South Korea’s new rule — requiring facial recognition to activate any new smartphone from Dec 23 — is a decisive move that will ripple beyond the peninsula. This isn’t a subtle nudge. It’s a structural change to how identities are verified at the point of sale, and it will shiftContinue Reading
Every smartphone is a small miracle of sensors, radios and memory—and governments are starting to treat that miracle like state property. Recent moves in India to turn phones into always-on tracking devices are not an abstract debate about policy; they are a test of how much private life a modernContinue Reading
Apple’s latest round of cyberthreat notifications — alerts sent to users in 84 countries on Dec 2 — is not a distant tech headline. It is a loud wake-up call. I felt that sting the first time my phone vibrated with an urgent message from Apple: a terse, official alertContinue Reading
When a household name like Asahi admits personal data tied to two million people may have been exfiltrated, complacency should end immediately. This isn’t a distant headline to scroll past; it’s a loud, personal alarm bell. I still remember the call from a small F&B owner in Singapore last yearContinue Reading
This week’s breaches at Harvard, Princeton, the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia are not remote academic scandals you can shrug off. They are a siren: if elite institutions with vast security budgets and reputations to protect can be duped by social engineering into handing over donor and student records, everyContinue Reading
Yawn, another cyber-security test. It’s Friday, someone’s late for a deadline, and the mandatory 45‑minute training video plays in the background while Instagram scrolls on the phone. Predictable tips. “Don’t share your password.” “Beware of suspicious links.” The employee clicks through, the system records completion, and the dashboard lights up:Continue Reading
Watching my mother enthusiastically talk about her new cyber security class was nothing short of surreal. Here’s a woman who still fondly calls going online “going on the Net,” now diving headfirst into the complexities of online safety. Amused? Absolutely. Inspired? Without a doubt. What struck me most wasn’t justContinue Reading
Every day, countless consumers in Singapore plug in Android TV boxes, eager to unlock a vast world of streaming entertainment. But here’s a hard truth that often gets swept under the rug: not all these streaming devices are created equal. Some, especially those non-certified and dubious devices, harbor hidden dangersContinue Reading
When digital spaces become battlegrounds for intimidation, harassment, and misuse, the scars run deeper than pixels on a screen. Singapore is stepping up with a powerful new legislative tool aimed at delivering swift justice and tangible relief to victims of online harms—especially where intimate trust and personal safety have beenContinue Reading
Few things trigger a storm of outrage and concern quite like the news of children’s private data being commandeered by cybercriminals. When a London childcare provider, trusted with the safety and privacy of over 8,000 little ones, became the playground for a ruthless ransomware attack, it sent shockwaves throughout communitiesContinue Reading
