Archives for the ‘Security’ Category

Our government is giving our identity away to the bad guys!

By Bill Richardson • Jul 27th, 2008 • Category: Security

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Identity theft is a very common occurrence, and one that can cost you dearly.  So much so, that an entire industry has sprung up around helping you to keep your identity safe.
Maybe the US government should subsribe to some of these services?  Because it appears that they really don’t care about the safety [...]



40% of surfers don’t bother with browser security updates

By Bill Richardson • Jul 3rd, 2008 • Category: Security

A new collaborative study between Google, IBM, and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology suggests that users are slower to move between product updates than they should be
—especially those using Internet Explorer. The researchers believe that browsers could learn from the food industry, of all things.