Microsoft has been fighting with the Justice Department for years over some data Justice wants that Microsoft says is stored in Ireland. Justice says Microsoft can bring it back to the US and then they can subpoena it. Microsoft says doing that will break EU laws. The argument goes on. The current status is that […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The heads of the intelligence community – NSA, CIA, FBI and the Defense Intelligence Agency, appearing in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said that Chinese smartphones posed a threat to national security. Exactly why they singled out those two Chinese phones, compared to the iPhone, which is likely made in the same factory, is […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Consumer Reports says that Smart TVs by Samsung and multiple brands that are powered by Roku are vulnerable to hacking. While this particular hack won’t empty your bank account, it will allow the hacker to change the channel, volume and other settings. What is even more interesting was the two vendor’s response to being contacted […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]NOTE: THE CONTENTS OF THIS POST MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR YOUNGER READERS. A 28 year old Ohio man has been indicted for creating and installing malware on hundreds of Apple Mac and Microsoft Windows computers. The man, Phillip Durachinsky, used the software to spy on people. This includes recording what the camera and microphone […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]FBI Director Christopher Wray suggested that the tech industry follow the model of the financial services industry. Some of the big banks have created a messaging app with delete capability so to keep the regulators happy, they agreed to save a copy of each message for 7 years. Lets apply that to the tech industry […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]In 2015 some 380 million international travelers arrived in the U.S. and only 8,503 of those travelers had their electronic devices searched – only .002 percent. That is a pretty small number. In 2016 there were 390 million international arrivals and CBP examined the devices of 19,033 of them – a little more than double […]
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