Personal Privacy 
Wise Up Your Smartphone
Not so long ago, losing your mobile phone meant the additional expense of replacing it and possibly, someone charging up additional minutes on your bill. Today the stakes are higher. With the ownership of smartphones on the rise, the ability to store more information on your phone can now lead to identity theft opportunities if [...]
Continue Reading »How to Disable Facebook Facial Recognition
Facebook’s tagging feature, which allows your friends to tag pictures that you appear in, now includes a facial recognition algorithm which identifies you automatically and suggests to friends that you may be in the picture. I don’t know about you, but I would feel more comfortable if Facebook did not automatically tell everyone to tag [...]
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Civilian Monitoring Organization Becomes Sony Hackers’ Latest Target
Civilian Monitoring Organization Becomes Sony Hackers’ Latest Target LulzSec, the group of hackers responsible for the recent Sony data breach, have taken credit for this week’s successful hack of InfraGard, an FBI-affiliated private-sector organization that connects businesses, academic institutions, and law enforcement to the FBI through information sharing, analysis efforts, and a common goal to [...]
Continue Reading »Creating Ultra Secure & Memorable Passwords
Creating ultra secure passwords that can be easily remembered isn’t as hard as you may think. You probably find yourself mixing up characters and numbers and capitalizations to create words that are unique. Many websites force you to add these numbers and special characters as a tactic to keep your account from being hacked. This [...]
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