Nov
Privacy Invading Rootkits Found On Phones
by Chris in Phone
Over at XDA-Developers.com they are reporting the discovery of a rootkit known as CarrierIQ which has serious privacy implications.
The software, installed on many phones with Android, Blackberry and Nokia operating systems, is designed to report “useful” information to your carrier when there is a problem such as a dropped call. This would seem innocent enough until you start digging into what information they can collect.
Location, apps used and browser keylogging are just some of [...] Continue Reading…
Nov
Visa Looking For Ways To Analyse Purchasing Data
by Chris in Shopping
Visa, it would appear, are looking for ways to analyse and sell data on our purchasing habits now. It seems that no matter where you look nowadays someone is trying to figure out how to monetise data we are providing them with unknowingly.
Here is the link to the article on The Register’s website: