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Apple AirTags used to stalk women
Back in February I wrote about a nasty new trend of hiding Apple’s AirTags to covertly track targets for various illicit and possibly harmful pursuits. At the time, the media had a handful of reports of the small tracking devices being used to locate and steal cars, and 2 high-profile instances of alleged stalking but
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Personal vigilance won’t be enough
Though it won’t be something most of us would like to hear, staying safe in technology is no longer a matter of being savvy, street-smart and vigilant. The concept of “rugged individualism” is considered one of the foremost tenets of American culture and stems from the countless (and most likely glorified) stories of pioneers and
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(In)famous Kaspersky software put on FCC watch list
Though it doesn’t come as a surprise to most of the IT community, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently added Russian software developer Kaspersky to its list of companies that should not be used by any entity that receives funding through the FCC. Given the current geopolitical climate, this move probably shouldn’t surprise most everyone
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Is your email getting marked as spam?
Given how complicated it was to set up organizational email services in the previous decade, today’s self-service offerings from Microsoft and Google have significantly eased the process of setting up email for your-company.com with an affordable, highly-reliable and relatively secure provider. It literally takes a handful of minutes (if you know what you are doing)
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Hey! Your browser needs to be restarted too!
After what felt like a golden age of Windows stability (ahh those glorious Windows 7 years!) we are back to Windows computers needing to be rebooted on a regular basis just to keep running smoothly. We can chalk that up to the frequent updates and patches that Microsoft is pumping out to try to keep
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AirTags opened a Pandora’s Box of privacy problems
If there is one thing that is certain, if there is a useful technology invented that is supposed to benefit us, there is a corresponding negative usage that can and will be exploited. After the initial dopamine rush had worn off around Apple’s AirTags, people started waking up to the negative implications of a small,
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