by Joseph Forbes | Mar 8, 2013 | LAW, NERD NEWS, PRIVACY, TECHNOLOGY
from the give-me-room-lots-of-room dept. The Supreme Court may have approved the warrantless wiretapping of American citizens for just about forever, but the good old state of Texas isn’t going to take that lying down. Texas lawmakers don’t believe that...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 8, 2013 | DATA, HARDWARE, INTERNET, PRIVACY, SECURITY
from the hooks-often-lurk-inside-the-tastiest-bait dept. Spearphishing. The deluxe (but easy) way to get unwary employees to put malware on your network. It’s basically the same as phishing, except more targeted. That is, a plain phishing scam might offer an...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 7, 2013 | LAW, NERD NEWS, PRIVACY, TECHNOLOGY
Federal Trade Commission says illegal texters blasted 180 million illegal messages in past year The Federal Trade Commission today said it has filed eight court cases to stop companies who have sent over 180 million illegal or deceptive text messages to all manner of...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 7, 2013 | Blog Entry, PRIVACY, TECHNOLOGY
The short answer: it’s unlikely you’ll ever get your stuff back. Even with anti-theft software, there’s no guarantee, but we constantly recommend installing software like Prey for this very purpose. If you don’t have tracking software...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 5, 2013 | Blog Entry, Data Recovery, HACKING, INTERNET, Internet Scam Notices, PRIVACY, SECURITY, Technicals
from the burrs-on-the-heel-of-the-foot-would-be-mercy dept. It appears that two weeks ago my email address got into the wrong database. Since that time there have been continuing attempts to access my accounts and create new accounts in my name. I have received emails...
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by Joseph Forbes | Mar 4, 2013 | INTERNET, LAW, MONEY, NERD NEWS, PIRACY, PRIVACY, Technicals
Earlier this week the six strikes anti-piracy system finally launched more than a year later than initially planned. One of the things that stood out most was the lack of information released through official channels. On launch day the Center for Copyright...
