Companies Sharing Your Data with Their Third Party Vendors

Companies Sharing Your Data with Their Third Party Vendors

Companies Sharing Your Data with Their Third-Party Vendors It seems that every day there’s another news headline about how companies are using consumer data. Facebook was in the news again recently when the FTC slapped it with a $5 billion fine based on...
Security Protections Badly Needed On Routers

Security Protections Badly Needed On Routers

Security Protections Badly Needed On Routers New testing by Consumer Reports shows important differences in how routers from popular brands handle digital security. Some of the 29 routers we examined this spring and summer build in important safeguards, such as...
Has New Storage Tech Made It Impossible To Securely Erase Old Hard Disks

Has New Storage Tech Made It Impossible To Securely Erase Old Hard Disks

Has New Storage Tech Made It Impossible To Securely Erase Old Hard Disks In the olden days, when you wanted to replace your hard drive with a bigger one, you’d run a “secure erase” on it to completely remove any personal data. This would write zeros to the entire...