Funny story of the day…
Ever heard of LifeLock? They describe themselves as an “Identity Theft Protection” service. LifeLock put out a commercial where the CEO hands out his social security number to random people on the street, and puts it on billboards, sides of trucks, etc. Never seen it? Check out [...]
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In the tragic case of a 13-year old MySpace user who committed suicide from online bullying, the AP reports in this article that Federal Prosecutors have indicted the accused “bully” on one count of conspiracy and three counts of “accessing protected computers without authorization to obtain information.”
That latter charge is based on the fact that [...]
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We’ve had PCI DSS discussion on our blog for 3 days in a row. That’s one heck of a tail-wind. Computerworld’s Ben Rothke has an interesting opinion piece today, “Battling information-security Stockholm syndrome.” Yesterday I mentioned that in my opinion, organizations fail to adopt or even take PCI DSS seriously because of [...]
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Just a quick post with a link to a timely article from Linda Musthaler today at NetworkWorld — “Is it time to abandon credit card payments and go back to cash?” — she talks about the privacy issues of cards, that I referred to in yesterday’s post on buying the iPhone. Even with the data [...]
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Techie news doesn’t always make it to print. And sometimes if it does, it comes late. This past Sunday Buffalo News caught on to a story that’s been brewing since late last year (probably found it under a just melted snowbank). You can’t purchase an iPhone with cash. I never [...]
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