Kik is a private messenger app that enables its users to remain totally anonymous. This makes it appealing to teenagers and easy for predators to send pornography. This week we discuss the dangers associated with an app that only requires a username and email.
Episode 30 - Tattleware
This week we discuss “tattleware” and how some employers are forcing their workers to download apps onto their phone to track their productivity. One of the biggest concerns is the employer rarely knows where this information is stored and how it will be used by a third party. With more companies using tattleware apps the question becomes what is, and isn’t, personal information.
Episode 28 - Security Gadgets
Episode 18 - Hacktivism
In 1996, cyber-activism gained a reputation and was given a new name: hacktivism. Many innocent people get caught in the crossfire when tech-savvy vigilantes wage a war on information. In this episode we discuss if tactics such as doxxing, defacement, and denial-of-service to break into government or private organization systems should be praised or scrutinized.