ACTA or the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement is initially an international agreement done to establish international standards for intellectual property. When phrased like that, it sounds quite harmless and even good for industries and authors or "creators" but, there is a but!
tha way ACTA is currently define can stop all of us to express a voice, share information and hear me weel I don't even talk about an MP3 but about a single information such as a article you just read on BBC and that you are talking about with your neighbor, you are now sharing COPYRIGHTED content!! Straight to ja... » Read More
Here is an interesting initiative from the National Security Agency (NSA) and believe me I will not compliment them on a regular base. Still, the Agency decided to take Android and make it even more secure, the project name is SEAndroid and can be accesses here.
The idea behind this project is to enhance the original Android proposed by Google and reinforced its security in order to avoid data loss or intrusions on the device.
Security Enhanced (SE) Android is a project to identify and address critical gaps in the security of Android. Initially, the SE Android project is enabling the use o... » Read More
Once again bad news for your privacy! TrevE (once again) is the developer letting us know about the vulnerability, and this one concerns only WiMax devices. Good for most of us but still, let me explain briefly without going into the technical details that you'll be able to find on XDA following the link below.
When you open a WiMax connection using your HTC device, it seems that two ports stay open and any attacker who gains controls can potentially not only access your data but also "manipulate data connectivity and to go even as far as being able to completely reprogram your device’s C... » Read More
Being an IT specialist has its part of down side (everybody asking you about the last phone or computer or asking you to fix their stuff for free of course...) but also a good side: it makes you aware of what technology is able to do (good and bad) and help you to "protect" yourself.
When people ask me about Google Chrome, my answer is always the same: "No, Thank you!". Indeed why would I install a spyware on my computer just because it is supposed to be half a millisecond faster?
When I say spyware, I mean it, judge for yourself:
Google receives only standard log information including your... » Read More
I have been talking for some time now about my concerns about privacy.
Apple, Microsoft, Facebook and of course Google are the most powerful companies to spy on your behavior. Every time you do a search, visit a site or use your phone, they track your behavior. What do they do with the "NOT so anonymous" information: best case scenario, just analyse it to make their products better but you know what, not a chance... worst case: give access to governments, invade your privacy or distribute it without your consent to companies without any kind of ethics.
The following video is about Google... » Read More
After reading this article from Gizmodo: The iPhone 4S Is Microsoft’s Chance to Catch Up to Apple, some obvious hit me: all humans beings are not equal!
Let me explain, the article states that Android is "is still a mixed bag of hurt and ugly—a lemonparty" and comments want to make you believe that if users love so much there iPhones it is because it just works and Android is still far for that. All this to give a chance to Microsoft to come back with WP7.
Guess what I may agree on some points, indeed the iPhone 4S is the best chance for Microsoft to gain market shares but to believe... » Read More
As already discussed about the vulnerabity discovered by TrevE and that could potentially be used to collect all kind of
information about you on HTC recent devices. On week later, HTC finally replies, acknowledges the facts and promises a OTA update for all the concerned devices.
We can only enjoy this decision but still I wonder, why did it take so long to answer, why did the developer had to make his discovery public to finally have a reaction. I am happy to see that in this age of technology, one can have the power to make a difference but also scared to see that such an important ... » Read More
Let's start by some explanations:
When HTC decided to release Android devices they also introduced "HTC Sense". In order to make user experience as smooth as possible they started collecting "anonymous" data and start logging your behavior and so far no problem as you could decide to opt-out and turn of the function and HTC did several announcement stating the app was harmless and data collected were only done to improve their products and services.
But, there is a but... According to XDA Developer TrevE is is very easy to develop an application that have only as permission the write to ... » Read More
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