Sunday, February 17, 2013

US Has Secret Tools to Force Internet on Dictators

The U.S. military has no shortage of devices that could restore connectivity to a restive populace cut off from the outside world by its rulers.

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Silent Circle: Easy encryption for mobile devices

Back in October, the startup tech firm Silent Circle ruffled governments' feathers with a surveillance-proof smartphone app to allow people to make secure phone calls and send texts easily. Now, the company is pushing things even further—with a groundbreaking encrypted data transfer app that will enable people to send files securely from a smartphone or tablet at the touch of a button. (For now, it's just being released for iPhones and iPads, though Android versions should come soon.) That means photographs, videos, spreadsheets, you name it—sent scrambled from one person to another in a matter of seconds.

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

How to share files between mobile devices

Here's a video tutorial on how to share files from Android Phones or Tablets over a WiFi network using FrostWire: