Kyt Dotson

Kyt Dotson is a Senior Editor at SiliconAngle and works to cover beats surrounding DevOps, security, gaming, and cutting edge technology. Before joining SiliconAngle, Kyt worked as a software engineer starting at Motorola in Q&A to eventually settle at Pets911.com where he helped build a vast database for pet adoption and a lost and found system. Kyt is a published author who writes science fiction and fantasy works that incorporate ideas from modern-day technological innovation and explore the outcome of living with those technologies.

Latest from Kyt Dotson

USA PATRIOT Act May Put Microsoft Cloud in the Doghouse with the European Union

NEWS By KYT DOTSON15 YEARS AGO

The Patriot Act has had far-reaching implications for United States citizens, but now it threatens to reach into other countries who also do business with the U.S., Microsoft warned the E.U. recently. With the expansion of the cloud and the possibility that …

Authorities Continue to Stalk Anonymous with 32 Raids in Italy Leading to Arrests

NEWS By KYT DOTSON15 YEARS AGO

What started with police action in Spain last month is continuing with raids and arrests in Italy this week. The arrests in Spain were part of an operation targeting individuals suspected as connected to the attacks that took down the Playstation Network …

Google+ Found Cavorting with NFC in Official Android App

NEWS By KYT DOTSON15 YEARS AGO

It looks like Google is pressing forward in their adoption of NFC technology by making sure that it’s also Google+ enabled. Shortly after the announcement and unveiling of their new social networking service, an official Android app became available on the App …

California Judge Gives Go-Ahead for Google Class-Action Involving WiFi Snooping

NEWS By KYT DOTSON15 YEARS AGO

United States wiretapping laws are notoriously used in contexts way beyond any possible intent due to the zealotry of law enforcement and the inexorable march of technology. When much of the wiretapping legislation had been put into law, the concept of a …

Facebook Blocks Chrome Extension for Exporting Friends to Google+

NEWS By KYT DOTSON15 YEARS AGO

In what is going to certainly be the next level in the fight between Facebook and Google over data portability and reciprocity, a Facebook has blocked the functioning of a Chrome browser extension that became abruptly popular after the launch of Google+. …

Sabu of LulzSec Speaks with NewScientist Reporter

NEWS By KYT DOTSON15 YEARS AGO

It looks like one of the hackers tied to the hacker group LulzSec has spoken with a journalist at NewScientist. In his short exchange he paints a picture of being involved in these hactivist movements due not just to motivations spurred from …

Dropbox’s Updated Terms of Service: What You Should Know

NEWS By KYT DOTSON15 YEARS AGO

In attempt to reconnect with users who have felt burned by numerous security concerns jumping out of their service from both technical and social angles, Dropbox have decided to address this head on by updating their Terms of Service (ToS), Privacy Policy, …

In Wake of Hack Leading to Bitcoin Crash, Mt. Gox Begins to Grow Up

NEWS By KYT DOTSON15 YEARS AGO

In a press statement yesterday, MtGox.com acknowledged the security issues and the hack that lead to the crash of the bitcoin economy earlier in June. After freezing all of their assets in the wake of the crash, Mt. Gox has undergone a …

Kaspersky Labs Uncovers Highly Sophisticated Botnet that Forms “Indestructible” Network

NEWS By KYT DOTSON15 YEARS AGO

It appeared in 2008, pulling itself out of the mire of malware ecology to quickly become dominant in its niche. Originally named TDL by its creator—identified as TDSS by Kaspersky Labs—the malware eventually became to grow into a botnet known as TDL-4 …

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Latest from Kyt Dotson

Authorities Continue to Stalk Anonymous with 32 Raids in Italy Leading to Arrests

Sabu of LulzSec Speaks with NewScientist Reporter

In Wake of Hack Leading to Bitcoin Crash, Mt. Gox Begins to Grow Up

Kaspersky Labs Uncovers Highly Sophisticated Botnet that Forms “Indestructible” Network

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