Johnny 5

Johnny 5 is the founding editor of the blog and writes about pressing technology issues. From important cat privacy stories to governments and corporations that overstep their boundaries, Johnny covers it all.

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North Korean flag with binary code overlay.
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NSA tapping into North Korea

The National Security Agency had been tapping into North Korea's networks for many years, even prior to the Sony hacks.
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The KooZoo camera app: It’s a jungle out there

KooZoo is an app that allows you to turn your own smartphone into a secret recording device. This has caused some concerns over privacy.
Vector hand holding smartphone.
3 mins

“Bring your own device” to work: Is it worth it?

BYOD comes with numerous privacy risks.
Fake download for The Interview movie.
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Want to watch “The Interview”? Watch out!

By all accounts, “The Interview” isn't that great a film. Rotten Tomatoes has just 61 percent of moviegoers and...
Illustration of broken padlock with a dead face.
3 mins

Top 10 security breaches of 2014

That's right folks, it's time. Time for a roundup of the year's worst IT security breaches and how they've...
Illustration of drone stealing cell phone data.
3 mins

Theft from the skies: Could cell phone data theft affect you?

Recent discoveries have revealed that the NSA has been stealing cellular data right out of the air.
Laura Poitras illustration.
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Laura Poitras and the Digital Exiles

Documentary filmmaker Laura Poitras moved to Berlin in order to protect the source material for her documentary on Edward Snowden.
macOS Yosemite security features.
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OS X Yosemite: Are security and privacy the first thought or...

Mac OS X Yosemite (10.10) has arrived and, according to Apple, it comes with safety. Built right in. The company’s...
Bitly links flagged as Malware.
3 mins

Don’t get bit: URL-shortening service flagged as malware

This article was originally published on November 6, 2014. If you can't trust Bitly, who can you trust? Citizens of...
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Verizon’s ‘perma-cookie’: Just another example of how ISPs invade, threaten our...

**Update: Verizon forced 'supercookies' on all of their customers until March 2015, when several senators raised privacy concerns over...

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