Luis Mijangos, a computer programmer from Souther California, was sentenced to six years in prison last week for hacking into several women's computers, finding explicit photos and videos, and using them to demand more.
Worried your computer repairman is a pervert? Here's a handy guide: If the software he installs suggests that take your laptop to the bathroom when you shower, he's probably using remote-controlled software to take pictures of you naked.
For months, we've wondered what the makers of the Conficker worm, which was set to activate on April 1, were up to. An evil plot to destroy the world? Nah — they just want money.
Don't you hate it when when this happens? You're a little suspicious that your wife is being faithful. So you install some spyware and lo and behold, she's "been living a dark secret life for several years as a submissive love slave to a dominant male partner in the BDSM world..." That's a glowing testimonial to PC…
After IncrediMail announced Friday that Google canceled its AdSense account, investors wiped nearly $20 million off its market cap, a 45 percent stock drop, before the stock recovered. Quite the dropkick. And some are describing the incident as an illustration of Google's hegemony. Which is fine. But resist the…
Just because Facebook can track its members' online behavior doesn't mean you can spy on your wife's. Texan Shawn McLeod learned the hard way after he installed spyware on his wife's computer and she alerted authorities. Now McLeod faces four years in jail, according to reports. That sentence only came down from 20…
