Organic Interfaces; or, How Human Beings Augment Their Digital Devices
In theory, cell phones and other information and communication technologies (ICTs) are just a means for us to interact with people, businesses, and data sources.
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Mobile Devices
Selfies Reveal Your PIN
A German researcher known as Starbug has demonstrated that it is possible to extract a smartphone PIN code from a selfie image.
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Hackers Can Remotely Steal Fingerprints From Some Android Devices
Security experts from FireEye have discovered four new methods to hack Android devices and extract user fingerprints remotely.
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WiFi Hacking Drones
Unmanned aerial vehicle with the ability to run cyber attacks on computers and mobile devices through Wi-Fi networks.
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Video Friday: Magic Leap Fireside Chat
Rony Abovitz, Graeme Devine, and Neal Stephenson, of Magic Leap in a fireside chat with MIT Technology Review editor in chief Jason Pontin.
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Biohackers Compromise Android Devices With An NFC Implant
Security researcher Seth Wahle of APA Wireless and Rod Soto of Hack Miami used a near-field communications (NFC) chip implant in his hand to demonstrate that it is possible to exploit Android devices and avoid detection by common body scanners located at airports and high-security environments.
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Neuroenhancement and the Extended Mind Hypothesis
Is your smartphone really an extended part of your mind?
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Unequal Access to Technology: What Can We Learn From Smartphones?
The smartphone industry has made a remarkable impact on numerous aspects of human life, and can be seen as a foretaste of what might be achieved by emerging new technologies of human enhancement. Core smartphone technology frequently dropped in price, making benefits available to people in all social classes worldwide. But other examples of high tech products suggest disturbing ‘winner takes...
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Fingerprint Hacking the iPhone 6
The Touch ID fingerprint reader on the new iPhone 6 can be fooled by the same trick that was working with iPhone 5S.
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Google is Tracking Your Every Move
Location services are considered a serious threat to privacy because location data managed by companies like Google could be used for online surveillance.
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