Privacy issues have been in the news a lot recently, but a lot of people don't seem to care. A survey from the Pew Research Center concluded that 56% of American's view the government's tracking of phone records as "acceptable." Why should people care about privacy issues, particularly if they have nothing to hide? Here … Continue reading Five reasons you should care about the NSA and privacy issues
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I got a job offer from the National Security Agency. Yes, the NSA. I might have had the opportunity to do some interesting work there, but I chose not to work for the NSA because I was concerned I might be asked to do something I'd find objectionable. It seems I made the right choice. … Continue reading Why I chose not to work for the NSA
The hacker group Anonymous called for a voluntary Internet blackout to protest CISPA, but at this time no major websites seem to be participating. So what is CISPA anyway, and why would anyone want to protest it? Furthermore, why did the CISPA blackout fail to get high profile participants? What is CISPA? CISPA is the … Continue reading What is CISPA and what happened to the planned blackout to protest it?
Apple has introduced two step verification for Apple ID. If you use iTunes, iCloud, an iPhone, iPad, Mac or basically an Apple thing you should activate Apple two step verification now. Apple two step verification protects your data by requiring an additional code when you log in using your Apple ID. This prevents someone else … Continue reading How to turn on Apple two step verification and why you should
What is a secure password? The best password is one that even you can't remember. Of course that doesn't work particularly well if you ever want to access your account again. The problem is that options for password cracking and account hacking have increased substantially in the past 20 years while the ability of humans … Continue reading What is a secure password?
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