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Cell Carrier: Governments Worldwide Hear Your Calls
(NEWSER) The world's second-biggest telecom company released a report today saying that countries from Hungary to Fiji are accessing customer calls and texts with legal warrants, or just tapping in whenever they feel like it, the New York Times reports. Vodaphonewhich left the US this year and is based in the UKsaid in its 40,000-word report that 29 countries had issued thousands of requests for content and metadata. So which countries have a direct link? A Vodaphone rep said it was 6 countries but wouldn't name them, citing a possible risk to employees in those places, Bloomberg reports.
Vodaphone said government agencies should stop tapping directly into cellphone calls and text exchanges without a warrant.
(NEWSER) The world's second-biggest telecom company released a report today saying that countries from Hungary to Fiji are accessing customer calls and texts with legal warrants, or just tapping in whenever they feel like it, the New York Times reports. Vodaphonewhich left the US this year and is based in the UKsaid in its 40,000-word report that 29 countries had issued thousands of requests for content and metadata. So which countries have a direct link? A Vodaphone rep said it was 6 countries but wouldn't name them, citing a possible risk to employees in those places, Bloomberg reports.
Vodaphone said government agencies should stop tapping directly into cellphone calls and text exchanges without a warrant.
Cyber crime costs global economy $445 billion a year
Cyber crime costs the global economy about $445 billion every year, with the damage to business from the theft of intellectual property exceeding the $160 billion loss to individuals from hacking, according to research published on Monday.
The report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) said cyber crime was a growth industry that damaged trade, competitiveness and innovation.
A conservative estimate would be $375 billion in losses, while the maximum could be as much as $575 billion, said the study, sponsored by security software company McAfee.
"Cyber crime is a tax on innovation and slows the pace of global innovation by reducing the rate of return to innovators and investors," Jim Lewis of CSIS said in a statement.
The world's biggest economies bore the brunt of the losses, the research found, with the toll on the United States, China, Japan and Germany reaching $200 billion a year in total.
Cyber crime costs the global economy about $445 billion every year, with the damage to business from the theft of intellectual property exceeding the $160 billion loss to individuals from hacking, according to research published on Monday.
The report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) said cyber crime was a growth industry that damaged trade, competitiveness and innovation.
A conservative estimate would be $375 billion in losses, while the maximum could be as much as $575 billion, said the study, sponsored by security software company McAfee.
"Cyber crime is a tax on innovation and slows the pace of global innovation by reducing the rate of return to innovators and investors," Jim Lewis of CSIS said in a statement.
The world's biggest economies bore the brunt of the losses, the research found, with the toll on the United States, China, Japan and Germany reaching $200 billion a year in total.
Stalker: A creepy look at you, online
While you were having a latte and hunting for a Tinder date on your local coffee shop's open Wi-Fi, you were giving away your personal information.
Stalker is a tool created by security firm Immunity Inc. to demonstrate the hazards of connecting to insecure public Wi-Fi networks.
When you connect to a public network in a place like a coffee house, hackers that are logged onto the same Wi-Fi network can intercept your Web traffic from unencrypted websites. Sites that begin with "http://" are unencrypted and less safe. Sites that begin with "https://" are encrypted and generally considered more secure.
While you were having a latte and hunting for a Tinder date on your local coffee shop's open Wi-Fi, you were giving away your personal information.
Stalker is a tool created by security firm Immunity Inc. to demonstrate the hazards of connecting to insecure public Wi-Fi networks.
When you connect to a public network in a place like a coffee house, hackers that are logged onto the same Wi-Fi network can intercept your Web traffic from unencrypted websites. Sites that begin with "http://" are unencrypted and less safe. Sites that begin with "https://" are encrypted and generally considered more secure.
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