For hundreds of years, government has been the domain of the quill pen and parchment or whatever followed on from that. But now, cities want to join the digital revolution to make life easier for their citizens and save money. However, as we have seen, that has not always worked out so well. Atlanta recently […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]British celebrity food writer Jack Monroe had her cell phone number hijacked and, after that, the hackers were able to receive her two factor authentication and access her bank and payment accounts. She was already doing more than a lot of people do security wise – she was using two factor authentication. BUT, the two […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Alastair Mactaggart, who pretty much single handedly is responsible for the California Consumer Privacy Act is on the warpath again. CCPA 2, another ballot initiative, would grant California residents new rights in their health and financial records and also their precise location. It would require consumers to opt in to companies selling that data and […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Just a Wee Bit Over the Top There is a nut job who bought an old cold war era bunker in Germany and turned it into a “bullet-proof” hosting center similar to what we see in Russia and elsewhere – where they let you host anything, legal or otherwise. Apparently the Germans got tired of […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The EU’s high court – the Court of Justice of the European Union – said this week that web sites including search engines must ask users to opt in to sharing of their data. Web sites such as Google know that if users have to actively do something for the sole purpose of allowing Google […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Well that makes me feel a whole lot better. The FDA says that devices that use the decades old IPNet software are vulnerable to hacking, But they are not sure what devices that may include. Possibly insulin pumps. Maybe pacemakers. They also don’t know how many devices are affected. Given that, I am not sure […]
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