Traveling Light in a Time of Digital Thievery

Note: Having recently traveled to China, I can attest to Mr. Lieberthal’s concerns….Do yourself (and your company) a favor, Just accept the fact that you “will” be collected against…and take Mr. Lieberthal’s advice…very seriously.  JDL nytimes.com SAN FRANCISCO — When Kenneth G. Lieberthal, a China expert at the Brookings Institution, travels to that country, he [...]

>Apple Doesn’t Spy, Vows to Fix Spying

>thestreet.com NEW YORK (TheStreet) — Apple(AAPL_) denied, confessed to and then said it will change its iPhone tracking practices that have created a swirl of outcry about potential privacy invasion. In classic Apple fashion, the company issued a press release Wednesday consisting of 10 questions the company asked itself. In addition to the 10 answers, [...]

>’We Know Where You Are’ Technology

> foxnews.com Beware of that smartphone in your hand: It might be telling more about you than you’d like. While a smartphone has become a communications must-have, offering services such as GPS location, Internet access and more, it’s also gathering information about you — data being marketed by your cellular provider to advertisers and other [...]

New Hack Turns Smartphones Into Covert Spying System

Note: Ever wonder if your cell phone is spying on you? Stop and ask yourself this question, when was the last time your smartphone was more than six (6) feet away from you? Still wondering how you may have lost that account..or that last contract?? Stop wondering, contact me…I can help. ~JDL | huffingtonpost.com Your [...]

iPhone and Android Apps Breach Privacy

foxnews.com Few devices know more personal details about people than the smartphones in their pockets: phone numbers, current location, often the owner’s real name—even a unique ID number that can never be changed or turned off. These phones don’t keep secrets. They are sharing this personal data widely and regularly, a Wall Street Journal investigation [...]

Tracking Baby Jesus: Tucson Company Deploys a New Kind of Star to Help Lead Police

prweb.com SpyGadgets LLC, an industry leader in covert GPS Tracking technology is known in law enforcement circles as the place to go when difficult situations require extraordinary electronic equipment. From tracking the man who floated across three states in a lawn chair powered by helium balloons to the FBI’s most wanted, SpyGadgets has tracked virtually [...]

Hacker Spoofs Cell Phone Tower to Intercept Calls

wired.com LAS VEGAS — A security researcher created a cell phone base station that tricks cell phones into routing their outbound calls through his device, allowing someone to intercept even encrypted calls in the clear. The device tricks the phones into disabling encryption and records call details and content before they’re routed on their proper [...]

Spyware on Your Cell Phone?

newsweekinteractive.org How suspicious spouses, protective parents, and concerned companies are turning to cheap and hard-to-detect commerical spyware apps to monitor your mobile communications. Sometime in early 2007, Richard Mislan, an assistant professor of cyberforensics at Purdue University, started getting phone calls and e-mails from people around the world—all looking for help with the same problem. [...]

Hack into a smart phone? It’s easy, security experts find

latimes.com Just one number can unlock your personal information, your private conversations and even your whereabouts to smart-phone hackers. Security researchers Nick DePetrillo and Don Bailey have discovered a seven-digit numerical code that can unlock all kinds of secrets about you. It’s your phone number. Using relatively simple techniques, this duo can use your cellphone [...]

GSM Encryption Code Cracked

katonda.comThe big brother is always listening, no matter how quietly you speak. In case of cell phones, considering the encryption technology used by most of the GSM operators, it is like speaking on a public addressing system. To bring this to the notice of the concerned bodies, Karsten Nohl started the most ambitious attempt to [...]