by hmb1 | Jul 12, 2017 | Mobile, Privacy and Security
By BRIAN X. CHEN JULY 12, 2017 SAN FRANCISCO — Last week after my motorcycle malfunctioned and crashed on the freeway, I wanted only two simple things from technology: to call 911 and to tell loved ones where I could be found. Coincidentally, I had been testing...
by hmb1 | Apr 10, 2017 | Privacy and Security
New research suggests that the fingerprint security features on iPhones and Android devices can be easily fooled by so-called MasterPrint fakes. By VINDU GOEL APRIL 10, 2017 Courtesy of NYTimes. SAN FRANCISCO — Fingerprint sensors have turned modern smartphones into...
by Michael Bailey | Mar 30, 2017 | Privacy and Security
By Eric Limer Courtesy of Popular Mechanics All your private online data—the websites you visit, the content of your chats and emails, your health info, and your location—just became suddenly less secure. Not because of hackers, but because Congress just blocked...
by Michael Bailey | Mar 29, 2017 | Privacy and Security
By TOM WHEELER On Tuesday afternoon, while most people were focused on the latest news from the House Intelligence Committee, the House quietly voted to undo rules that keep internet service providers — the companies like Comcast, Verizon and Charter that you pay for...
by Michael Bailey | Mar 27, 2017 | Privacy and Security
Tech Tip By J. D. BIERSDORFER Q. I sometimes get obviously fake virus alerts invading my desktop browser, but the only option to make the box go away is to click the O.K. button — which I am afraid to do. Where do these things come from, and is there an easier way to...
by Michael Bailey | Jan 21, 2017 | Mobile, Privacy and Security
Please, please, please, do not leave your location services settings at Default. This is another invasion of privacy that you get no compensation for, which has huge profit potential for everybody but you. Don’t allow Apple, and so many other tech companies, to...
