Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2019 11:41:03 +0000
It’s not a violation of her Fifth Amendment rights, the court said, because it’s a “foregone conclusion” that she knows her phone passcode.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/DdWnZ_mEEBY” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2019 09:37:52 +0000
Rick Osterloh says he discloses smart speaker use when someone enters his home, and the products should probably do so themselves.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/qRZbDKOCYpk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2019 10:35:05 +0000
US CEOs who lie about misusing consumers’ data could face up to 20 years in prison under a new piece of legislation proposed last week.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/AriST-U1iaQ” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: Lucas Mearian| Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2019 03:00:00 -0700
Disabled voters in Utah County will be able to use their smartphones to vote in the November municipal election, an expansion of an earlier pilot test of the blockchain-based technology and anothert step toward allowing all voters to cast ballots with a mobile device.
The county, which has more than a half million residents, is the third in the U.S. to partner with Tusk Philanthropies, a non-profit focused on expanding mobile voting nationally. The latest pilot is a collaboration between the Utah County Elections Division, Tusk Philanthropies, the National Cybersecurity Center and Boston-based voting app developer Voatz.
Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 10:46:27 +0000
Apple was quick to allay user concerns this weekend after someone spotted that it was working with Chinese company Tencent to check its users’ website requests for malicious URLs.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/1ZcuAGpfi7s” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2019 12:15:53 +0000
A man confessed to stalking and attacking a young pop star by zooming in on the reflections in her eyes from selfies.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/EBtLxj4uYMM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2019 11:45:15 +0000
Old passwords never die… they just become easier to decode.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/_6ksZGv5hWM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2019 11:12:38 +0000
According to a new report, its algorithmic labelling may expose minors to age-inappropriate, targeted advertising.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/DxndeahDmYs” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2019 11:44:31 +0000
Twitter may have “inadvertently” handed phone and email data from some users to advertisers as part of its Tailored Audiences system that targets users’ feeds with ads.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/28JZN9DLRbI” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
Read moreCredit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2019 11:40:29 +0000
The bill was introduced by Phil Ting: one of 26 state lawmakers misidentified as suspects in an ACLU test of the technology.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/bY53XoZiIlc” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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