Unprecedented internet alliance formed in wake of Snowden »

10 December 2013 | Netopia

The G8 of Internet corporations have jointly called on the US Government to initiate "broad-scale changes" to its surveillance practices. The eight firms - Google, Apple, Facebook, Twitter, AOL, Micr... »

French government goes NSA »

10 December 2013 | Netopia

Google claims to have caught France's cyberdefence division, Agence nationale de la sécurité des systèmes d’information (ANSSI), red handed in the act of spoofing digital certificates for Google domai... »

Pilot program reduces revenues earned by piracy sites »

10 December 2013 | Netopia

A pilot project to reduce revenues earned by piracy sites through advertising is yielding results, according to the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU). Operation Creative, a joint effo... »

Clone selling your WhatsApp chats »

9 December 2013 | Netopia

Google Play has moved to close a security loophole through which entire WhatsApp conversations were being made available for sale on a third-party website. The culprit was the BalloonPop2 game, whi... »

Anti-phishing standards bear fruit »

9 December 2013 | Netopia

Google has declared victory against phishing emails, with almost all emails received through Gmail now authenticated through one of two widely adopted industry standards. The DomainKey Identified E... »

Antidote to email hackings developed »

9 December 2013 | Netopia

A US computer scientist, Troy Hunt, has developed a simple, but effective method for re-securing email passwords to some of the biggest sites on the web. Hunt has created the "Have I Been Pwned" lo... »

Twitter provides internet-less access in emerging markets »

6 December 2013 | Netopia

Internet-less access to Twitter is coming to entry-level phones used in emerging markets in a tie-up with Singapore's U2opia Mobile. The low-tech solution brings Twitter over 11 million people usin... »

Spy tech to be considered as weapons »

6 December 2013 | Netopia

Spying technology could soon be classified as weapons equipment via ratification of an international treaty. The Financial Times cites the proposal, which would regulate "complex surveillance and h... »

Internet killing off languages »

5 December 2013 | Netopia

Less than five percent of the 7,776 languages spoken globally are used online, says renowned linguist András Kornai - with the remaining 95 percent being left to wilt in the offline world. The repo... »

China prohibits Bitcoin transactions »

5 December 2013 | Netopia

In an attempt to cool demand for virtual currency, China’s central bank has banned financial institutions from handling Bitcoin transactions. Financial institutions and payment companies can no lon... »