privacy and security: ISPs invading Subscriber’s Privacy
- 07/26/17 06:41 AM
It’s hard to keep track of the news of politics these days, and even if you can, how do you know it’s even real? The political landscape has greatly changed since January, and there have been a lot of laws passed that will affect us all, including the repeal of a law that protected your privacy on the internet. Basically, with this repeal, your internet service provider, or ISP, can sell your browsing history to anyone.
If you use the internet, you will be affected by this law. Not only will this change allow your ISP sell your browsing history to the … (3 comments)
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privacy and security: Study Shows Millennials Choose Convenience Over Security
- 04/18/17 05:30 AM
To those of us consider Tom Cruise the movie star of our day or even Grunge as the music we grew up with, looking at millennials, and the way they view life, is fascinating. These “kids” or young adults, many are brilliant. They really do define “disruption”.
However, that doesn’t mean that this tech savvy generation is always right. In fact, a new study shows just the opposite when it comes to internet safety. Though, they can also teach us a few things and are definitely up to speed on the value of “authentication” (which leads to accountability).
Anyway…South by Southwest, or SXSW, … (2 comments)
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privacy and security: Jihadis using easy to get Privacy Software
- 11/09/16 09:57 PM
Over the past two years, the media has tended to sensationalize jihadists’ rapid adoption and strategic use of social media. Despite perpetual news coverage on the issue, the public, by and large, continues to be relatively in the dark about the intricate ways in which many jihadists maintain robust yet secretive online presences.
To accomplish their goals — ranging from propaganda dissemination and recruitment to launching attacks — jihadists must skillfully leverage various digital technologies that are widely advertised and freely accessible online.
Just as smartphones and portable devices have transformed the way much of the world communicates and interacts, jihadists, too, have … (1 comments)
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privacy and security: 10 Ways our Privacy is invaded
- 09/20/15 11:53 PM
Once you become active online…and especially once you become “connected” with a smartphone…your privacy will be in sizzling hot demand—and in fact, you can bet that as you read this, it is already being invaded in ways that you couldn’t possibly imagine. Here are some of those ways, provided by wired.com:
Someone could be collecting information on you via a keylogger: It’s a little tool that records your keystrokes, that someone secretly inserts into your computer. A keylogger, however, can also be deposited by malware that you unknowingly downloaded. Tracking technology that retailers use. You are in a large department store … (3 comments)
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privacy and security: Consumers sacrificing Privacy for Convenience
- 05/05/15 11:13 PM
It’s hard to believe that, according to a recent poll from the Pew Research Center, most Americans aren’t too upset that the government can track their e-mails and phone calls. There’s too much of a blasé attitude, it seems, with people thinking, “I don’t care if I’m monitored; I have nothing to hide.”
This blows it for those of us who actually DO mind that the government is snooping around in our communications, even if we’re as innocent as a butterfly.
Privacy experts believe that governmental monitoring of online activities is just such a fixed part of Americans’ lives that we’ve come to … (1 comments)
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privacy and security: Tips to Stay Digitally Safe on Spring Break
- 03/29/15 03:09 AM
Give me a break! In the next month, students will get the week off for spring break—a much needed reward after months of hard work and, for some, gnarly winter weather. Spring break means free time, family vacations, trips with friends, and timeless memories.
But, spring break can pose some risks to your online reputation and your identity. So whether you are going to party it up in the Caribbean or you are taking the kids to Disney World, here are some tips to keep you digitally safe this spring break.
Don’t bring more technology than you have to. Do you really … (1 comments)
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privacy and security: How the Internet of Things is further killing Privacy
- 03/06/15 09:01 PM
Privacy used to mean changing clothes behind a partition. Nowadays, say “privacy” and people are likely to think in terms of cyberspace. Stay connected, and you risk losing your privacy.
Even if you’re not connected, don’t even own a computer or smartphone, information about you can still be out there on the Internet, such as a listing for your address and phone number or a way for someone to get it with a small fee if you live in owner-occupied property.
An article on wired.com points out that the Internet of Things (IoT) is a privacy killer. But it’s also more … (2 comments)
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privacy and security: Having the Privacy Talk with your Kids
- 02/04/15 09:01 PM
Years ago, having “the talk” with your kids meant telling them where babies come from. Nowadays, “the talk” has a whole new meaning. Your kids may be able to explain in detail how a baby is created, but may be clueless (because so many adults are) about something called “data permanence.”
Don’t beat around the bush. Tell your kid outright, “If you post any racy images of yourself online—it will be there for the next million years for anyone to see. And it can be used against you.” Give this same warning about comments your child might post to an article. … (4 comments)
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privacy and security: Use an ePrivacy Filter to prevent Visual Hacking
- 11/11/14 08:52 PM
In an average year I’ll tally 75,000 airline miles. In an average week while waiting for the plane to board or while in flight I’ll see multiple laptop screens flipped open with an over the shoulder view of emails being sent and received, PowerPoint presentations being tweaked, proposals being written and various client and employee records being crawled through. The fact is, I’m a good guy with no bad intentions, but I can’t help seeing what I see, it’s distracting. The screens are bright and propped right in my face. If I was a bad guy, this would be considered “visual … (4 comments)
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privacy and security: The Right to Privacy
- 07/20/14 04:52 AM
The more technological advanced we become, the higher the degree the potential exists for an invasion of our privacy. Imagine how difficult it must have been for people’s personal information to get stolen—10,000 years ago.
We now live in a world where someone half-way around it from you can nab your most personal information in seconds.
Our right to privacy is just as strong now as it ever was, despite the ease at which criminals and snoops can get your personal data.
Famed attorney and associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court Louis Brandeis was a champion of a person’s … (0 comments)
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privacy and security: Recognize Your Willingness to give up your Privacy
- 07/08/14 10:53 PM
If a stranger stopped you on the street and requested your e-mail address and birthdate, would you give it to that person? A rational person would never give up this information.
This is the same guard you should have when giving out your personal information to set up an online account, setting up a social account or to get some bargain or great deal on a product or service. Most people will give up all their data for 10% off at a shoe store.
Many people blindly give out personal information online or in person to get that bargain. Sometimes, … (4 comments)
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privacy and security: Can your Privacy Policy be Read by a 5th Grader?
- 06/16/14 10:28 PM
Zero. The number of people who have ever read word for word—and understood—a website’s privacy policy.
Well, maybe not zero, but the actual number is pretty close to it. And this excludes the lawyers who compose these thick walls of tiny text that are filled with legalese.
How many people even open the link to the privacy policy? After all, it’s almost always at the bottom of the site page, called “Privacy Policy,” in a font that doesn’t even stand out.
It’s time that the privacy policy (aka transparency statement) be short, sweet and simple, with an attractive graphic to … (1 comments)
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privacy and security: Your Customers’ High Cost of Privacy
- 06/04/14 11:15 PM
This writer has said numerous times that privacy is waning and dying. Partly because we have allowed it with our bazillion posts to social and partly because of the shift from print advertising to digital. During that shift, lots of creative types figured out how to figure you out and get inside your digital head. But all at a cost of your privacy.
Arwa Mahdawi in the Gurdian brilliantly posed “Privacy isn’t dead, but it’s getting very expensive.” So true.
Ask yourself: as a decision maker for your business or employer, when it comes to protecting your organization’s customers’ or … (2 comments)
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privacy and security: Private Identifiers Not Private
- 05/14/14 10:53 PM
Today’s commerce occurs very much online, with products and services ranging from A to Z. Hence, these many online merchants have hundreds of millions of people around the globe registered with them for convenient purchases.
To verify authentication as the true user of these services, the registrant must supply personal data. If cyber criminals get ahold of this data, much of it can be changed by the user after the breach, such as user name, password and even the address they’ve been using.
However, the Social Security Number and date of birth cannot be changed. When cyber crooks get personal … (1 comments)
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privacy and security: Security is about Layers and Attitude
- 05/11/14 10:20 PM
Installing a home security system and keeping doors and windows locked is not the end of your crime prevention regimen; it’s only the beginning. And the beginning is YOU.
You are your greatest weapon against crime, wherever you are located at any given moment. Unfortunately, that “mama bear” or “papa bear” mentality has been driven out of many people by modern-day living and an influx of etiquette books and manners training.
Of course, modern-day living allows us to behave civilly so that we don’t punch out the next person who disagrees with our political views. By the same token, we’ve … (1 comments)
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privacy and security: Be your Family's Chief Security Officer
- 03/23/14 04:33 AM
Schlage is all about safety and security. But you need not be in the profession of security analyst to be vigilant about your home and family’s security. And when it comes to security, this doesn’t just mean protection from home invasions and burglaries, but anything and everything, such as online security and guarding against viruses, hackers and other fraudulent invasive cyber crimes that can really mess things up for you or a family member.
Be your family and home’s Chief Security Officer, even if your job outside the home is unrelated to security measures. Make sure everything is safe and … (2 comments)
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privacy and security: Businesses fail in Customer Privacy
- 03/17/14 11:24 PM
The U.S. Consumer Confidence Index, released by TRUSTe®, shows an alarming trend: A high percentage of U.S. people over age 18 are unnerved about their online privacy, and this trend is worsening.
This survey was conducted online among 2,019 U.S. adults and reveals that 92 percent of the participants are on edge, at least some of the time, concerning online privacy. Nearly three-quarters of Internet users in the U.S. are worried about privacy more so than a year ago. And more users worry about business data collection versus government surveillance programs.
Many businesses are not taking measures to mitigate this … (0 comments)
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It’s hard to keep track of the news of politics these days, and even if you can, how do you know it’s even real? The political landscape has greatly changed since January, and there have been a lot of laws passed that will affect us all, including the repeal of a law that protected your privacy on the internet. Basically, with this repeal, your internet service provider, or ISP, can sell your browsing history to anyone.
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