Earlier this year at WWDC, Apple introduced iBeacon, a technology that would be introduced as part of iOS 7 and new Apple hardware. iBeacon utilizes BlueTooth LE (Low Energy) to provide very precise location data to your device, which can either provide detailed directions inside a building, like a mall, or give you information about […]
Category: privacy
Data backed up? Check. iOS 7 installed? Check. Data restored? Check. Life is good and time to fire up your favorite iTunes Radio station, right? Not so fast. Before diving into the beautiful, parallaxy, candy-colored world that is iOS 7, you need to adjust your privacy settings on your iPhone or iPad. If you like your […]
The EFF is following the new HD Radio Content Protection Act closely and encouraging members to take action: The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has seen the future of radio. And it would prefer to live in the past… Last week, with a coalition of copyright holders, the RIAA sent messages to members of […]
A reader sent me this excellent email from Alex Reynolds on Sony’s surreptitiously installing rootkits on unsuspecting PCs when a user plays one of their CDs: To be clear, these are not CDs. These discs do not conform with the CD format and releases omit the CD logo on the packaging. Here’s information about the […]