In a classic TSA response, the TSA says that this is no big deal. First, here is what they said in 2003 when they introduced them: TSA official Ken Lauterstein described them as part of the agency’s efforts to develop “practical solutions that contribute toward our goal of providing world-class security and world-class customer service.” Now, […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]D-Link makes a variety of network equipment, both for home and business users. They release the software for this equipment, for the most part, as open source software. This allows techie users to review the code to see if it does anything bad and since the software is useless unless you bought the hardware, there […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]FBI director James Comey has been telling everyone that the world will end unless every company around the world provides the FBI and only the FBI a back door to allow them to decrypt your communications. This includes countries we like and ones we don’t like. So far the world isn’t listening to him, but […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]ARS Technica wrote a piece on the continuing security flaw with password managers like LastPass and KeePass on Android. Technically, the problem is an Android problem, but from the user’s standpoint they don’t really care. The problem is tools like LastPass and many others use the Android clipboard to automatically log you on to a […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Target announced that they were breached in December of 2013 – about 22 months ago. This week a federal judge certified a class action against Target by a number of banks. Target says they are “disappointed” by the decision. This comes a month after Target agreed to pay Visa up to $67 million to settle […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]The FBI released a warning this week regarding the Internet of Things security, which is pretty unusual. As a result, a lot of digital ink has been used up writing about it. I will use up a little more digital ink. What is unusual is the FBI warning doesn’t mention any particular issue – it […]
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