Science & Technology

Do you have a Yahoo webcam? The British govt are using it to spy on you

Do you have a Yahoo webcam? The British govt are using it to spy on you

The photographs and intimate details of millions of web users has been captured and intercepted by British spy agency GCHQ, it has been revealed. The nefarious agency, working in conjunction with their American counterparts in the controversial snooping group – the National Security Agency (NSA) has been spying on millions of British Yahoo users. Despite the fact that many of[Read More…]

NHS unveils plans to sell patient data to corporations

NHS unveils plans to sell patient data to corporations

The government has recently unveiled plans to sell all of the private medical records and data about NHS patients to third party businesses and corporations. Effectively, this means that later this year, companies will be able to buy information on us from the NHS’s new universal patient database – including everything from mental health conditions, sexually transmitted infections and diseases[Read More…]

Facebook to use artificial intelligence to conduct surveillance on users

Facebook to use artificial intelligence to conduct surveillance on users

Facebook has teamed up with New York University, as part of an artificial intelligence project designed to conduct more surveillance on Facebook users. The technology will allow the tech giant to effectively put together a DNA map which allows them to see your purchasing habits, your conversations, your traveling habits and, most importantly, your health and medical records. Essentially, what[Read More…]

Cyber Crime takes a new identity

Cyber Crime takes a new identity

Have you ever been a victim of cyber crime? A large number of the western world’s population have. And the most worrying thing of all is that it is now starting to take a new phase. Reporter Claudia Joseph reported that her life had been ‘hacked’ and was shocked by the results, as an online security investigator got all her[Read More…]

NSA documents unveil the full extent of their spying technology

NSA documents unveil the full extent of their spying technology

The NSA have uncovered a way to spy on all digital communications through a ‘loophole’ which is built into most electronic devices, it has been revealed. Under a Freedom of Information Act request uncovered by journalists at the news website Spiegel, NSA agents are able to keep an eye on all levels of our digital lives – from computing centres[Read More…]