Securing Smart Phone Data

Indian Government Wants Blackberry Keys
The recent issues between RIM and India bring Smart Phone security under the microscope. RIM offers “secure” email and text messaging. It’s secure because it is encrypted, and because it routes through RIM servers. RIM holds the encryption keys. India doesn’t like that, and it wanted RIM to make the keys [...]

Apple wants a slice of your PI!

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 [...]

Visions of UMA danced in their heads…

From time-to-time here I’d like to post about geeky technology. I think that every IT security-guru that I know is a geek at heart and loves the latest gadgets and technology. New gadgets usually are born around form/function and almost always lack the “security & privacy-factor.” “EZ-Pass is great!” (but [...]