Stories by Alex Hern

Big Brother in the Bedroom: Vibrator Maker Ordered to Pay Damages for Tracking Customers' Sexual Behavior

Canadian manufacturer We-Vibe collected data about temperature and vibration intensity, revealing intimate information without customers’ knowledge.

Extramarital dating site’s CTO claimed to have accessed Nerve.com user base.

A group of researchers have demonstrated how to track users with nothing more than their remaining battery power, which could compromise privacy.

Cybersecurity firm has 400GB of what purport to be its own documents published via its Twitter feed after hack.

It's going to get worse unless we put our foot down.

Boss of world's largest company writes about his sexuality for first time.

Workers from the company accuse it of breaching California law over break time and notice periods.

Catastrophic code error means websites can leak user's personal data, including passwords.