I’ve been using LastPass for a while now and it does make it a lot easier to have different passwords everywhere and also passwords that you could never remember yourself. Would something like this replace other tools like LastPass or 1Password? Would people trust Google enough to use something like this or would it be looked at just like browsers saving passwords like they already do? Check out this article on Arstechnica for more info.
Future Chrome version may choose your passwords, and change them when youve been hacked.
So does this mean we can do any more than we already do or we can just now be more open about it?! You can’t tell me that we aren’t already doing this kind of stuff. Really, what do you call most of what the CIA and NSA do now?
“Congress affirms that the Department of Defense has the capability, and upon direction by the President may conduct offensive operations in cyberspace;” and “in certain instances, the most effective way to deal with threats and protect US and coalition forces is to undertake offensive military cyber activities, including where the role of the United States Government is not apparent or to be acknowledged.”
Congress Authorizes Pentagon to Wage Internet War | Threat Level | Wired.com.
What do you think about Google Wallet and how long before it will be more main stream? I’m all about some geeky gadgets and cool technology but I still get pissed off getting behind folks in the store that can’t use their debit card, food stamp card, or WIC card! I guess this will mainly be the younger folks and maybe I won’t have to show my father-in-law how to use it!
Will this make privacy and ID theft more of an issue and are you gonna use it?
Official Google Blog: Launching Google Wallet on Sprint and working with Visa, American Express and Discover.
Not sure why you would enable UPnP on the WAN side if your router but you might want to check some settings. I guess the only reason I can think of it being enabled might be for some gaming apps but check out this article and you may want to find a way around it opening this problem.
UPnP enabled of your WAN side could be a big problem!
Facebook is looking for a little help finding security vulnerabilities and since they are so strapped for case, they are offering $500 for bugs that qualify.
Facebook launches security bug bounty program.
Facebook/Whitehat
Very interesting theory regarding Intel’s recent purchases of McAfee, Infineon Technologies, and Fulcrum. Could something like this be a security game changer in everything from VMs to Cell phones?
via With Intel’s recent purchasing habits, could crossdressing be in their future? | PC Perspective.
Do you use Dropbox? I do and have for a while. These kinds of allegations should make you look more at the small print and work to understand the technology you are using at least to the point that you feel comfortable with it. Worth the read if you use Dropbox. –>
Dropbox Lied to Users About Data Security, Complaint to FTC Alleges Threat Level Wired.com.
Symantec recently found a security flaw that may have given advertisers access to users personal profiles on Facebook since 2007. Symantec says the leak may have been enabled in close to 100,000 apps. Might be a good time to change your password! More here.
I remember a couple of years ago it was made a big deal that you should be cleaning your web cookies and it was a big deal for privacy and then people found it there was a such think as Flash cookies and they weren’t getting cleaned out like the others. So a couple of years later, Flash is getting a built in feature to be able to clean it’s cookies. I do believe after it was know that there wasn’t a way to clean them, you could go somewhere on Adobe’s site to ‘manage’ your cookies! Sounds sort of funny that we should clean and manage cookies!!
Adobe Flash update puts users in charge of privacy – Computerworld.
Little more info – Wikipedia Page