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Monthly Archives: March 2019
FTC says taxpayer voice phishing scams are up nearly 20x
The real Social Security people will never call to threaten your benefits or tell you to wire money, send cash, or put money on gift cards.
Five female technoheroes you might never have heard of…
Can you guess whom we chose for our #IWD2019 technoheroes? There are hints in the image…
Serious Security: When randomness isn’t – and why it matters
The password ‘ji32k7au4a83’ looks pretty random and feels as though it should be unique – read this article to find out why it’s neither!
Firefox picks up advertiser-dodging tech from Tor
Letterboxing comes straight from the Tor browser, and will help Firefox users avoid advertisers that follow them around the web.
Zuck says Facebook is becoming more “privacy focused”
Facebook’s planning a new, highly integrated platform and talking a lot about encrypted messaging.
Windows Calculator is going open source
Can the combined power of the world’s developers possibly improve the iconic Windows Calculator app? Microsoft seems to think so.
For sale: Gray-market iPhones that yield secrets to encryption
The prototype iPhones are slipping out of Apple’s supply chain with disabled security, to the delight of researchers and jailbreakers.
Unclosable browser popup! 13-year-old charged for sharing code
She didn’t create it, but she allegedly shared it. That’s enough to get in trouble in Japan, with its history of being tough on cyber crime.
NSA might shut down phone snooping program, whatever that means
We’ve heard this tale before. This time, it was mentioned by a congressional aide. Also, the NSA released Ghidra, a free reverse-engineering tool.