Cloud Computing

Apple’s shock Siri surveillance demands a swift response

July 29, 2019 0 Comments Apple, Cloud Computing, iOS, Mobile, Security

Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 07:51:00 -0700

News that Siri records snippets of our conversations with the voice assistant isn’t new, but claims that those short recordings are listened to by human agents is– particularly in light of the company’s big push on privacy.

These are bad optics

I’m a passionate believer in the importance of privacy.

It isn’t only important in terms of preserving hard-won liberties and protecting public discourse, it’s also of growing importance across every part of human existence, for every school, medical facility or enterprise. History shows that the absence of privacy has a corrosive effect on society, turning family members against each other and dampening innovation.

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Microsoft beefs up OneDrive security

July 19, 2019 0 Comments Cloud Computing, Microsoft, Office Software, Security

Credit to Author: Gregg Keizer| Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2019 11:49:00 -0700

Microsoft today announced changes to its OneDrive storage service that will let consumers protect some or even all of their cloud-stored documents with an additional layer of security.

The new feature – dubbed OneDrive Personal Vault – was trumpeted as a special protected partition of OneDrive where users could lock their “most sensitive and important files.” They would access that area only after a second step of identity verification, ranging from a fingerprint or face scan to a self-made PIN, a one-time code texted to the user’s smartphone or the use of the Microsoft Authenticator mobile app. (The process is often labeled as two-factor security to differentiate it from the username/password that typically secures an account.)

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