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From Waterboarding to Watermarking: CIA Implants MS Docs to Track Whistleblowers

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The CIA is using a beacon that watermarks Microsoft Word documents to track whistleblowers, journalists, informants, and other targets of...

Technology

MI5, CIA used Samsung Smart TVs to secretly listen-in on conversations: WikiLeaks

Tim Hinchliffe3 years ago

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WikiLeaks reveals that both British and American intelligence agencies used an implant on Samsung TVs to secretly listen-in on user...

Technology

Stolen Goods: CIA may be the reason you had to reinstall Windows after BSOD

Tim Hinchliffe3 years ago

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Have you ever encountered a blue screen that crashed your computer and you were forced to reinstall Windows? That is...

Web

CIA Used Marble Framework to Cover its Tracks, Capable of Faking Russian Hacking

Tim Hinchliffe3 years ago

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The CIA used an anti-forensic framework to cover its tracks that could make it seem like cyberattacks came from other...

Social Media

UK Secretary wants to use London attack as excuse to spy on WhatsApp

Tim Hinchliffe3 years ago

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The British Home Secretary says that intelligence agencies should be allowed access to encrypted WhatsApp accounts following the London attack. "We...

Technology

Apple doesn’t address how vulnerable its products are to CIA hacking in declaring WikiLeaks info outdated

Tim Hinchliffe3 years ago

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Apple does not address the real problem of how vulnerable its products are today after declaring that the latest CIA...

Mobile

CIA physically installed NightSkies tracking beacon in factory-fresh iPhones: Assange

Tim Hinchliffe3 years ago

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The CIA implants a tracking beacon named NightSkies into the iPhone during factory production that does not exhibit alerting behavior, according to...

Web

Is Google’s hesitance on WikiLeaks’ cybersecurity offer due to a technicality or actual CIA involvement?

Tim Hinchliffe3 years ago

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WikiLeaks' offer to help tech companies strengthen their cybersecurity vulnerabilities is pushed aside by Google in what is construed as a possible...

Brains Byte Back

(Previously The Sociable Podcast) The weekly podcast looking at how our brains, psychology, and society are impacted by the ever-evolving technology that surrounds us. Every Monday we bring you the best stories and guests from around the world relating to technology, psychology, and society.

The internet is full of trolls. This is nothing new. However, the tactics used by trolls can go way further than stupid comments on YouTube, and doxxing is an example of this.

If you are not familiar with the term doxxing, it is the publishing of private or identifying information, such as a home or work address, about a particular individual on the Internet, typically with malicious intent. While this might sound outright illegal, as it stands the law surrounding doxxing is limited and vague.

To get a better understanding of where the US law stands on this issue, what the future of doxxing might look like, and how you should respond if you are a victim, we are joined by Joseph Hoelscher, a criminal defense attorney and Managing Attorney of a Texas law firm, Hoelscher Gebbia Cepeda PLLC, who has worked on multiple doxxing cases in the past, from both sides, as clients who were charged with online harassment and with clients who were the victims of doxxing.

And for our side piece today, we have Computer Says LOL, where we have a stand-up comedy bit from Don McMillan, a technology engineer turned stand up comedian.