Oh good grief.
THIS is VERY worrying
Smart toy vulnerabilities could provide a way for hackers to watch and talk to children
Intenet-enabled toys such as Hello Barbie present scary security risks but solutions are being developed to reduce them
Lo-fi warning.
Never let your kids wear anything with their name on. Wrongāuns will use the information to pretend they know their mum and dad.
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Similarly, if your name is Wills and you have a son, donāt call him Jack. The poor boy will be a sitting duck.
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Get a NAS device and connect it to your router. RJ45 cables donāt go out of fashion.
My grandson Tommy Hilfiger is always getting bothered by strangers.
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Love the fact people think that their lives are so interesting that MI5 / CIA will waste manpower watching them through their tvs
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I was just about to move my files from my old external hard rove for it to die on me. A local company managed to transfer files for a small fee. Started to print off some of my favorite photos now only thibk Iād probably miss thatās on my PC.
Iād suggest Wikileaks is being a bit sensationalist & misleading. Which, isnāt particularly surprising.
The TV hacking appears to require a USB plugged into the tele - so is basically equivalent to someone breaking in and bugging a room.
The stuff about WhatsApp etc is more that if they can get onto your phone, they can record audio or take screenshots. The actual e2e has not been broken.
Proof that Wikileaks tactic of dump thousands of docs alongside a summary, paired with news mediaās attitude of āget the story first, not rightā, allows WL to shape a narrative.
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I was wondering that tbh, I was wondering how come my tv has got microphones and cameras in it in first place. I mean, itās a good idea, it would make babestation v.interactive, but I didnāt know that it did.
Are people still doing that thing where they hack into your laptop, film you wanking and then blackmail you with the images?
Asking for a friend.*
*possibly not Donald Trump
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It happened in episode of Black Mirror, so I would imagine so, yes. That one was worse tho, cos the bro was a Paedo, and they blackmail him into Robbing A Bank, and then fighting another paedo to the fkn death.
Ah yeah, I remember that one. I didnāt know it was a documentary, though, learn something new every day.
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Nice apron youāve got on there, Phil. Had you come straight from a barbecue?
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So does anyone else routine tape over front-facing cameras on computers and tablets?
I see that since the Westminster attack, there has been renewed pressure from politicians to also so something about end-to-end encryption. No justification - the government can already legally install malware on your devices and read everything you say, including your WhatsApp messages.
No they expect that now, I just sellotape a cardboard cut-out of Steve Buscemiās face to my own face when Iām online to confuse them.
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You cheap fuck, @gavstar .
Any authentic Buscemi recreation involves gravel held together with a nicotine cement. Everyone knows that.
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Blind leading the blind ffs
We have just had a visit by the company IT Gestapo.
The amount of people running to cabins to remove usb drives loaded with porn and cleaning browser historyā was funny to watch.
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