The Pirates Can’t Be Stopped

This teenager hacked into the outfit charged with protecting companies like Sony, Universal, and Activision from online piracy—the most daring exploit yet in the escalating war between fans and corporate giants. Guess which side is winning.

Enemies at the gate

Dateline investigation suggests that even now, six years after the 9/11 attacks, terrorists could easily get a passport to cross almost any border.

A Strategy Up Their Sleeves

WHEN he hits the blackjack tables at the Foxwoods casino in eastern Connecticut, Mr. S is no longer a construction worker in his 20s laboring for a weekly paycheck. Dressed casually and acting as if he couldn’t care less what anyone thinks, he plays the part of a pushy rich kid who has no problem making bets that often exceed $1,000 a hand.

FBI E-Mail Shows Rift Over Warrantless Phone Record Grabs

By now it’s well known that FBI agents can’t always be troubled to get a court order before going after a surveillance target’s telephone and internet records. But newly released FBI documents show that aggressive surveillance tactics have even caused friction within the bureau.

Guarding Your Social Security Number

Requests to provide our Social Security numbers have become so common that many people just assume they have no choice but to hand it over. That’s actually not true, but having that knowledge is only half the battle. The real challenge is convincing the people who automatically request such information that you really don’t have to give it to them.

Big Brother Spying on Americans’ Internet Data

It would be difficult to say whose e-mail, text messages or Internet phone calls the government is monitoring at any given time, but according to a former AT&T employee, the government has warrantless access to a great deal of Internet traffic should they care to take a peek.

Shutdown because of being referenced in Spam

We all know that Spam is a major problem, and in an interesting turn of events, a web site has been shutdown by the upstream ISP because of being referenced in Spam.

Here’s how a slick laptop thief was foiled in Tampa

Smart, shrewd,determined. A serial thief was portrayed as all these. Here’s how his alleged crime spree unraveled after a stop in Tampa.

Behind Enemy Lines With a Suburban Counterterrorist

“Look,” Shannen Rossmiller says, pointing at her computer screen. She’s in an online chat room, and the name Terrorist11 has just popped up. “He’s one of the more popular guys.”

How SMS works – basics

Just when we’re finally used to seeing everybody constantly talking on their cell phones, it suddenly seems like no one is talking at all. Instead, they’re typing away on tiny numerical pads, using their cell phones to send quick messages. SMS, or text messaging.