Richard Clarke, National Security Counsel’s chief counter-terrorism advisor to three presidents (George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and George Bush) and Special Advisor on Cyber Security to George Bush said that the FBI could have taken the San Bernadino phone to Ft. Meade, home of the NSA, and had the data in the phone a long […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Whether you are an Uber driver or Uber customer, there are some things that you should be aware of before you turn on that app to accept passengers or use that app to hail a ride. First of all comes terminology. Regulators call Uber, Lyft and their competitors Transportation Network Companies or TNCs. This distinguishes […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Britain is following in the United States’ footsteps. Just like with the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Court or FISA Court, The new bill in Britain called The Snoopers’ Charter by people who don’t like it (and called the Investigatory Powers Bill by the government) would require any company to bake in a back door […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]A bill being considered in the French Parliament would penalize tech executives that do not provide access to encrypted communications in terrorism related investigations. 5 years in jail and a 350,000 Euro fine. The lower house of Parliament cleared the bill 474 to 32. Parliament wants phone makers to unlock phones. Period. Of course, most […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Why is nothing ever as simple as it looks? As you have probably noticed, a LOT of retailers have not migrated to chip card readers for accepting credit cards. As of last October, the liability for fraudulent transactions for those merchants who have not migrated (like Wendy’s, for example) is now the store’s and not […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]While Wendy’s has been pretty quiet regarding the credit card breach that they appear to have suffered, others are not so quiet. You may remember from my February 1st post (see here) that Wendy’s VP and treasurer Gavin Waugh said a couple of years ago that Wendy’s fraud rate was so low that paying the […]
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