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]We have been trained by the insurance industry that you buy insurance and if you have an event, you make a claim and get paid. For the most part, with your auto insurance or your homeowners insurance, that is the way it works. Rarely, but sometimes, you discover that you don’t have the right coverage […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]O P I N I O N This is not really an opinion piece, but some people might think it is, so I will go for over disclosure and call it that. The Feds really don’t like encryption. It gets in their way when they want to do mass surveillance or even targeted surveillance. For […]
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 […]
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