All smartphones are data collection machines; hopefully everyone understands that. There are an amazing number of sensors on the device and many apps just ask for everything. If the user grants that, then the app can harvest all that data and likely sell it, either individually or in the aggregate. Researchers took a tiny sample […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]I think it would be hard to argue with the statement that when it comes to mobile (phone) security, Apple has it all over Google. For the most part, other than for the Google branded phones, that is because they have to work through the handset manufacturers and wireless carriers. Apparently, not any more. For […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Banks are very good at security. Certain kinds of security, that is. They have vaults with really cool doors. Many banks have armed guards. And alarms. In some cities they put tellers in cages to protect them (that is NOT a great metaphor). But when it comes to developing software, they are subject to the […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]NOTE: This is a bit of a rant on my part, but I will get to the good stuff further down. Sorry, but I think the subject is important. While the fact that Google is finally trying to counter Apple’s various ad campaigns such as their CES ad below and their March Madness ad campaign”if […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]As people use their mobile devices as what one friend used to call a “pocket super computer” as opposed to something where you dial 7 digits (remember that) and talk to someone, hackers have figured out that the new attack vector is your phone. In part, this is due to the fact that finally, after […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Worried about the NSA capturing all that metadata about you? That is the stuff about you that the government says it can collect without a warrant (and courtesy of the Patriot Act) because you send it unencrypted over the Internet and so you have no expectation of privacy. A big part of the data (besides […]
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