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The Federal Trade Commission has some “new” information about how to protect your personal information online.
We say “new” in quotes because, well, the security tips aren’t so new to anyone who is aware of encryption and virtual private networks like Private WiFi.
Click to find out more about the four newly released videos from the FTC. Read More
We’ve reported extensively on medical data breaches, but a new ABC News investigation has revealed startling information that our “private” medical records are, data breach or no data breach, just not private.
How can this be? Read More
The Chief Operating Officer of European telecom O2 has said WiFi and social media will play a huge role for the Olympic athletes, journalists, and fans at the 2012 London Olympics Games.
Pretty much anyone using the data services at the Olympics games will require secure, high-speed WiFi connections that lets them complete their work, upload photos, and update social media accounts with ease.
So it was a ringing endorsement by BT — the local ISP providing a majority of WiFi hotspots for Olympics attendees — that made Private WiFi so thrilled.
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We’ve heard from The Huffington Post, we’ve heard from The New York Times, but this latest recommendation to use a personal virtual private network (VPN) is definitely the best and most direct so far:
“Well, why are you sending data in clear text over open networks, anyway? You should never ever do that.”
So states the Chicago Sun-Times, the latest major media outlet to come out with an endorsement for a personal VPN like Private WiFi.
In Queensland, Australia, local police identified a large number of homes and businesses without secure WiFi connections and plan on distributing information in mailboxes about how they can better secure their routers. Read More
As an in-depth Huffington Post article points out, it’s no wonder celebrities are often victimized by hackers. The reality is, it’s just not that hard to hack celebrities — or anyone else, for that matter.
Indeed, among the five security tips shared in the article, two are suggestions that this website has repeatedly recommended and warned about over the years. For example tip #4 warns about the dangers inherent in wireless networks and tip #5 warns about malicious spyware that can infect your computer and compromise security: Read More
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In this interesting Q&A in the UK-based The Telegraph, a reader worries that someone has hacked into his wireless system and changed the setting. Check out the in-depth response to find out whether this is even possible, and whether there is any method to check and reset the code. After all, the article says that once a WiFi router’s encryption is enabled, it is difficult — but not impossible — to access its setup program wirelessly. Read More
Well, well, Mashable has a great new article revealing 10 travel tips for protecting your online privacy, and guess what they list as the most important tip? The popular site dedicated to digital culture has told its more than four-million followers that they should “use secure WiFi and ‘https’ whenever possible,” so click the headline above to read the full warning. Read More
It might sound crazy, but it’s actually rather simple for some cyberpunk to drive to where you live or work, park out front, and put up cellphone antenna aimed at your home or office to hack your cell phone conversations, text messages, even emails. Think it’s not so simple? Think again, says CEO Kent Lawson, in this special post from May that we’re publishing again as part of our “Best of…” series. Click above to read all of Kent’s thoughts on a few “distressingly fragile” mobile trends you need to know about. Read More
Here is some more information — and a video — on the WASP spying “bird” we’ve previously reported on that can sniff out communications over cellphones, laptops, and smartphones. If ever there was a time to invest in some encryption, now is the time to consider using a personal VPN. As the founders explain, “they built WASP to show just how easy it is, and just how vulnerable you are.”
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