In 2003 California passed Senate Bill 1386 (SB-1386). It was the first online privacy law in the U.S. What followed, over the next 17 years, was that every state in the nation implemented a law, generally modeled after SB-1386. In 2018 California, sort of with a gun to its head, passed CCPA. Again a first […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]TikTok Ban – Remember That? Well now that the election is over – at least the voting part – we can get back to the important stuff like whether our kids can create 30 second dance videos on TikTok. The President signed a memo a couple of months ago to add trade pressure on China […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]I sort of stole Brian Krebs’ blog post title and then changed it completely for the counterpoint. Brian’s actual title (nothing against Brian; I have spoken with him multiple times; he is a good guy) is WHY Paying to Delete Stolen Data is Bonkers . In concept, I don’t argue with it. Brian’s claim is […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]This is a bit like the old question “are you still beating your spouse?” In order to answer that you would have to admit that you had been doing it previously. The NSA, as far as I know, hasn’t admitted to placing back doors in tech products but there is a lot of information that […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]OK, don’t everyone run and close your IRA and put the money under your mattress. First of all, it would probably make your mattress lumpy and sleep difficult. It is important to understand this issue and you need to ask your IRA administrator some tough questions. Here is this story. In June 2018 a con […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Louisiana National Guard Called in to Help Local Election Officials According to tips, the state of Louisiana had to call out the National Guard after some number of small government offices across the state were hit by ransomware. Experts say the tools have the hallmarks of the North Koreans, so all of the major attackers […]
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