Facebook have developed a way of protecting the company’s rather popular Android apps when they’re stored on SD cards, and they’re now sharing this security tool with the world at large, letting other software developers protect their apps in similar …
Only Your Heartbeat Can Unlock This Bitcoin Wallet
- 02.04.14
- 9:00 AM
Here’s one way to lock down your bitcoins: Use your heart. A Canadian startup says that’s exactly what you’ll be doing in a few months when it ships the Nymi, a wristband log-on device that learns the unique sound of …
Bitcoin Baron Keeps a Secretive Open Source OS Alive
- 01.22.14
- 6:30 AM
One of the world’s longest running open source software projects will live on, thanks to a Romanian bitcoin baron. It’s yet another example of the bitcoin community working to boost the fortunes of the wider world of open source software.
Mozilla Calls on World to Protect Firefox Browser From the NSA
- 01.14.14
- 6:30 AM
Brendan Eich is the chief technology officer of Mozilla, the organization behind the Firefox web browser. Among many other things, he oversees the Firefox security team — the software engineers who work to steel the browser against online attacks from …
The NSA Is Building a Quantum Computer? We Already Knew That
- 01.03.14
- 3:29 PM
The internet is abuzz over revelations that the NSA is building its own quantum computer, a machine that could crack the computer encryption codes exponentially faster than any machine available today. But this should come as no surprise.
