November 5, 2015 Google uses ‘unique digital fingerprinting’ to detect child porn in Gmail accounts A cyber-tip created by Google and reported to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children put a convicted sex offender back in police custody – after the Internet giant used highly-sophisticated technology to detect alleged images of child porn stored on the Houston man’s Gmail account.
November 5, 2015 Divorcing? 5 things to do online now Since our offline and online lives are so intertwined, here are five things you need to do fast when a divorce is on the horizon.
November 5, 2015 Texting makes you walk like you're drunk If you're texting while you’re walking, you might as well be drunk. At the very least, texting while traipsing down the street makes you walk funny, according to a new study.
November 5, 2015 Even Yahoo employees don’t use Yahoo Mail Only 25 percent of Yahoo’s own employees use the company’s email offering-- even after company executives exhorted them all to switch off of Microsoft’s Outlook, according to a leaked memo.
November 5, 2015 Thanks to decades-old law, your email is far from private Your e-mail is nearly as public as the words you are now reading. As it currently stands, government authorities can download and examine all your e-mail, store it, search it, and never inform you—with virtually no oversight or fear of violating any laws.
November 4, 2015 Tech Q&A: Camera hackers, blocking phone contacts, erasing data and more Kim Komando answers your questions on hackers who spy using your security cameras, blocking your ex on from your phone contacts, erasing your data for good, and more.
November 4, 2015 In a kerfuffle about the Facebook messaging app? Here are 5 things you should know Facebook's recent effort to force people to adopt its standalone mobile messaging app has privacy-concerned users up in arms. Many of them believe the app is especially invasive.
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 We’re winning the fight against spam, Gmail researchers say New figures published by Google show that the vast majority of email messages now include some form of authentication, making life harder for scamming and phishing emails.
November 4, 2015 The spy next door: private surveillance has never been easier It's not just the government that can spy on you.