The Credit Freeze Process in Practice
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Tags: Credit Freezes, Identity TheftWashington State Passes RFID Privacy Law
Washington state passed an anti-RFID law that's unfortunately far weaker than it should be.
The Washington legislation outlaws the use of RFID "spy technologies" to collect consumer information without the owner's consent. The only problem is, heavy corporate lobbying narrowed the scope of the law (before Governor Gregoire signed it) to cover only criminal .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Police Interested in Fines, Not Safety
A city that found that the red light cameras made motorists more cautious resulting in less tickatable offenses turned them off.
.... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Tags: Police, Tickets and FinesProtect Your Privacy When Using Peer 2 Peer Downloading From The Internet
It's up to you to decide whether what you do online is correct and that's why this article about protecting you downloading privacy is important. Use the tips provided to make sure that the only person making a judgement call about your online activity is you.
.... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Tags: P2P, PirateGovernment Laptop Stolen: National Institute of Health
The Golden Rule of Cables: There’s No Difference So Buy Cheap
The Consumerist was taking heat recently for posting articles about how Monster brand cables are no better than any other even though they cost so much more. Now Popular Science is joining the action with their article explaining that all high end cables are a ripoff.
The electronics industry’s dirty little secret is that .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Facebook Security Hole Exposes Private Profiles
Even if you did everything right to keep you private photos and information private, a Facebook security flaw allows people to access it anyway.
This isn't the first time something like this has happened and I'd bet that it's far from being the last.
.... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Tags: Facebook, Families, Social NetworkingMan Robbed Because Hoax Craigslist Ad Said Everything Was Free
Here's a great example of how knowing something as simple as where someone lives along with when they're out of town is enough to make their life hell. While this poor guy was minding his business fishing on a lake somewhere, someone called to ask about the .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Craig's List, OPSEC, Physical Security, RobberyUnintended Dangers of Vista
What can happen when you become numbed to the security alerts.
.... [Click here to read the rest of this post]Tags: Comics, Kevin and Kell, Windows VistaSchneier Explains the Mind of Security Professionals
Maybe now I can stop referring to myself as "paranoid" and just use the term "Security Professional" instead. In a Wired.com essay, Bruce Schneier writes how security professionals just think differently. While engineers try to figure out how to make things work, Security Professionals think about how to break them.
For example:
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