New York City, like a number of other cities, is trying to provide its citizens with free Internet access. Their solution is to convert pay phones into WiFi hot spots. New York plans to do this with about 7,500 pay phones across the five boroughs. Here is the problem, at least as it applies to […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Those of us in the computer security world have been telling businesses not to give users admin rights in Windows and now we have some very strong evidence to support that claim. Avecto, a company that makes security software, analyzes Microsoft’s patches each year and here is what they came up with for 2015: Of […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]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 […]
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