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An article from Private WiFi’s CEO, Kent Lawson, raised interesting points about online privacy attitudes among younger people.
The article presented some interesting thoughts from Ella Hickson, a young playwright.
Ella notes she is more aware of the value of privacy and puts forth the idea that most of the younger generation thinks in terms of an “inner circle of friends” and “our public self.” Read More
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Q: “I’ve heard some web experts mention something called HTML5. I know that HTML is the code used to build websites, but I don’t know anything about HTML5. Some people have said it’s vastly different from older versions of HTML. Can you tell me more about it and any security risks it may pose?”
A: As I mentioned in my piece on the InfoSec World Conference, HTML5 is indeed a game changer.
Marc Andreessen, the guy who helped invent Netscape, the first successful web browser, says, “HTML5 is a major step forward.”
While HTML5 can do things never before possible on the web, the security holes have not been fully addressed, so it’s important to know how you might be at risk with this new technology. Before we get into that, I want to give a little background on both HTML in general and HTML5 specifically. Read More
Due to growing privacy concerns – and repeated, ongoing privacy questions from CNET — Microsoft has moved to curb its WiFi location database. In a statement, the company says it is “keenly aware of the sensitivity around all privacy issues, especially those surrounding geolocation.” Click above to read more. Read More
An article on a site called Thinq says a new geolocation information aggregator “aims to gather public information on a targeted individual via social networking services in order to pinpoint their location. It’s remarkably efficient at its job, even in its current early form, and certainly lives up to its name when you see it in use for the first time.” The article points out that although Twitter’s geolocation setting is optional, images shared via a smartphone records the location information anyway and “Creepy finds these photos, downloads them, and extracts the location data.”
Don’t be a cybercrime victim while taking your next vacation. Check out several strategies for staying safer while traveling and using unsecured wireless networks. Read More
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A California man has admitted to hijacking the passwords of many women’s Facebook accounts, scanning the victims’ sent folders for compromising photographs, then posting those photos on their profile and/or sending the photos to the victims’ email list. Many of us rely on simple passwords for social networking sites and photo-sharing sites, so read on to learn effective strategies for stronger password protection and other ways to keep you and your family safer online. Read More
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Because smartphones encode a GPS stamp called a geotag on all digital photos, criminals could look at publicly available photos online and use that data to figure out your address or plan a crime spree based on your usual patterns. Before you upload any photos to social networking sites like Facebook or Twitter, or share the photos online in any way, check out this FoxNews.com article, which has tips on ways to disable geotagging on most phones.
Foursquare is, by all accounts, the prom queen among social media apps: the service is fun and sociable, universally adored, and instantly likeable. But have you ever wondered about the risks in using Foursquare? Have you ever read its privacy policy? Read on to learn, in plain English, just what the privacy policy means for you. Read More
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In attempts to stay competitive with the airline industry, train service and bus companies are going high-tech, installing more electrical plugs to allow riders to charge devices and unveiling free WiFi from coast to coast. But are you being careful about protecting yourself on the road? Read More
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