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Samsung has Knox and now LG is joining in with LG Gate, allowing enterprises and governments to securely conduct business while on the go. The solution includes secure containers that keep personal and business data separate, while also involving on-device encryption. This in turn enables VPN setup and makes it that much easier for IT…
It’s an annoyance that anyone who flies has to deal with, powering down your devices at take off and landing. The polite but firm voice of the flight attendant telling you “All the way off, please!”. It’s a pain more than ever now, as most of us travel with electronics to entertain us, or to…
Google added remote device locking capability to its Android Device Manager, allowing users to lock their phone if it’s stolen or lost. The new functionality can be enabled from the management interface where you’ll also be prompted to type the password used for device recovery (when it’s found). The capability will obviously override the built-in…
The iPhone 5S and its little brother the iPhone 5C launched all over North America today. The customary lines outside the Apple stores and media hype blitz are in full effect and the words “iPhone” and “Apple” are on every newscaster’s lips. One of the new features of the iPhone 5S is the new fingerprint…
Ever since Edward Snowden leaked classified NSA files a few months ago, new revelations of the government spy agency’s questionable tactics are a daily occurrence. A new infographic helps explain the extent of the NSA spying program, as it pertains to tracking the mobile devices of American citizens. The infographic starts out by explaining the…
Due to increasing public pressure and suits from privacy advocates like the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Director of National Intelligence released a stack of declassified internal FISA (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act) documents and court rulings today. Buried in the documents are details of what Clapper refers to as “compliance incidents,” over 15,000 instances of the…
Spiegel reporters were able to take a look at “top secret NSA documents” that detail the NSA’s ability to gather information from most smartphones, including iPhones, Android and BlackBerry devices. The NSA reportedly has scripts for gathering off of computers that — in the case of iOS — the phone has synced with. Spiegel keeps…
In order to make its clients feel even safer, Samsung will offer Lookout antivirus solution preloaded on Knox-enabled devices. Unveiled at this year’s Mobile World Congress, Samsung KNOX is an end-to-end solution that provides security hardening from the hardware through to the application layer. Lookout for KNOX will include real-time, cloud-based scanning to protect against…
Do you remember the Android controlled toilet we reported on a few months back? Well it looks like the best seat in the house might not be so secure after all. There’s a fatal flaw in the Bluetooth connectivity of the Satis “Smart Toilet” that leaves you vulnerable to hackers when you’re in your most…
The US National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), part of the Commerce Department, unveiled the first version of a national “privacy code of conduct” for mobile apps. The code of conduct was in works for over a year, and NTIA consulted a number of parties along the way, including AT&T and the Internet Commerce Coalition…