Monday, 15 February 2016

Latest news from Naked Security (02/15/2016)

Selfie + money + Snapchat = robbed! Don't flash your cash…

If in doubt, don't wave it about! A Florida man learned why not to post pictures of self+cash on Snapchat...

Follower: the "creepiest social network" that follows you in real life

You install the app on your iPhone. It gives you the date you'll be followed via location data, and you get a surveillance photo at the end.

Stung by stingrays: NYPD reveals over 1000 cellphone interceptions

The NYPD recently admitted using so-called "stingray" devices to intercept cellphone communications over 1000 times since 2008.

Android inventor wants to give out free dashcams… in exchange for your data

Andy Rubin gave the world the Android mobile operating system, and now he wants to give you a free dashboard camera.

Please vote for Naked Security in the 2016 Security Blogger Awards!

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Secret Facebook groups being used by pedophiles to swap obscene images

They contain sexually explicit comments, obscene photos, and photos apparently stolen from newspapers, blogs, Facebook pages, school websites, and even clothing catalogs.

Monday review – the hot 26 stories of the week

From the Fitbit data that revealed a woman's pregnancy to a PIN-stealing IRS attack and a free tool to check what your antivirus might have missed - catch up with everything we wrote last week in our weekly roundup of stories.