The “Chocolate Factory”, as Google is sometimes called, is facing an existential threat. Between new privacy laws in the U.S. and other countries and the restrictions on cookies, especially third party cookies, the main mechanisms that Google uses to target ads to you and me, Google’s revenue, 90 percent of which comes from ads, is […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]If You Think the Chinese Balloon Incident is a Major Wake-up call … China has been spying on the US for decades. And we have been spying on them. Kind of like Spy vs. Spy in Mad Magazine when we were kids. If you think that the balloon gave China important information – above the […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Websites often collect data from their website to fix bugs and improve the “user experience”. However, just because something might be helpful to a website owner, doesn’t mean it is legal. Especially if you are not fully disclosing what you are doing and, in some states, not unless you give users the ability to easily […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Biden Admin Moves to Halt All Exports to Huawei The Biden administration is continuing to tighten the grip on China. The feds have stopped approving licenses for the export of most items to Huawei, according to the Financial Times. The end game is for a total ban on sales to Huawei. Credit: BBC Popular Derivatives […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The TSA has issued a security directive to all US Airports and airlines telling them to tighten up their cybersecurity procedures. This after a Swiss researcher discovered an unprotected copy of the no-fly-list and other sensitive documents belonging to United Airlines feeder carrier CommuteAir. The researcher also said that he probably could have cancelled or […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Oh, Boy, Bad Day at Work – FAA NOTAM Failure Caused by Contractor Deleting Wrong Files The FAA is now saying that the NOTAM failure earlier this month that shut down air traffic for around 90 minutes was caused by human error. A contractor was trying to fix a synchronization problem between the primary and […]
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