All posts tagged "privacy"
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CyberSecurity
A Local Pharmacy Is Acquired, Revealing a Major Flaw in Health Information Privacy Laws
December 9, 2019Last week, without any warning to customers, one of my town’s last local independent pharmacies was...
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CyberSecurity
Women’s Sexual Habits and Other Extremely Personal Information Were Shared With Facebook By Popular Period Tracking Apps
September 10, 2019Two popular period-tracking apps are believed to have shared their users’ personal information – including details...
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Cool Tech
FaceApp: How You Can Safely Use The Viral Photo Manipulation App Despite Serious Privacy Concerns
July 18, 2019Despite all of the warnings that you have seen, it is possible to use FaceApp without...
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CyberSecurity
Deja-Vu: Check Your Venmo Settings Right Now Unless You Want Everyone To See How You Spend Your Money
June 18, 2019If, like millions of other people, you use Venmo, the PayPal-owned online payment system that sports...
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CyberSecurity
How to Securely Wipe Your Smartphone’s Data
June 17, 2019Are you planning to upgrade your smartphone, to sell your old device, or to give it...
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Cool Tech
As “Legal” Hidden Cameras and Microphones Proliferate, We Need Better Privacy Laws
March 4, 2019Over the past few weeks, it has become clear that hidden microphones – once the stuff...
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Book Review
Cybersecurity For Dummies: Coming Soon!
February 14, 2019I am happy to announce that my next book, Cybersecurity For Dummies, which will help...
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Cool Tech
Smartphone Unlock Screens Have Increasingly Insecure Interfaces
February 12, 2019As technology progresses, a growing number of smartphone unlock screens seem to sport beautiful animations that...
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Cool Tech
Google’s New Password Checkup Extension Is Powerful, But Is It Legal or Ethical?
February 7, 2019Password Checkup, a new extension for Google’s Chrome browser, checks whether passwords that you use while...
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CyberSecurity
Is the Viral “10 Year Photo” Trend A Disguised Information Collection Technique
January 16, 2019Over the past week or so, Facebook has been flooded with posts of people sharing photos...
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