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Navigating the Tails 6.8 Update: What It Means for Security-Minded Users

As digital privacy and security concerns increase, operating systems that safeguard user anonymity and data privacy have gained greater prominence. One such operating system is Tails (The Amnesic Incognito Live System). ...
Oct 09, 2024
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Google Chooses Passkeys Over Passwords: Examining the Security Benefits for Linux Users

In a bold move towards a future without traditional pas...
Sep 26, 2024
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Tails 6.6 Released: Unpacking Key Features & Updates

Tails (The Amnesic Incognito Live System) offers hope t...
Aug 15, 2024
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Controlling RFID tags to protect privacy

Controlling RFID tags to protect privacy

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A researcher is working on technology he hopes will be able to control RFID tags and protect private information. "We are building our own RFID cards and adding features to them to make it visible and noticeable when someone is accessing the information," Nicolai Marquardt, a Ph.D. student at the University of Calgary said during the Computer Human Interaction conference in Atlanta Wednesday.

Internet abuzz with BitTorrent bypass code

Internet abuzz with BitTorrent bypass code

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A block of 86 lines of C# code is creating a buzz online following claims it may make BitTorrent downloads untraceable. The code, sweetly named SeedFucker, is actually an exploit discovered last November that would allow a BitTorent user to fake the IP address of a server from where a file could be downloaded.

Eraser secure deletion tool updated

Eraser secure deletion tool updated

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The Eraser developers have announced the availability of version 6.0.7 of their advanced security tool for Windows. Eraser is a software utility for securely deleting files and folders from different types of magnetic media, such as hard drives and floppy disks. It removes sensitive information by overwriting the area of the drive on which the data is stored one or more times using special algorithms.

Send Secure Info Over the Internet

Send Secure Info Over the Internet

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Michael Spector (and yes, he's my brother) asked how to safely email passwords, account numbers, and other sensitive information. You can't trust Internet email with potentially compromising information, such as your credit card or account numbers, social security numbers, or important passwords. As your message moves from one server to another, several people have the opportunity to read it.

Bruce Schneier: Privacy and Control

Bruce Schneier: Privacy and Control

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In January, Facebook Chief Executive, Mark Zuckerberg, declared the age of privacy to be over. A month earlier, Google Chief Eric Schmidt expressed a similar sentiment. Add Scott McNealy's and Larry Ellison's comments from a few years earlier, and you've got a whole lot of tech CEOs proclaiming the death of privacy--especially when it comes to young people.

Senator Calls For Privacy Hearings

Senator Calls For Privacy Hearings

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Judiciary chairman Leahy says currently laws governing electronic communications are outdated and inadequate. Sen. Patrick Leahy, Democrat from Vermont and chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said he plans to hold hearings on "much-needed updates" to the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 in the coming months.

Bringing Internet privacy into the 21st century

Bringing Internet privacy into the 21st century

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Finally, there's something Google and Microsoft can agree on: Our electronic privacy protections are in serious need of an overhaul. They, along with Intel, AOL, AT&T, the ACLU, and a dozen other household names, have formed the Digital Due Process coalition, aimed at urging Congress to modernize the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) -- the only thing keeping Johnny Law from pawing through your digital life.

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How I

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Internet standards expert, CEO of web company iFusion Labs, and blogger John Pozadzides knows a thing or two about password security

EFF casts doubt on security of SSL against eavesdropping

EFF casts doubt on security of SSL against eavesdropping

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The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is warning that state agencies are probably able to routinely eavesdrop on SSL-encrypted internet connections. They refer to a draft research paper in which researchers Christopher Soghoian and Sid Stamm summarise the evidence for this supposition and describe a possible defensive strategy.

Weak passwords stored in browsers make hackers happy

Weak passwords stored in browsers make hackers happy

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Nearly a quarter of people (23 per cent) polled in a survey by Symantec use their browser to keep tabs on their passwords. A survey of 400 surfers by Symantec also found that 60 per cent fail to change their passwords regularly. Further violating the 'passwords should be treated like toothbrushes' maxim (changed frequently and not shared), the pollsters also found that a quarter of people have given their passwords to their spouse, while one in 10 people have given their password to a

Browser Fingerprints

Browser Fingerprints

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Now this is another interesting attack vector using little bits of data not many people consider. I have heard about this kind of technique before and considered how it

Can Ubuntu save online banking?

Can Ubuntu save online banking?

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Read on for "The Ubuntu Option" for increased online banking security. Jay McLaughlin has me worried. I do my online banking from the same home computer the rest of the family uses for Web surfing and online games. I have the McAfee security suite loaded and do regular scans so accessing online banking should be protected. Right?

Law Enforcement Appliance Subverts SSL

Law Enforcement Appliance Subverts SSL

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That little lock on your browser window indicating you are communicating securely with your bank or e-mail account may not always mean what you think its means. Normally when a user visits a secure website, such as Bank of America, Gmail, PayPal or eBay, the browser examines the website

The battle for Internet freedom

The battle for Internet freedom

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What are we permitted to post legally on the Internet? Who is responsible for the content of materials posted on Web sites? Two recent legal cases have highlighted the ongoing battles over control of information being posted on the Internet.

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