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Conversational spearphishing? Global cyber-investigations? What is this world coming to?
That’s what we wanted to know after reading an in-depth report entitled “Cyber Security in Japan,” produced by the Center for International Public Policy Studies. Private WiFi corresponded with Senior Fellow Ryusuke Masuoka, PhD, one of the study’s authors. Click to find out more views on differences between the United States and Japan when it comes to handling cybercrime. Read More
With 2013 stretching out in front of us, we asked our friends at the ITRC to share their predictions about the big security issues we may expect to see. Click to find out their surprising predictions and how to protect yourself this year. Read More
Joshuah Allen Witt, a 35-year-old Seattle man, was sentenced to eight years in federal prison for his part in a three-man WiFi hacking and burglary ring.
His two fellow hackers have already been sentenced to federal prison, so this third and final sentencing concludes the court trials for a series of crimes that took more than $3 million from up to 50 local businesses. Read More
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Are current online privacy laws inadequate for the new digital age? Do you believe in the “right to be forgotten” online?
Those were just some of the thorny questions debated at this year’s South By Southwest interactive conference during a session entitled “Right to be Forgotten: Forgiveness or Censorship?” Read More
Strict privacy settings are now the norm for social media users, regardless of age.
That’s just one of the results from an online sample of 1,021 Internet “experts” in a recent Pew Internet Project. The survey also showed that attention to privacy issues has increased while profile “pruning” and unfriending people is also on the rise.
Among the 63% of adults who maintain a social networking profile, survey results show that: Read More
Did you or someone you know purchase a Motorola XOOM Wi-Fi tablet recently?
If so, Android device maker Motorola wants YOU!
That’s because — oooops! – the company sold about 100 Xoom refurbished tablet computers without properly wiping the previous owners’ data.
The stored data could include owners’ photographs, documents, and login information for email and websites. Read More
A few weeks ago I wrote the U.S. Congress a letter voicing my objection to the proposed SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) legislation and have since determined that similar bill PIPA (Protect Intellectual Property Act) is an equally bad idea. If passed, SOPA will work in conjunction with PIPA.
Both SOPA and PIPA represent a step toward an Internet where the U.S. government and giant corporations have the power to determine what you see when you Google something or type in the URL of a website they don’t like.
Do these bills sound ominous? They are.
PRIVATE WiFi urges everyone who values openness on the Internet and opposes censorship to let your congressperson know that you are against both SOPA and PIPA. Read More
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Everything and everyone will be networked in 2025 — including you, your kids, and your grocery list. In fact, it will be so common that “most people won’t even understand the term privacy invasion.”
That’s just one of the predictions in this InfoWorld security article.
What else is expected in the technology of tomorrow? Read More
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United Kingdom-based mobile technology provider O2 will be rolling out an enhanced free wireless network throughout London, ahead of the 2012 Olympic games. Read More
The Nieman Foundation at Harvard University has published an article written by Amy Webb, the head of the digital ideas and strategy agency Webbmedia Group, weighing in with predictions for the big tech trends of 2012.
Webb offers an entire sub-section to privacy concerns, noting that Americans are uploading millions of photos every day to social networks. Read More
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