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Long-time Slashdot reader Zorro quotes Nextgov:
The Defense Department is funding a project that officials say could revolutionize the way companies, federal agencies and the military itself verify that people are who they say they are and it could be… Continue reading Pentagon-Funded Project Will ‘Solve’ Cellphone Identity Verification Within Two Years
The New York Times is reporting about a company called Securus Technologies that gives police the ability to track cell phone locations without a warrant: The service can find the whereabouts of almost any cellphone in the country within seconds. It does this by going through a system typically used by marketers and other companies to get location data from… Continue reading Accessing Cell Phone Location Information
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNET: Notches, it seems, are the new black. Originally seen — and often criticized — on the Essential PH-1 and iPhone X in 2017, the trend of adding notches to Android phones has only accelerated this year as … Continue reading Lenovo Teases a True All-Screen Smartphone With No Notch
On Thursday, a federal appeals court ruled that U.S. border agents need some sort of reason to believe a traveler has committed a crime before searching their cellphone. Slashdot reader Wrath0fb0b shares an analysis via Reason, written by Fourth Amendm… Continue reading US Appeals Court Rules Border Agents Need Suspicion To Search Cellphones
UnknownSoldier writes: The Oculus Go is finally available for purchase. Amazon is selling the 32GB model for $199, while the 64GB model is selling for $249. As a standalone virtual reality unit, it doesn’t require a computer or phone to use. Ironically… Continue reading Facebook’s Phone-Free, Wireless ‘Oculus Go’ VR Headset Is Released Today
Microsoft has been rumored to be working on a “Surface Phone” for years now, with little concrete evidence that such a device actually exists. “But the latest Windows 10 Insider Preview has given new fuel for the speculative fire, it has a set of new A… Continue reading Surface Phone Speculation Spurred By New Phone APIs In Windows
Russia has banned the secure messaging app Telegram. It’s making an absolute mess of the ban — blocking 16 million IP addresses, many belonging to the Amazon and Google clouds — and it’s not even clear that it’s working. But, more importantly, I’m not convinced Telegram is secure in the first place. Such a weird story. If you want secure… Continue reading Russia is Banning Telegram
Zorro shares a report from The Washington Post: When the Trump-affiliated firm Cambridge Analytica obtained data on tens of millions of Facebook users, it used the “Big 5” or “Five Factor Model” personality test to target them with ads designed to infl… Continue reading The Personality Traits That Put You At Risk For Smartphone Addiction
The Department of Homeland Security has acknowledged the presence of what appear to be unauthorized mobile surveillance devices in the Washington, D.C. area and elsewhere in the United States that could be exploited by foreign spies to track and intercept phone calls. The devices, often referred to as Stingrays after a popular model made by Harris Corp., imitate a cell tower to capture caller location and other associated data. While they have been used by U.S. law enforcement for years, their use for foreign espionage in the U.S. has been a source of speculation. In a March 26 letter to Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., obtained by CyberScoop and other news outlets, DHS’s National Protection and Programs Directorate said the department has observed “anomalous activity” in or near the nation’s capital that “appears to be consistent” with such surveillance devices, which are also called international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) catchers. The NPPD has not validated or attributed […]
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Quartz: [A] pair of studies by the U.S. National Toxicology Program found “clear evidence” that exposure to radiation caused heart tumors in male rats, and found “some evidence” that it caused tumors in the brai… Continue reading Two Studies Find ‘Clear Evidence’ That Cellphone Radiation Causes Cancer In Rats