Tag: EAVESDROPPING

Facebook's Android app has some serious security issues, according to a computer science professor at Rice University. Professor Dan Wallach and his students set up simple sniffers using freely-available software (including Wireshark and Mallory) and found that Facebook for Android sends a lot of data in the clear. That means it's possible -- easy, even -- for people to eavesdrop on your Facebook ...

Back in 2004 when Google announced its new e-mail service would "read" your messages in order to serve up relevant advertisements, privacy advocates around the world shuddered. Three years later, most folks hardly bat an eye at the concept. But there's still something a bit creepy about a similar business model put forward by internet telephony startup The Pudding. The web service will let you ...

I know, no big surprise right? We all knew Google was evil deep down, at least a little bit. According to The Register, Google is planning on using "spy" software to catalog and categorize the background sounds heard while you're using your microphone on their VoIP/chat client, then serving you ads based on what they hear. I suppose if Google hears sheep in the background, they will show you hay ...