MOST NOW FEAR THEIR LIVES ARE OPEN BOOK For a long time, people thought: ‘Well, I have nothing to hide,’ one expert said. But we do have things we want to hide, she said, whether it’s credit card information or info about our families SAN FRANCISCO – Americans overwhelmingly think they’ve lost control of how their personal information… Read More »
Emsisoft Wins Again If you’re one of those who think that the most dangerous threats to your computer are viruses, you’re wrong. The chances you’ll encounter a virus are 100 times less likely than you are to encounter malware. And the good news is: If all you are concerned about are viruses, just about any old antivirus will… Read More »
Nothing to Hide “Everybody’s got something to hide except me and my monkey” (John Lennon) We live in an age where just about everything we do, say, write, read, buy or sell is subject to various invasions of your right to privacy. There are those who continually say, “I have nothing to hide. Only those who have something… Read More »
Police Departments Skirting Public Accountability By Using Private Foundations To Obtain Controversial Surveillance Technology The less the public knows about law enforcement surveillance technology, the better. That’s the thought process governing the purchase and deployment of technology like Stingray devices and automatic license plate readers. In the case of the former, even the nation’s top cops (the FBI)… Read More »
Want Some Spyware? This is incredible and should remind us all that we are inching closer and closer to living in a police state. And this is not to say that we don’t need good, honest law enforcement, but we are not in favor of the police, the government, private companies, or individuals spying on our children or… Read More »
We have been advising our readers to stop using Yahoo because of the continue hacking of accounts. We have seen our friends and family members who were using Yahoo Mail and other Yahoo Services have their accounts compromised. Plus, we have read other stories about Yahoo’s aging infrastructure, poor management, disregard for user privacy and have seen first… Read More »