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Data Breaches Affect People’s Trust in Companies, so Firefox Will Flag Offenders

Every other day we hear about a brand new security breach, some worse than others, some featuring more sensitive data than others. What has become more and… Read more “Data Breaches Affect People’s Trust in Companies, so Firefox Will Flag Offenders”

There are so many voices in the world demonizing Artificial Intelligence, that sometimes it’s good to remember of all the good things that can come out of… Read more “Facebook’s New AI Takes On Suicide Prevention Job”

Was it just the other week when we were talking about Amazon Key and how our convenience is becoming more important than our privacy if we start… Read more “Amazon Key Hack Already in the Wild, Way Too Simple”

Privacy is a word that sounds wonderful, but if you’re an Android user, it seems that might be the furthest thing from the truth. New reports indicate… Read more “Android Phones Pushed Location Info Even with GPS Turned Off, an Invitation to Abuse”

Not so long ago, George Orwell’s “1984” seemed like something that could never actually happen. Then, revelations about the NSA’s mass surveillance practices lead to indicators that… Read more “China To Grade Citizens’ Trustworthiness by Snooping on Social Media”

The Equifax data breach is far from being one of the largest in history, but it certainly opens up the door for the possibility of identity theft,… Read more “Why the IRS Isn’t Concerned About the Size of the Equifax Data Breach Is Even Scarier”

The world around us is changing at a rapid pace thanks to technology advances. As the world changes, so do the most basic notions we’ve surrounded ourselves… Read more “Amazon Key Signals a Massive Shift in Privacy”

FBI boss Christopher Wray complains the agency has been shut out of almost 7,000 seized mobile phones due to encryption. This seems to be a never-ending battle… Read more “FBI Complains Device Encryption Locked Them Out of 7K Phones”

This week in cybersecurity seems to only have one direction – down. After researchers found a massive flaw in the WPA2 WiFi protocol that made every WiFi… Read more “Hardware Flaw Undermines RSA Encryption Keys”

How deep do your secrets go? What are the things you wouldn’t like to share with anyone? Maybe your sexual preferences, maybe the kinks you are into,… Read more “How Many Cyber Secrets Do Online Apps Have on Us? More than You Thought”