November 4, 2015 BBM now offers message retraction and Snapchat-like timed messages BlackBerry's cross-platform messaging app now offers message retraction and Snapchat-like timed messages that vanish after several seconds. The new features are free to try out, but you'll have to pay to use them from February. The post BBM now offers message retraction and Snapchat-like timed messages appeared first on Digital Trends.
November 4, 2015 Google chief fears surveillance scandal could ‘break the Internet’ Google chairman Eric Schmidt said at a gathering of tech firms in California on Wednesday that the government spying scandal is so serious there's a danger it could "break the Internet."
November 4, 2015 'Google-like' search engine puts NSA snooping back in the spotlight The National Security Agency’s surveillance machinery is again in the spotlight after a report claimed that it is secretly providing data to almost two dozen U.S. government agencies via a powerful “Google-like” search engine.
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November 4, 2015 IRS has ‘no excuses’ for latest twist in email saga, says IT expert The IRS has “no excuses” for the latest twist in the saga of its missing emails, says an expert in electronic discovery.
November 4, 2015 GCHQ furor, Snowden, keep NSA in the snooping spotlight The controversy surrounding the National Security Agency is unlikely to fade anytime soon, thanks to a spying furor now engulfing the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) in Great Britain and the continued high profile of Edward Snowden, a U.K.-based security expert says.
November 4, 2015 eBay asks users to change passwords after cyberattack E-commerce site eBay is asking users to change their password after a cyberattack compromised a database containing encrypted passwords.
November 4, 2015 Researchers work to secure military smartphones Soldiers in Afghanistan are experimenting with smartphones engineered to better protect operational datas designed by scientists at Vanderbilt University’s Institute for Software Integrated Systems, or ISIS.
November 4, 2015 Who is the 'Syrian Electronic Army' that took down The New York Times? This is not the first time the hacker group has targeted media outlets' websites and social media accounts. In April of 2013, the SEA successfully hacked the Associated Press' Twitter page tweeting that there had been two explosions at the White House and that President Obama was injured, creating panic across the United States.
November 4, 2015 The spy next door: private surveillance has never been easier It's not just the government that can spy on you.
