Privacy is important to everyone on some level. What we consider to be sensitive material, and where we draw the line varies from one individual to the next, but everyone has personal information they’d rather not share with the world […]
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It would be much more convenient if you could just walk into your house, or get into your car without having to first unlock the door. It would be more convenient if you could just walk from the front of
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Immediately after 9/11, the U.S. Congress cobbled together a bill called the USA Patriot Act, a grab bag of goodies the intelligence community had long craved. The intent was to remove limits in the gathering and use of intelligence on
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Who is responsible for securing your online financial activities, and protecting your data? Is it the online retailer or financial institution, or is it you? Perhaps a little of both? A new survey from Kaspersky Lab found that concerns are
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In our world of increasingly connected, always on, Internet-of-Things gadgets, security and privacy are looming concerns. The simple reality is that if your refrigerator, or television, or cable TV box can connect to the Internet, then someone on the Internet
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The Internet-of-Things (IoT) can do a lot of really cool stuff. We’re really only just starting to scratch the surface of the ways technology can simplify our lives, keep us informed, and make things more convenient. All of that comes
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Browsers have made great strides when it comes to being secure by default. Most apply updates automatically by default, and contain various features designed to detect phishing scams, and avoid insecure websites. Privacy is another matter entirely, though. To understand
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The United States and China have a strange relationship. They are rival nations that don’t trust each other, and yet work very closely together in many ways. China is a communist nation–that owns a huge stake in US capitalism, and
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I saw this image making the rounds on Facebook. It is from the Kenosha Police Department in Ohio, and illustrates just how much information you may be giving away to criminals just with the cute stickers on your car. The
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