Category Archives: Norway

Unmanned Sailboat Traverses The North Atlantic

Posted on by

Sailboats have been traversing the Atlantic Ocean since before 1592, sailing through sunshine, wind, and rain. The one thing that they’ve all had in common has been a captain to pilot the ship across this vast watery expanse, at least until now. A company called Offshore Sensing has sailed an unmanned vessel all the way from Canada to Ireland.

The ship, called the Sailbuoy, attempted the journey last year as well but only made it about halfway before the mission was abandoned. This year, however, the voyage was finally completed, and this craft is officially the first unmanned ship to …read more

Continue reading Unmanned Sailboat Traverses The North Atlantic→

Manipulative Social Media Practices

Posted on by

The Norwegian Consumer Council just published an excellent report on the deceptive practices tech companies use to trick people into giving up their privacy. From the executive summary: Facebook and Google have privacy intrusive defaults, where users who want the privacy friendly option have to go through a significantly longer process. They even obscure some of these settings so that… Continue reading Manipulative Social Media Practices→

D-Day, Operation Overlord, June 6, 1944

Posted on by

“… these men came here – British and our Allies, and Americans – to storm these beaches for one purpose only, not to gain anything for ourselves, not to fulfill any ambitions that America had for conquest, but just to preserve … Continue reading D-Day, Operation Overlord, June 6, 1944→

Gay dating app Grindr shared user HIV & location data with third-parties

Posted on by

By Waqas
Grindr shared personal, HIV and geolocation-related data with two of
This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Gay dating app Grindr shared user HIV & location data with third-parties
Continue reading Gay dating app Grindr shared user HIV & location data with third-parties→

Western allies consider offensive cyber warfare agreement as Russia launches plan for ‘independent internet’

Posted on by

Several Western nations are considering an offensive-minded cyberwarfare initiative meant to fundamentally change the way the countries react to attacks from adversary nations, Reuters reports. The accord would guide the deployment of offensive cyberweapons. The agreement, being hammered out by the Denmark, Germany, Norway, Spain, The Netherlands, United Kingdom and United States, may be solidified by 2019. While all the nations involved are members of NATO, a NATO spokesperson speaking to CyberScoop was careful to point out that this is definitively not a NATO-backed initiative. NATO itself recently announced it will establish new command centers to incorporate the cyber domain into operational planning. The alliance has seen an increasing number of attacks against members and institutions and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg recently said cyber-operations are a potential response any kind of attack against member countries. Irina Novakova, a NATO official, detailed for CyberScoop the alliance’s increasing focus on cyberattacks including the decision that a severe cyberattack could […]

The post Western allies consider offensive cyber warfare agreement as Russia launches plan for ‘independent internet’ appeared first on Cyberscoop.

Continue reading Western allies consider offensive cyber warfare agreement as Russia launches plan for ‘independent internet’→

Hackers can hack your kid’s smartwatch and track their location

Posted on by

By Carolina

With smartwatches designed especially for kids being available now, parents

This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers can hack your kid’s smartwatch and track their location

Continue reading Hackers can hack your kid’s smartwatch and track their location→

The Culture of Cybersecurity

Posted on by

Interesting survey of the cybersecurity culture in Norway. 96% of all Norwegian are online, more than 90% embrace new technology, and 6 of 10 feel capable of judging what is safe to do online. Still cyber-crime costs Norway approximately 19 billion NKR annually. At the same time 73.9% argue that the Internet will not be safer even if their personal… Continue reading The Culture of Cybersecurity→