App Called WiFi Finder Leaked Private Data

WiFi Finder (headquartered in China) is an app that locate and provide credentials for public wifi hotspots to it’s users. This week thousands of this app’s users find out that their information has been exposed online Information includes their home network names (SSID), precise geolocation, ‘plaintext’ passwords and other data.

When the users install the app – they also provide their home network information and it all stored in app’s database. But the app has no mechanism to differentiate between public hot spots and home networks. Now the app’s database has been exposed – which puts thousands of it’s user at risk. As most the users are not aware of this – which makes them an easy target for the cyber criminal. A cloud host company called DigitalOcean has already took the database offline. But damage has already been done.

Brain Implant Turns Thoughts in to Speech

The team at the University of California, San Francisco have developed a brain implant that can read people’s minds and turn their thoughts to speech.They are calling it “exhilarating” technology. Electrode are implanted in the brain. It picks up the electrical signals that maneuver the lips, tongue, voice box and jaw. Then the algorithm analyze these movement. It then simulate how those result would form different sound in mouth and throat.

At this point – this is in very early stage. But in time – it will be perfect. This is break through technology. In near future individuals with speech impairments will regain the ability to freely speak their minds and reconnect with the world around them.