EB is pretty cool,, she knows all the hacker terms like pwned and crack. I don’t know any of them, but if I need to know one she’ll tell me — reluctantly. Because you’re all good people like TC, you probably don’t know what pwned means, so EB told me it’s OK to tell you. Pwned means owned.… Read More »
It seems every day there is something else in the news about our government encroaching on our personal lives. Now it has been revealed that the FBI hackers have been developing malware. It’s not surprising; I think most of us know the government hires the best hackers and pays them well. So here you go… This Ars Technica… Read More »
Google Pushes White House Petition Demanding The Government Secure A Warrant To Read Your Email Google is promoting a White House petition calling for reform to the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), amending it to require a warrant for the government to read the email of its citizens. In a Google+ post – natch – Google asked its… Read More »
Just a few minutes ago, I received one of those scam emails designed to pluck at my heart strings and make me all warm and fuzzy — and abandon my common sense enough that I’d actually give my bank account details to someone I don’t know. Most of the time, I just delete it, but sometimes I can’t… Read More »
Google’s Gmail is already using https:// (secure web page technology) and has been working on encrypting all data it moves between data centers since last summer. Now, with the revelation of NSA’s spying on U.S. and citizens of other countries, both Google and Yahoo are stepping up their efforts to make sure all data in transit is secure… Read More »
It’s not a newsflash: A lot of people love Facebook, and I wanted to make sure that if you’re one of them, you take care of your privacy when you’re using Facebook. There are a lot of things going on that you’re probably not aware of, for instance over 600,000 Facebook logins (passwords and user names) are stolen… Read More »