Britain says Aeroflot plane was searched to protect UK from ‘organized crime & harmful substances’

The controversial search of a Russian plane by British officials at Heathrow Airport was conducted to protect the UK from organized crime and the smuggling of harmful substances, the UK security minister has said. Moscow had described the search of an Aeroflot plane as “illegal” and called for an explanation from British authorities. “It is […]

US border guards searched 60 percent more devices in 2017

In 2017, the US Customs and Border Protection searched 30,200 electronic devices. That’s over 60 percent the number of searches its personnel conducted the year before to the dismay of privacy advocates. Some also view the rise in searches as a product of the administration’s stance on immigration. “[I]t goes against the very thing the […]

Most searched for car of 2017 revealed by Auto Trader – can you guess the top vehicle?

Taking the crown for the seventh consecutive year, leading used and new-car selling site Auto Trader, revealed the make attracted more than 40 million searches. But the VW Golf – which was the runner-up overall with 39.5million searches – proved to be the most popular petrol model.The Mercedes-Benz C-Class was the third most viewed model […]

Google Chrome SHOCK – Incognito mode will NOT stop your boss finding out what you searched

Google Chrome users who think they can get away with saucy searches at work thanks to the browser’s Incognito mode better think again. A Google bigwig has revealed that bosses can still keep an eye on what employees are searching for on work devices even when Incognito is activated. Darin Fisher, the search engine giant’s […]

Remember the artist who had his iPhone searched at the border? He’s now suing

Enlarge / Leonel Cordova (L) and Noris Cordova, who are not plaintiffs in this lawsuit, speak to a CBP officer at Miami International Airport on March 4, 2015 in Miami, Florida. (credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images) A Jet Propulsion Laboratory engineer, a California artist, a limousine driver and several other Americans have sued the Department of […]

‘Fisk’ is currently one of Dictionary.com’s most searched words thanks to an NRA video threatening The New York Times (NYT)

NRA If you don’t know what “fisk” means, you’re not alone. Searches for the word were up 7,643% week-over-week on Friday afternoon, after the National Rifle Association (NRA) posted a video in which it threatened to “fisk” the paper of record, The New York Times. In less than an hour, “Fisk” quickly became one of the […]

German military orders that all army barracks be searched for Nazi Wehrmacht memorabilia

All barracks and premises of the Bundeswehr will be searched after memorabilia commemorating the Nazi army, the Wehrmacht, were found at Franco-German brigade facilities during an investigation into an army officer suspected of plotting a false flag attack. Read more Volker Wieker, the chief of staff of the German Army, the Bundeswehr, has ordered that […]

Judge OKs warrant to reveal who searched a crime victim’s name on Google

Enlarge (credit: Philippe Huguen/Getty Images) Police in a small suburban town of 50,000 people just outside Minneapolis, Minnesota, have won a court order requiring Google to determine who has used its search engine to look up the name of a local financial fraud victim. The court order demanding such a massive search is perhaps the […]