Thursday, 25 August 2016

HP's new privacy protecting laptop screen thwarts would-be spies

HP just introduced a new technology to fight back against the feeling that somebody’s watching you.

HP’s EliteBook 1040 and EliteBook 840 laptops now have an option to add a new one-touch solution called SureView that combats what the company calls “visual hacking.” SureView was developed with 3M privacy technology, and HP first showed off the technology during CES in January.

To call this activity “hacking”, however, is a bit of a stretch. What we’re really talking about is someone who’s literally peeking over you shoulder to read the information on your screen.

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