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HP has been shipping a keylogger with its computers for years, sloppy code to blame
Tech2 News Staff • 8 years agoA cybersecurity company has discovered that HP has been shipping a keylogger in its computers since “at least Christmas 2015.”
From Android to desktop: Google Now feature coming to browsers
Fp Archives • 11 years agoInternet major Google is adding new features to its popular services like search page, maps and youtube to provide more personalised information especially related to day to day lives of its users.
From Android to desktop: Google Now feature coming to browsers
Fp Archives • 11 years agoInternet major Google is adding new features to its popular services like search page, maps and youtube to provide more personalised information especially related to day to day lives of its users.
Newly declassified surveillance documents released by Obama admin
Fp Archives • 11 years agoAnother release of declassified government surveillance documents is under way as part of an ongoing civil liberties lawsuit.
Coming soon: A movie on the life of Bradley Manning
Fp Staff • 12 years agoOnly one day after his conviction, the rights to Denver Nicks' book Private: Bradley Manning, WikiLeaks, and the Biggest Exposure of Official Secrets in American History have been brought by filmmaker Alex Gibney and producer Marc Shmuger
Bradley Manning verdict could test US notion of aiding enemy
Fp Archives • 12 years agoProsecutors have tried to prove Manning had "a general evil intent" and knew the classified material would be seen by al-Qaida. Legal experts said an aiding-the- enemy conviction could set a precedent because Manning did not give the classified material to them.
What will be the fallout from the Manning-WikiLeaks case?
Fp Archives • 12 years agoTuesday's verdict means Pfc. Bradley Manning could face 20 years to life in prison for the largest leak of classified documents in U.S. history. Here is some other fallout from the case
Read the email Edward Snowden sent to human rights groups
Fp Staff • 12 years agoHuman Rights Watch representative Tanya Lokshina posted the text of the email purported to be from Snowden on her Facebook page, which invited her and other representatives to a meeting at Moscow airport
Snowden requests meeting with human rights groups in Moscow
Fp Archives • 12 years agoFormer intelligence agency contractor Edward Snowden asked to meet human rights groups at a Moscow airport on Friday to discuss what he called "threatening behaviour" by the United States to prevent him gaining asylum
DNA databases held by governments alarming privacy advocates
Fwire • 12 years agoCountries around the world are collecting genetic material from millions of citizens in the name of fighting crime and terrorism — and, according to critics, heading into uncharted ethical terrain