According to a survey of 2,000 people by Consumer Reports (CR), whom I consider relatively unbiased on the media scale, people are paying attention. I think it is a combination of factors, but I will take what I can get. CR says that 88% of the people said that they use strong password (8 characters […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Why You Should Wear Contacts While on Video Conferences Researchers in Michigan and China have demonstrated their ability to read what is on your screen while you are on a video conference with 75% accuracy with text as small as 10 mm and a relatively low resolution 720 p camera. Credit: The Register Crooks are […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Twitter Whistleblower Says There Was at Least One Chinese Spy Working at Twitter Mudge says that there were spies working for China and India working at the company. Twitter says of course. Probably because that was part of a deal-with-the-devil that Twitter made to be able to stay in the country. What Mudge says was […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]We anticipated this was coming, so not really a surprise, but it is now law. Governor Newsom signed the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act into law. The law regulates business that provide an online service likely to be accessed by children. One option, of course, is to ban kids from using a company’s web site. […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Hackers want data. The higher quality data, the happier the hackers are. Higher quality data can be sold for more money. Or use it for more hacking. Stolen credentials for the CEO are worth more than the password for the person who works on the loading dock. Old-timers will remember network hardware pioneer Nortel Networks. […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]First of all you have to figure out what an NFT is. Here is what Forbes says about it: An NFT is a digital asset that represents real-world objects like art, music, in-game items and videos. They are bought and sold online, frequently with cryptocurrency, and they are generally encoded with the same underlying software as […]
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