Category Archives: children

German Government Classifies Doll as Illegal Spyware

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This is interesting: The My Friend Cayla doll, which is manufactured by the US company Genesis Toys and distributed in Europe by Guildford-based Vivid Toy Group, allows children to access the internet via speech recognition software, and to control the toy via an app. But Germany’s Federal Network Agency announced this week that it classified Cayla as an "illegal espionage… Continue reading German Government Classifies Doll as Illegal Spyware→

Avoid these “Free Minecraft / Garry’s Mod” adverts

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If you see ads claiming to offer up free games like Garry’s Mod or Minecraft, you may wish to think twice – you’ll definitely get an extension, you may receive an executable, but free Minecraft? Keep searching, intrepid gamer…Categories: Cybercrime
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Confusing Security Risks with Moral Judgments

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Interesting research that shows we exaggerate the risks of something when we find it morally objectionable. From an article about and interview with the researchers: To get at this question experimentally, Thomas and her collaborators created a series of vignettes in which a parent left a child unattended for some period of time, and participants indicated the risk of harm… Continue reading Confusing Security Risks with Moral Judgments→

Interesting Internet-Based Investigative Techniques

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In this article, detailing the Australian and then worldwide investigation of a particularly heinous child-abuse ring, there are a lot of details of the pedophile security practices and the police investigative techniques. The abusers had a detailed manual on how to scrub metadata and avoid detection, but not everyone was perfect. The police used information from a single camera to… Continue reading Interesting Internet-Based Investigative Techniques→