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Apple Asked To Add Anti-Robbery Tech To iPod

Street robberies of iPods climbed 8 percent for the last 13 weeks of 2006 to 26,600 in the UK and Home Secretary John Reid wants something done about this. The iPods are seen as easy targets for muggers and Reid wants Apple and Sony to incorporate technological solutions into their devices that would make them [...]

iPod Banned Due To Cheating

It used to be in school that kids would write test answers on the bottom of their shoes or under a baseball cap’s flap, but now even cheating is taking advantage of technology.
The iPod is a perfect way for kids to cheat – you can simply download answers into a podcast, hide them in song [...]

Now For Sale Nike+iPod Serial + USB Adapter = Tracker Device

You know that whole Nike+iPod security flaw which recently had bloggers everywhere sending out warnings of how easy it would be for a stalker to track a runners movements through the device, perhaps making it much easier to do them harm, even if you change your route daily? Well they no longer have to create [...]

The Cool iPod is Fast Becoming the Dangerous iPod

And just in case you haven’t heard of the latest in iPod thefts, robberies, and all out shooting mayhem, here’s a recap of just a couple of the stories: a teacher in Philadelphia had his neck broken in two places after he took a students iPod, and a shooting in Portland just happened at a [...]

Students Break Teachers Neck Over iPod

All right folks, we know the iPod is sweet, great, awesome, fun, extremely hip and everything else cool – but breaking a teachers neck cause you wanted to take to listen during class! That’s taking things a little far don’t you think. Especially a 60 year old teacher, how absolutely utterly despicable.
It’s exactly what happened [...]

The iPod, Now A “Criminal Tool”

In Ohio, a Clay High School junior hacked into personnel and student files and then proceeded to download them onto his iPod. Thus turning the iPod into a “criminal tool”.
The junior was caught when he argued with a girl, who accused him of cheating. The junior threatened to open a credit card in [...]

iPod Named As Security Risk

The RSA Conference, where business security is the main topic, is currently being held in San Francisco. While Bill Gates spoke on the new security features in Vista, it has not been the hackers breaking into computers, but rather the travel of information from person to person, that has been the most talked about [...]

No iPod While Walking!

Can you imagine – “Sir, you crossed the street with your iPod and earbuds in, that will be a $100 fine or you can take it up in court.” says the policeman handing you the ticket.
That’s exactly what New York State Sen. Carl Kruger wants and he has introduced legislation to ban, not only the [...]

The iPod Is Just A Gadget – That Muggers Love

Posted in the Los Angeles Times, iPod thefts were shown to be on the rise with a 34% increase across the Southland. Nearly 2,000 cases have been reported this year. Low crime areas such as Malibu and Pepperdine are also seeing a rise in thefts.
The value of iPods, priced from $80 to $350, [...]

Don’t Get Tracked While Running

A stalker who wants to know when his ex-girlfriend is at home taps into her Nike+ iPod system. He simply hides the gumstix device next to her door, and it registers her presence as she passes by in her Nike shoes. If he adds a small “wifistix” antenna to the device, it can transmit this [...]

 
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