Would Facebook or Twitter dare to ban Trump? [poll]

Facebook employees have already reportedly pushed to have his posts about banning Muslims from entering the country deemed hate speech.

Cut through the FUD in online security tips

Security as you're surfing is always a balance between risk and reward

News in brief: Pi bakes in security; net neutrality fears; Rule 41 delay fails

Raspberry Pi bakes in tighter security The people behind the Raspberry Pi, the cheap and cheerful computer that powers countless homebrew projects from smart doorbells to tweeting catflaps, have released a security update to the customised operating…

Firefox and Tor users update now: 0-day exploit in the wild

Firefox and Tor just received a patch to fix a 0-day exploit that is being used in the wild to strip away your anonymity.

Honest but uncomplimentary reviews protected as Congress outlaws contract gag clauses

Lying is still illegal, mind you: it was never protected speech. Thus, the new Consumer Review Freedom Act doesn't protect fake reviews.

Uber now collecting location data even after you leave a driver’s car

...it's also slurping your location data in the background when you're not even using the app. As in, "always." Here's how to opt out.

Bypassing BitLocker during an upgrade

If your timing's right, you can drop into a recovery shell while your C: drive is unlocked...so keep an eye on your PC when you update.

Facebook users want to continue posting from beyond the grave

What should happen to your online life after your death?

News in brief: leniency urged for Snowden; crowdsourced suggestions for Facebook; Berners-Lee slams ‘Snoopers’ Charter’

Your daily round up of what else is in the news

Hackers reuse passwords to access 26,500 National Lottery accounts

If you've been affected - and even if you haven't - now is a good time to stop re-using passwords

America wonders what path Trump will tread on cybersecurity

Industry professionals say the president-elect’s penchant for the unpredictable could be bad - or good - for Internet security

IoT camera turned into a zombie in under two minutes

Even a security professional couldn't stop his new IoT camera being turned into a zombie member of the Mirai botnet

News in brief: Muni hacker is hacked; Facebook warned over data sharing; spy agency releases data tool

Your daily round-up of some of the other security stories in the news

Dismay as ‘snooper’s charter’ finally becomes law

Critics fear a surveillance state while tech firms question new law's unintended effects

Deutsche Telekom outage: Mirai botnet goes double-rogue

Silver lining! Close to 1 in 20 Deutsche Telekom customers avoided botnet infection because their routers got knocked offline instead.

Permanent Solution To Calendar Spam Attacks!

The Tor Phone prototype: a truly private smartphone?

Security-focused Android fork only available for a few of Google's Nexus and Pixel phones - for now

When are you going to die? Ubisoft tool uses Facebook data to tell you

My expiration date: 84; 95 if I correct a whole lot of inaccuracies that I assume are what insurance companies are able to find on Facebook.

The Chrome extension that “Firesheeps” you by choice

This Chrome extension shares your session tokens instead of your passwords - but that's still a risky idea and we suggest you avoid it.

‘Ransomware’ attack halts payments on San Francisco Muni network

Cable cars and other services kept calm and carried on while attacker demanded ransom of 100 Bitcoins

Who’s better at reading lips – humans or AI?

Technology's prowess at lip-reading opens up possibilities for better captions, hearing aids - and surveillance