We live in a world where infrared cameras can scan for drunks and the government has revived the so-called 'Snooper's Charter' to track every email, c...

Guaranteeing your anonymity is basically impossible if you use a mobile phone according to a new study. Researchers say that a mobile user can be i...

Facebook users' online behaviour reveals intimate details about their personality which could allow strangers to predict their sexuality, political vi...

Google next big idea is to embed the core functionality of a smartphone into a pair of glasses - complete with a camera, web browsing and voice recogn...

Terrorism is obviously the "access all areas pass" - but many more Europeans die slipping in the shower or from ill-fitting moped helmets than from "terrorism".

Unless Facebook starts paying attention to a few very important details I'd say it is only a matter of time before those comforting images evaporate. They'll be replaced by Donald Trump and barracudas.

On the surface, Google, Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare and Instagram all look like they cost us nothing, because they cost us no money. But unfortunately, they all cost us information, which we don't value, but which is gold dust to the people who actually do want our money.

Instagram has apologised for the "confusing" language of its terms and conditions - but has denied it wants to sell its users' photos. The Facebook...

UPDATE: Instagram has denied it wants to sell its users' photos, but admits the language of its terms and conditions left people 'confused'. The ph...

As 2012 draws to an end, it's fair to say it's been a very busy year for cybercriminals! So what have we learnt from the past year and what do we need to be wary of in 2013 to ensure that both our data and our wallet remain protected?

There has been a lot of debate recently about how much information we should give away online. Just a couple of weeks ago, Cabinet Office Internet security chief, Andy Smith, publicly suggested that we should use fake details online in order to protect our security. But is this really the right approach to staying safe online?

Smartphones have given us instant access to a range of services from games and maps to taxi booking and banking through apps. With smartphone use increasing, app downloads are only set to increase at the same pace. But as the number of apps and smartphones grow they are becoming an attractive target for the criminal gangs behind PC scams who are looking to expand into mobile.

'Oh my f*cking christ'. It was a call that reverberated around the office as we 20 somethings flocked back to our computers in what none-too-shrewd an...

Over the last few years it seems as though everything that is centralised fails. Governments fail to solve societal problems (or even just complete a...