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Security & Privacy
Apple Device IDs Leaked by AntiSec Hackers: What You Need to Know
A group of hackers claims to have stolen 12 million Apple device IDs and other user information from an FBI agent’s laptop, and has posted some of the information online.
The group, dubbed AntiSec, posted 1 million Unique …
The Username/Password System Is Broken: Here Are Some Ideas for Fixing It
Imagine if, in an instant, all the files on your computer vanished, along with all your e-mails and online backups, and therefore any chance of getting those files back. That’s what happened to tech writer Mat Honan, after a …
Babson Professor: Apple’s Crazy, Bing-like Attempt to Force People Everywhere to Act like American Teenagers Will Fail
Marty Anderson is a senior lecturer at Babson College, the noted business school in Wellesley, Mass. He’s a self-professed Apple fan. But he’s not impressed by Mountain Lion, the OS X upgrade that hit the Mac App Store …
10 Ways to Protect Yourself Online
After weeks of media-fueled hullabaloo about DNSChanger all but dooming the Internet — what actually happened as July 9 came and went was even less than Y2K-bug worthy — it’s worth pausing to reflect on why some were infected …
DNSChanger: No, the Internet Isn’t Shutting Down on Monday
Dozens of news outfits are amping up this DNSChanger malware “event” on Monday with stories bearing apocalyptic titles like “Countdown to Internet Doomsday: Will Your Computer Survive?” or “How to Survive Internet Doomsday” or …
Weibo Credit: Chinese Microblogging Site Tests Points-Based Censorship
Grading How Well Companies Are Cooperating with ‘Do Not Track’
Remember “Do Not Track,” the initiative in the White House’s Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights that called for an opt-out button for users who don’t want to be tracked by different sites? Well, it’s still alive and it has an …
Police Need a Standard Policy to Deal with Flood of Smartphone GPS Data
Recently, smartphone owners became the majority of mobile subscribers. And a poll from the Pew Internet & American Life Project says that 74% of them use their phones to access location-based information — directions, local …
You Are Not an IP Address, Rules Judge
An IP address is not a Social Security number or a fingerprint. It, in the words of Judge Gary Brown of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, “provides only the location at which one of any number of …
8 Tools for the Online Privacy Paranoid
It’s hard to use the Internet anymore without being watched. Tracking cookies follow your every move, so advertisers can figure out what to sell you. Social networks keep you constantly signed in, in part so they can see what …
Vibe: Private Twitter Alternative Helps ‘Occupy’ Protesters Organize Anonymously
If you notice an uptick in #OWS hashtags on Tuesday, you’ll know that the Occupy movement has risen from its relatively dormant winter and early spring for May Day protests. Once again, social media will play a huge part in how …
