Associations. Mobile Security, Privacy Concerns Decreasing. U.S. consumers remain reluctant to conduct financial transactions on their phones, finds KPMG survey.
Consumers in the United States are worrying less about the security of their mobile devices and related data privacy issues, but most still aren't comfortable with using mobile devices to conduct financial transactions. Those findings come from a KPMG survey, released Monday, of more than 5,600 people, including 300 U.S. -based consumers. The study, which updates a similar KPMG survey conducted 18 months ago, queried people on their day-to-day use of computers, smartphones, mobile applications, and the Internet.
Groups Work to Insure Privacy of Information on 'Cloud Computing' Internet Servers in US. Many people assume their emails, documents, photos and other information on the internet are private.
But that may not be true if they are stored on servers belonging to internet companies. Known as "cloud computing," the system gives people access to their files from anywhere in the world. But a coalition of privacy and technology groups is working to ensure that information is kept private in the United States. Consumers like cloud computing because of the convenience and fun of getting email and social network information anywhere. 33 Bits of Entropy. On Security. If you've been reading the news recently, you might think that corporate America is doing its best to thwart NSA surveillance.
Google just announced that it is encrypting Gmail when you access it from your computer or phone, and between data centers. Last week, Mark Zuckerberg personally called President Obama to complain about the NSA using Facebook as a means to hack computers, and Facebook's Chief Security Officer explained to reporters that the attack technique has not worked since last summer.