Users of computers invited to cover their webcams
an investigation by BBC Radio 5 live has discovered a series of websites that allow hackers to exchange or sell pictures and videos of people who have stolen through webcams compromise. The survey also exposed a flourishing black market which deals with access to these infiltrators machines - often for just pennies. Although some groups question the extent of piracy in webcams is, other groups such as Childnet International have advised computer users to cover their webcams, or if possible to turn towards a wall when not not in use, as an additional safety measure.
The £ 1000 glove that allows you to take a phone call
you might soon be able to answer a call simply by holding a gloved hand to your hear. Artist Sean Miles took pairs of vintage designer gloves and combined them with different parts of handsets that have been recycled by O2, in order to get people to think about recycling. The gloves feature a speaker in the thumb and a microphone in the little finger, and can connect to a phone via Bluetooth. When was the traditional "call me" gesture, the user is able to talk on their mobile without having to dig into their bag. The gloves £ 1,000 will appear in an exhibition next month and if they are well received, they will go into production on a larger scale later this year.
Yahoo to release the inactive email addresses
so, you're going to sign up for a new account mail and find your user name choice has already been made, prompting a series of numbers increasingly relevant and symbols cluttering your email address. If you have faced this problem sign up for a Yahoo email account, you might be lucky, the company plans to publish the Yahoo ID who have been inactive for a year or more. It seems like a good idea on paper, but many people are worried this will open the possibility for widespread theft identify via password resets and other methods. Yahoo issued a statement assuring customers that it will not be a problem, but it is probably best to connect to all the ancient accounts and disable them for good anyway - if you can remember the password
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