Data Aggregator Apollo Loses Data on 200 Million Apollo’s business model is to aggregate both publicly available data and company private data to build profiles used to market to people. Apollo’s 212 million contacts, 10 million companies and 9 billion data points are now public. In addition to names and email addresses, the company also […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]For years the big three national credit bureaus made buckets of money from people who were concerned about thieves stealing their credit. You could “Freeze” your credit report which made it unavailable to creditors, with certain limited exceptions. What this meant is that if someone stole your identity and tried to open a bank or […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Back in the old days – like 2 or 3 years ago – laptops had power adapters that plugged into a charging connector and USB ports that allowed users to plug in USB peripherals like keyboards and flash drives and other devices. In an effort to make things easier for users – and, in fairness, […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]You have to admire the gall of some marketing departments. Today, Google announced that it was shutting down the consumer version of Google Plus after a breach of 500,000 users information. SIX MONTHS AGO. They said they shut it down because user engagement was low – I guess that means that no one was actually […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Web Page Load Times Double Due to Trackers Trackers, those microscopic bits of pixie dust that web pages and advertisers insert into web pages to track our activities, make a significant negative contribution to user experience. Full disclosure – this study was done by Ghostery, who makes software – free software – that blocks these […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]In what is thought to be the first country to do this, travelers entering New Zealand who do not turn over their phone passwords during searches could be arrested, prosecuted and fined more than $3,000. This includes citizens and foreigners. A New Zealand customs spokesperson said that the new fine is an appropriate remedy to […]
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