glass houses and all that. Coming off the backs of Google Photos, which IMHO is just another way for Google to figure out how to sell you more junk that you don't need. http://techcrunch.com/2015/06/02/apples-tim-cook-delivers-blistering-speech-on-encryption-privacy/

A Member of the Austrian Parliament (Peter Pilz) posted some pictures from a construction site near the United Nations Office in Vienna on Twitter. There have been strong indications in the past, that this site is used for the observation of mobile phones by the NSA (which of course is complelty illegal to do so in Austria by a foreign intelligence agency) Apparantely the US embassy wasn't to fond about him posting that pictures showing the US-intelligence company Michael Baker working. ____ It is kinda ironic, that the US embassy is demanding privacy for their employees while building a site to invade the privacy of every Austrian and many other Nations working in the United Nations Office in Vienna. left the United Nations Office, right the IZD-Tower with a small hut on top hiding NSA equipment.

Obama has publicly declared that he thinks encryption is a good thing, but only if the US government has a backdoor so they can read your messages. This is similar to the statement David Cameron made earlier this week when he said he wanted to ban encrypted messaging services such as iMessage, Whatsapp and Snapchat for not allowing the government to read private messages. Said Obama in an interview. He went on to say that he believes the Silicon Valley tech companies (Google, Facebook, Microsoft and so on) will agree with him because "they're patriots". Obama said that while he agrees that there must be a way to keep digital information private, there must also be laws that if a court grants them the permission to wiretap someone then they have to be able to do so. Right now companies have no obligation to decrypt the information, or give the government a way to decrypt it. The Wall Street Journal says that this is similar to a law the Clinton administration fought for during the 1990s, but lost. Personal opinion: I think this is a very bad idea. Even if he means well (although I think it's bullshit that you can fight terrorists by decrypting let's say snapchat messages), the inclusion of a backdoor undermines the entire concept of encryption. It's essentially like saying "yes you are allowed to lock the front door, but the backdoor has to be unlocked at all time in case we need to enter". As soon as someone finds out about the backdoor ti will be exploited and the consequences can be devastating. Source: The Wall Street Journal Source: Android Police

ENISA, the European Union Agency for network and Information Security want more privacy and data protection on the Internet, not less, according to a report posted on their website. The report stats that: ENISA wants to push something they call "privacy by design" or "data protection by design" in order to protect these fundamental rights in an all more electronic based society. What this means is that they want to see more privacy-enhanced technologies (PETs) integrated into services from the start. These include things such as encryption, protocols for anonymous communications, attribute based credentials and private search of databases. They want EU to do more in terms of legislation to ensure that privacy is taken seriously. The report also says that there needs to be "a move away from the narrative of 'balance' between privacy and security". David Cameron, the prime minister of the UK strongly disagrees with this. He recently announced that he wants to ban some messaging programs which uses encryption and other privacy enhancing technologies which does not have a backdoor the UK government can use. He wants to make it illegal to use programs such as iMessage, WhatsApp, Telegram, BlackBerry Messenger and Snapchat because the government are not able to read messages sent with those programs. He claims that this will help combat terrorism (because everyone knows terrorists organize their attacks via snapchat). Source: PC Pro Personal opinion: I think this would be a great move by the EU. Terrorists already have access to encrypted methods of communication. They are already breaking the law so saying that making that type of communication illegal will do nothing to stop terrorist attacks. With all the recent privacy intruding things happening I think there is a big need and demand for more privacy.

So there is one thing I guess I never understood, internet privacy. I personally don't care if the government read all my emails, knew who I hated, knew who I liked and monitored me. I've got nothing to hide so why should I care? Why do you care? Obviously internet pimps and cyber gang bangers care, they don't want to be caught. If you're doing nothing illegal why does it matter if some old dudes read your private messages and monitor the websites you've visited. If I had some NSA agent following me around in real life, I probably wouldn't act the same. That would get annoying but since I don't know who's reading my shit & I will most likely never meet them I just don't care. Can't wait to see some responses. Is it more than just some old guy viewing your personal stuff?

Hello, What steps do you take regarding privacy and security, primarily while using the internet? I'm pretty bad. I have no anti-virus programs except for the free malware bytes that I rarely use. I just use Web Of Trust to check websites for me and be intelligent about what I click. That said, I've started using Linux and Tor, just to mess about really.

Hi All, I just started creating websites for a business and was wondering if I can write a privacy policy on my own. Should i hire or pay someone within the law industry to write one just to be safe or will doing it myself be ok? Im assuming if i write one myself there may be some very minor holes where people can sue somewhere

Tim Cook appears to be using his international tour, which so far includes Israel, Germany and the UK. In an interview with the German newspaper BILD posted yesterday, Cook went as far as to praise Edward Snowden for his role in prompting discussion of the issue. Cook has in the past resisted FBI pressure to compromise its strong encryption, and was the only tech CEO to attend a recent White House cybersecurity summit. In the BILD interview, Cook reiterated Apple’s stance on privacy, and also said that as Apple had grown larger, it had taken deliberate decisions to be less secretive about some aspects of its business … Cook stressed that Apple takes pains to ensure that it does not have access to unnecessary data about its customers. He said that when Apple does request permission to use customer data, it is always used to improve products and customers “have a right to stop that at any time.“ Cook said that Apple had chosen to be extremely transparent about privacy issues, and also to share its work on improving working conditions in its supply chain in the hope that this would help accelerate the pace of change. There would, though, be no change in Apple’s secrecy about its product plans. Shortly after what would have been Steve Job’s 60th birthday, Cook described Steve as the best teacher he’d ever had. Source: http://9to5mac.com/2015/03/02/tim-cook-edward-snowden/

Where did our privacy go? Drones already have people on both sides of the coin: some who think that it's a great idea for certain uses, and some who think it's too much in an already too well-connected world. Well, now they can cash in on it. A company called AdNear is now experimenting with drones to commit ads to users in a different way. While not "recording" them in the pure definition, it will use drones to generate a database of habits for a user. This is not a good thing to me... We have too much as so as it is, between government tracking, tapping, and people posting their lives everywhere. This is something that could be very dangerous in the wrong hands. "The ad intelligence group is experimenting with location-tracking drones that profile audiences in harder-to-reach areas (say, field concerts or pedestrian-only urban areas) by triangulating cellular and WiFi signals. In theory, this will help merchants find ways to attract you when you're walking by." "AdNear plans to use drones in select geographies post successful completion of these tests to collect the wireless data that is crucial to its audience profiling data. Privacy and legal compliance are of highest importance to us. Just to keep the record straight; we only collect signals passively and do not record videos or photos. And there is no PII involved either. For brands, this would mean more data points for accurate audiences and more location points for consumer insights and targeting. For us, this means a ton of fun!" I don't like this... not one bit. We have too many companies doing stuff like this... and with more and more like this, they will own us. Source: AdNear Source: Engadget

Article courtesy of the verge please go check it out over there http://www.theverge.com/2015/2/26/8116645/twitter-improves-abuse-reporting-tools-phone-numbers Weeks after The Verge published internal memos from Twitter CEO Dick Costolo in which he said "we suck at dealing with abuse," the company is rolling out new tools to reduce harassment on the service. Under the changes, users who receive temporary bans may have to verify an email address or a phone number to resume using Twitter. (Other users can be banned permanently.) Email addresses are relatively easy to obtain, but phone numbers are harder — and by checking phone numbers against a list of banned users, Twitter could be able to keep more abusers and harassers from creating accounts. In December, Twitter improved the workflow for reporting abuse and harassment, making it easier to do on mobile devices and requiring fewer inputs. For the first time, it also allowed bystanders, rather than the victims themselves, to report abuse. With today's update, Twitter is bringing the same tools to reporting impersonation, self-harm, and the inappropriate posting of personal information. Now third-party accounts can report those violations of Twitter's terms of service using the same simplified workflow. TWITTER HAS PLEDGED TO FURTHER IMPROVE ABUSE REPORTING TOOLS Costolo has pledged to further improve abuse reporting tools, and to make it easier for users to filter trolls out of their replies. In the meantime, Twitter says that it's working harder to ban its worst users. "Overall, we now review five times as many user reports as we did previously, and we have tripled the size of the support team focused on handling abuse reports," Tina Bhatnagar, vice president of user services, said in a blog post. Update: After this post was published, we got some questions on how tracking phone numbers will reduce abuse. Twitter does not require new users to provide a phone number when they sign up — and so a user who was banned, and decided to create a new account, could do so even if they had harassed users previously. But if that user began to harass again — as many committed trolls on Twitter do — Twitter can then ask them to verify their email address and phone number, and if it's on a list of banned accounts, that user could be suspended permanently. This move doesn't resolve Twitter's whack-a-mole troll problem entirely. Among other loopholes, a user asked to provide a phone number the first time could simply abandon his account and start a new one. But the move does add a layer of friction to the lives of the most dedicated trolls, and in that sense it could at least begin to address the issue.

Original Article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-31587621 Published Paper: http://arxiv.org/pdf/1502.03182v1.pdf This tracking does not require GPS or Wi-Fi in order to track you. It was discovered by Yan Michalevsky, Dan Boneh and Aaron Schulman at Stanford University and Gabi Nakibly who is from Rafael Ltd. It claims that your phone uses more battery when it is further away from the cell tower and this means that they can find out your location. The App asks for permission for the power data and network connectivity. Activities that drain the battery, such as streaming videos, can be disregarded from the data after a while. Overall, I think that this vulnerability is one which is quite obscure and difficult to reproduce but it provides information that most phone manufactures consider that information is highly sensitive and needs lots of security. Apps that require your location data have to ask for permission and this vulnerability gets around this. It could also be implemented into an ordinary looking game in order to target advertising without your knowledge

Ever Wondered how our digital life would be in 2025? The Pew Research Center published a report in which a majority of experts agree that our current expectations of digital privacy may be completely gone by 2025. More than 2,500 experts weighed in on security, liberty and privacy online and whether there will be a "trusted privacy-rights infrastructure" in place by 2025 that lets people protect their personal data easily. One respondent suggested that as the Internet continues to expand, the very idea of privacy will become a fringe activity. Overall, 2,511 respondents weighed in on the following questions: Security, liberty, privacy online Will policy makers and technology innovators create a secure, popularly accepted, and trusted privacy-rights infrastructure by 2025 that allows for business innovation and monetization while also offering individuals choices for protecting their personal information in easy-to-use formats? elaborate the answer.Describe what you think the reality will be in 2025 when it comes to the overall public perception about whether policy makers and corporations have struck the right balance between personal privacy, secure data, and compelling content and apps that emerge from consumer tracking and analytics. Consider the future of privacy in a broader social context. How will public norms about privacy be different in 2025 from the way they are now? Of the respondents, 55% said no, that will not happen, while 45% found this a reasonable outcome. They all agreed, however, that there is something inherently public about the Internet. Here are some of the quotes from experts (few hand picked , please see source links down below to go through over 90+ quotes) Here are a few more interesting quotes from the experts Pretty much a good topic for discussion, i think it's a good thing that viable people starting to recognize the amount of data being dumped over the interwebs & people not noticing how dangerous that is & don't think twice, already it's been too gargantuous & if it needs to be organized the data to be sifted through , all of it & set to be private, an impossible task as of now, But aside privacy concerns there needs to be oversight as well imo , using NSA was a good example (i know ) they were doing a pretty good job, but it's a touchy issue ,, unless people find a viable solution those kind of reforms are the only thing that is keeping the internet in control. i simply wish AI could take over this area(i could be wrong) for analyzing threats & they will have more refined fine precise control over it than actual people judging , because those judgement can/could/will be biased (human nature) What are your opinions & thoughts on this issue? Post 'em down below... News Courtesy: http://mashable.com/2014/12/22/privacy-fantasy-pew/ Original Source: (experts opinions organized in here) http://www.pewinternet.org/2014/12/18/privacy-in-2025-experts-predictions/ Further reads: http://www.pewinternet.org/2014/12/18/future-of-privacy/

Section 309 is the scary bit of this Bill, which is headed to President Obama's desk. https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/4681/text There is a petition on the White House site, but it needs 100,000 signatures to be addressed. Currently, there's just over 9,000 signatures.. https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/protect-our-privacy-and-please-veto-hr-4681-aka-intelligence-authorization-act-fiscal-year-2015/lln5hN5c

So in a 4:3 ruling the court said Now they also bring up the fact that lower courts have dealt with this before in another case where the accused argued that his phone was searched illegally by the police and the court agreed that this search violated his charter rights but the court also allowed the evidence anyway. the accused lost his case they also say that password protection isn't good enough to stop a search but they don't say what the police can do if the person refuses to give up his or her password so i think you should start encrypting you phones if you are about to commit a crime otherwise the police don't have the right to search your phone without a warrant at least in canada My Source : http://www.news1130.com/2014/12/11/supreme-court-says-police-have-limited-right-to-search-a-suspects-cell-phone/

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/12/new-bluetooth-4-2-spec-brings-ipv6-better-privacy-and-increased-speed/ internet 6LowPAN better privacy 2.5x faster devices with 4.0 or 4.1 will get 4.2 It was possible for existing Bluetooth 4.0 adapters to support Bluetooth 4.1 with a software update, and we've contacted the Bluetooth SIG to confirm that this is also the case for Bluetooth 4.2.