Four out of five surveyed hackers agreed that Apple was right to refuse the FBI's request for a backdoor into the San Bernardino shooter's iPhone. Yet 52 percent said they would help the FBI crack an iPhone's password for a fee.
Last week, Apple issued security updates to patch a serious flaw affecting iPhone and iPad users. Yesterday it addressed a similar flaw on its desktops.
A New York woman has filed a class-action lawsuit against the Golden State Warriors, accusing the NBA franchise of distributing a mobile content app that invades users' privacy by turning on a device's microphone and eavesdropping on the audio it picks up.
Political staffer Huma Abedin has been dominating media headlines as of late for a number of issues, including leaked emails uncovered by Citizens United and released publicly by Fox News. In the exposed emails, she refers to an intent to leave her mobile device, specifically a BlackBerry, behind during a 2009 trip to Russia.