UK PM David Cameron wants to shut down social networks whenever civil unrest rears its head in Britain’s towns and cities. Home Secretary Teresa May is apparently holding meetings with Facebook, RIM and Twitter’s UK outposts to discuss installing a kill switch at Number 10 but tech-savvy teens will soon switch to another service once Continue reading...
It is very easy to do. Why would they do this? Money. The margins are thin. Competition high. If they can make money by selling your online behavior, redirect your search results and even redirect web sites you type in directly and make a few bucks, why not? Some Internet Service Providers have apparently been Continue reading...
The new craze is social media. Businesses are embracing it. Significantly, according to one survey, 81% of companies have implemented (or plan to implement) social networking in order to enhance their exposure. Seventy-three percent of small and medium businesses reportedly employ social media for marketing purposes. Everything loves the sales but is not thinking about Continue reading...
Groupon’s (public company now) entire database of users was accidentally published to the Internet and indexed by Google. Oops. This is for their Indian subsidiary Sosasta.com. The database includes the e-mail addresses and clear-text passwords of the site’s 300,000 users. It was discovered by Australian security consultant Daniel Grzelak as he searched for publicly accessible Continue reading...
Laptop stolen from Spartanburg doctor’s office employee’s car contained patient information Contained 1280 patient records. 1) Why was the laptop left in the car? 2) Why was he allowed to take this laptop out of the office? 3) Why wasn’t the drive encrypted? 4) Why didn’t they spend a few hundred bucks on a consultant Continue reading...
