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You Can't Keep Your Secrets From Twitter | Fast Company
On the Internet, no one knows you're secretly a man (or woman), right? Think again. Just by examining patterns in tweets, you can infer a Twitter user's gender.
Three Ways to Thwart Identity Theft | MintLife Blog | Personal Finance News & Advice
When it comes to protecting your credit from identity theft you have a variety of options. You can do nothing. You can pay to monitor your credit reports. Or, you can freeze your credit reports.
The only requirements for becoming a hacker are an inquiring mind and plenty of time. Photograph: Daniel Law/PA The only entrance requirements for becoming a hacker are an inquiring mind and plenty of time. These are things that young teenagers - especially, though not exclusively, boys - tend to have.
How computer hackers do what they do ... and why | Technology | guardian.co.uk
For a while, leaving your cell unattended seemed like the biggest threat to phone security. But this recent business is a reminder that there are savvier ways someone can violate your phone—without even touching it. Details are still emerging as to how, exactly, News of the World reporters got into everybody's giblets. But here are the common—and shockingly simple—phone hacking techniques they likely used. Voicemail hacking, according to security experts, is not the worst of the things that could happen to you and your secret-spilling cell. These days, it is the least intrusive because voicemail as a message-delivering tool is fading out behind simple caller id, texting, and emailing.
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Think file-hosting sites guard your private data? Think again • The Register
Academic researchers say they've uncovered weaknesses in dozens of the most popular file hosting sites that allow people to gain unauthorized access to data that's supposed to be available only to those selected by the user. The services, which include sites such as RapidShare , FileFactory , and Easyshare , allow users to upload large files and make them available to anyone who knows the unique URI (or Uniform Resource Identifier ) that's bound to each one. Users may post the link on websites or forums available to the public or share it in a single email to prevent all but the recipient from downloading it. RapidShare, for instance, says it can be used to “share your data with your friends, colleagues or family.”How to wipe personal data from your smartphone | MNN - Mother Nature Network
Next, make sure to delete everything from any storage media. Usually, this just means formatting the microSD card if your phone has one. Most phones have an option somewhere in the settings menu to format the memory card. This wipes the data completely. Another option is to simply keep the microSD card and use it in your new phone, as long as the new phone accepts storage media (the iPhone doesn't) and you make it clear to potential buyers that a microSD card isn't included in the phone you're selling. The final and most important step is to perform a factory data reset, also known as a factory wipe or hard reset.
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“Hey Smitty, I got this guy’s email address. Can you do some digging and tell me more about ‘em? How much does he make? What are his hobbies? Oh, and I want to see pictures of his pet dog too.
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What Does the "Track" in "Do Not Track" Mean? | Electronic Frontier Foundation
There is a lot of discussion about Do Not Track at the moment. The FTC has announced support for the idea; Mozilla has added a Do Not Track header option into Firefox betas, and Congresswoman Jackie Speier has introduced a Do Not Track bill . Other proposed privacy legislation, such as Rep. Bobby Rush's bill , could also achieve similar objectives.Making Sure Net Advertisers 'Do Not Track' You - Newsweek
Here is how Jon Leibowitz, chairman of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, describes the current state of affairs on the Internet: “Say I’m walking through a mall. And there’s a guy following me.
Stanford Law's Ryan Calo on Privacy Harm and Education - Technorati Family
Welcome to the (R)evolution , a new series that connects you to the people, trends, and ideas defining the future of business, culture, and media.Flaws in Tor anonymity network spotlighted
At the Chaos Computer Club Congress in Berlin, Germany on Monday, researchers from the University of Regensburg delivered a new warning about the Tor anonymizer network , a system aimed at hiding details of a computer user’s online activity from spying eyes. The attack doesn’t quite make a surfer’s activity an open book, but offers the ability for someone on the same local network—a Wi-Fi network provider, or an ISP working at law enforcement (or a regime’s) request, for example—to gain a potentially good idea of sites an anonymous surfer is viewing.WASHINGTON—The Federal Trade Commission weighed in on the issue of Internet privacy Wednesday, calling for development of a "do not track" system that would enable people to avoid having their actions monitored online—prompting immediate objections from the online-advertising industry. "Self regulation of privacy has not worked adequately and is not working adequately for American consumers," said FTC Commissioner Jon Leibowitz.
FTC Backs a 'Do Not Track' System for Internet - WSJ.com
Learn how you can easily verify and validate any email address without even sending a test mail. Just ping it from your computer
How to Verify an Email Address - Ping It!
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