by Michael Bailey | Dec 16, 2014 | News, Privacy and Security, Wordpress
Posted on December 15, 2014 What Are Trackbacks? You’re bound to hear about trackbacks in a WordPress related conversation on some point, but just what the heck are they? The WordPress Codex defines a trackback in WordPress this way: …TrackBack was designed to...
by Michael Bailey | Nov 12, 2014 | Privacy and Security
Image Credit Ellen Porteus Article courtesy of Claire Cain Miller The Upshot, New York Times, NOV. 12, 2014 Americans say they are deeply concerned about privacy on the web and their cellphones. They say they do not trust Internet companies or the government to...
by Michael Bailey | Aug 5, 2014 | News, Privacy and Security
(Reuters) – A cybersecurity firm said it has uncovered about 1.2 billion Internet logins and passwords and more than 500 million email addresses amassed by a Russian crime ring, the largest known collection of such stolen data, the New York Times reported on...
by Michael Bailey | Aug 1, 2014 | News, Privacy and Security
By Joseph Menn SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A multi-year effort to prevent hackers from altering computers while they boot up has largely failed because of lax application of preventive steps, researchers say, despite disclosures that flaws are being exploited. In...
by Michael Bailey | May 4, 2014 | Privacy and Security, Technology
If a stranger stole your iPhone, and you knew where to find them, would you track them down, or call the police? The article below touches on the outcomes and potential consequences of doing the former. I have been lucky with my three iPhones. None of been stolen, or...
by Michael Bailey | Apr 20, 2014 | News, Privacy and Security
The idea of creating digital security with government funding has so many sides, it may be impossible to reconcile them all for everyone’s appeasement and satisfaction. In Sayada, Tunisia, not the place you first think of this happening (or maybe it is.), an...
