Google Rolls back Decision to Kill Third Party Cookies Firefox and Safari, along with some other smaller browsers already block third party cookies by default. Google said that they would do the same. Google now says that phasing out third party cookies will hurt their revenue stream, uh, will impact online advertising, so they are […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]AT&T is First Company To Evade SEC’s 4 Day Breach Disclosure No, they are not badasses, they asked for permission. The SEC rules that went into effect last year have a carve out from the disclosure rule – actually it is not an exception, just a delay. It is not clear who asked whom, but […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]We see this problem too often. It is because web site operators don’t really understand the impact of their actions in many cases. More importantly, this may impact you and your web site. Okay, lets talk about what the Postal Service did. Magazine publisher Tech Crunch discovered that the USPS was sharing customers’ information with […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]I have been tempted, from time to time, to use cloud apps to do things like convert PDFs to Word documents or reformat videos and the like. To date, I have successfully resisted that urge. Apparently, there is some merit to that restraint. That does not mean that the cloud is evil. What it does […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]CNN published an explosive expose on how Airbnb fails to protect guests from hidden cameras. In a lawsuit brought by a victim whose vacation turned into a nightmare, a women was secretly recorded undressing at an Airbnb property, her images were stored on a computer belonging to an (alleged) sexual predator. The predator is accused […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Speculative Execution Raises its Ugly Head Again Speculative execution is a type of attack that exploits bugs or features in Intel, AMD and Arm processors that try to squeeze that last ounce of juice out of that processor in your computer or phone. This family of attacks has been around for years. A famous one […]
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