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Linked – Opera Browser Now Offers Free and Unlimited Built-in VPN Service
Image by “Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) have become an important tool not just for large companies, but also for individuals to improve web privacy, dodge content restrictions and counter growing...
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” But why are we talking about data security practices on an eDiscovery site? The simple reason is that all major domestic and multinational corporations typically retain the services of at least one,...
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Linked – Face recognition app taking Russia by storm may bring end to public...
Image by “If the founders of a new face recognition app get their way, anonymity in public could soon be a thing of the past. FindFace, launched two months ago and currently taking Russia by storm,...
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Could Tails Be Useful for the Privacy Concerned Frequent Traveler?
Image by I’ve mentioned a few times how easy it is for your privacy to be breached when using public wifi, especially on airplanes, or using the computer in the hotel business center, etc. Yet, for...
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Linked – Let’s Encrypt Accidentally Leaks Customer Email Addresses
Image by jasmeet Let’s Encrypt is all about security. But it had a bit of a misstep recently. In an email informing users of an update to its subscriber agreement, certificate authority Let’s Encrypt...
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Linked – U.S. court rules that FBI can hack into a computer without a warrant
“For example, hacking is much more prevalent now than it was even nine years ago,” he said. “Now, it seems unreasonable to think that a computer connected to the Web is immune from invasion.” As a...
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Linked – Discovery is Easier When You Have Someone to Defensibly Collect ESI
“The Defendant did not produce any text messages. Their argument was their employee text messages were outside of their possession or control, because they did not issue their employees cell phones....
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Linked – On The Dark Web, Medical Records Are A Hot Commodity
As IBM’s Kuhn explained in a follow-up interview, these medical records can be leveraged for a wide variety of nefarious purposes. In some cases, it’s about stealing a person’s identity and billing...
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Linked – WADA says Russian hackers published athletes’ medical data
Russian hackers broke into a World Anti-Doping Agency database and posted confidential medical data online Tuesday of some United States female athletes who competed at the Rio Olympics — including...
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Linked – 10 New iOS 10 Settings You Should Change
Image by Witer iOS 10 is here, and it’s packing a number of very cool new features. To activate some of those features — like sending read receipts in Messages or having Siri announce calls — you’ll...
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Opera’s In-Browser VPN is Out
Image by portalgda Opera is trying it’s best to get people to take online privacy seriously, by putting a free, unlimited, VPN client right inside the browser. Naturally, I tried it out, and it is...
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Linked – Want People to Behave Better? Give Them More Privacy
Image by doegox There’s a natural state of heightened attention to the self when we know we’re being watched, Bernstein notes. “Our practiced response become better,” he told me, “our unpracticed...
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Have We Thought Through The Future Completely?
Interestingly enough, I had planned to write about this topic with a look at automation, specifically self-driving cars and trucks, but then I saw something else in the news online and thought, “yeah,...
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Linked – Smartphone Keyboards Are a Privacy Nightmare
I mean, I get it if you don’t like the default keyboard on your iPhone or Android device, but do you really want to be sharing everything you type with “random” company? “Third-party keyboards are so...
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Linked – Facebook announces new facial recognition features.
This may fall under the category of something that maybe Facebook would have been better not bragging about: As many technology journalists suggested, the most compelling element of the announcement...
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Linked – Why children should be taught to build a positive online presence
This is the world we live in, it’s not enough to not be online and, therefore, have no risk of embarrassment. Not being online is kind of suspicious in itself, and people are looking: While digital...
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Linked – The Flu is Everywhere! So… How Do You Get Employees to Take a Sick Day?
This is true, what is also true is that most of these things would be mitigated, and the spread of the virus also mitigated, by having remote employees. The reasons vary as to why workers didn’t use...
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Linked – Tech Giants Brace for Europe’s New Data Privacy Rules
This is going to be interesting… “Ms. Jourová said as the new rules take effect, countries outside Europe could begin demanding similar data protection measures for their citizens. “There will be a...
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Linked – Are Location-Tagged Photos Really a Privacy Concern?
In case you didn’t already know: “When you take a photo with your smartphone (or a modern digital camera), it logs the photo’s GPS coordinates and embeds it in the image metadata, or EXIF. This is how...
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Linked – How security became more important than convenience
This is good news, and frankly, I’m a bit surprised. Happily. According to IBM Security’s new “Future of Identity Study,” users of both mobile and desktop are wide awake to what’s happening with each...
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