An Indiana computer consultant finds a password hard-coded into a popular medical office application, and that leads to patient data from a hospital in Washington, D.C. By Kevin Poulsen.
Law enforcement technology that rapidly reads and logs license plates on the road is about to filter down to commercial and consumer applications -- so we can all track each other in real time. Luke O'Brien reports from Washington.
A stupid little detail in an Apple app nicely illustrates the extreme attention to the fine points of user experience that makes people fanatical about the company. Commentary by Leander Kahney.
The Man keeping you down? The sixth-annual Hackers on Planet Earth conference doles out briefings on picking locks, jamming phones and beating wiretaps. There was only one arrest. Annalee Newitz reports from New York.
The Department of Homeland Security tabs Hugo Teufel III -- a midlevel lawyer short on actual privacy-compliance experience -- to be the nation's new chief privacy officer. In 27B Stroke 6.