The Selfie Evolves. Thousands of student protesters in Hong Kong are starting to worry. They believe that the government knows their face. Was it all the selfies they took and posted online? Or was it that others took photos and their general circle of friends posted them tagging their faces? This is the first time in history that mass protesters are worried about their past selfies; they are covering their faces with hoods, hats, and big dark sunglasses... Read more...
With so many big-name data breaches in recent times, your eyes may have glossed over the recent Equifax consumer data breach settlement. The numbers were big, 147 million consumers had their sensitive information exposed. The penalty, $700 million (or about $5 per person). Source: New York Times, Krebs. Factored into this amount are ways in which consumers can request extra perks, compensation for time spent dealing with the breach and worry about... Read more...
This time of year, we usually find ourselves reflecting on the great freedoms we enjoy as Americans, thanks to the bravery of our founding fathers and the militia men and women of that era. Several years ago, we reported an analysis of the alleged revelations made public by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, as a foreshadow of a rising threat to the Constitution which was put in place to protect these freedoms, including 4th Amendment protection from... Read more...
Recommendation engines operate behind the scenes everywhere, to make life a little more enjoyable, simpler, and more relevant. But do these make us all narrower minded? YouTube, Netflix, Google Search, Apple News, Facebook feeds, Pinterest posts; these services are all focused on increasing user engagement. More engagement means more reliance on their platforms and ultimately more profits. How do they increase user engagement? They use advanced technologies... Read more...
LOL, LMAO, BRB, IMHO, OMG, BTW, FWIW, ILY, THX, JK. Ahhh, all of those elegant overused texting abbreviations that we all know. What about FOMO? FOMO or the “Fear of Missing Out” is that nagging feeling that you are not included in current trends or aren’t experiencing the same level of excitement that those around you are. For those of the Snapchat generation, it is the lure that creates the urge to quickly open a new message, to see what is... Read more...
Your close friends Siri and Alexa may have done more to change how IT staff are re-inventing how they think about Internet security than years of tech tips and training sessions. In a Siri and Alexa world, we normal humans are trained to believe that what you need is a click or voice prompt away. Anything. And, it should just work. Never mind the thousands of Amazon human workers all over the world that are the ones actually listening to your Alexa... Read more...
There is a wide body of people that believe they are sending information private because they are sending using Microsoft Office 365, Gmail, or using a third-party service that sends all messages using transmission layer security. And they may be right; if secure sometimes is good enough. There is the notion of “opportunistic privacy” also referred to as “opportunistic TLS”, which sounds pretty cool. It certainly sounds secure. But... Read more...
Los Angeles, California — September 18, 2017 The State Bar of Montana has approved RPost’s RMail® Registered Email™ and email encryption services for its members and has added RMail services as a member benefit. An all-in-one email extension for security, compliance, and productivity, RMail integrates seamlessly with Microsoft Outlook and Gmail, the two main email platforms used by legal professionals. “It’s a critical tool... Read more...
The Pentagon is the latest victim of an email spoofing campaign. Pentagon colleagues, partners and vendors are receiving fake emails that appear to be coming from Defense Security Service (DSS) employees. Cyber criminals are most likely trying to hack into company servers and then find a backdoor into the Pentagon server itself. source Most business owners don’t know how easy it is to send a fake email that appears to come from a colleague, vendor... Read more...
How to lock down attorney-client communication with new tools from Zola Suite. by Deb Tesser, VP of Strategic Planning at Zola Media Remember the awful credit card breaches that happened a few years ago? How damaging they were for retailers and businesses? The words tragic and debilitating don’t even begin to cover it. Now, could you imagine what it would be like to have to call your clients, and explain how their personal records, documents, court... Read more...