Dec 8, 2018 | Government, Internet, Passwords, Radio Show, Security, Social Networking
Handgun Buyers Would Have To Give Cops Social Media Passwords Under New York Proposal A new proposal would require New Yorkers who want handgun licenses to undergo search engine and social media checks, including handing over log-in information and passwords to...
Dec 8, 2018 | Business, Radio Show, Security, Technology
Delta Says USA’s ‘First Biometric Terminal’ Is Ready To Go At Atlanta Airport Delta says the Atlanta airport’s Terminal F has become the “first biometric terminal” in the United States where passengers can use facial recognition technology “from curb...
Dec 8, 2018 | Data, Radio Show, Security, Technology
DNA-Testing Company 23andme Has Signed A $300 Million Deal With A Drug Giant. Here’s How To Delete Your Data If That Freaks You Out. Popular spit-in-a-tube genetics-testing companies like Ancestry and 23andMe can — and frequently do — sell your data to...
Dec 1, 2018 | Computers, Hacking, Internet, Radio Show, Ransomware, Security
Hackers Are Using Leaked NSA Hacking Tools To Quietly Hijack Thousands Of Computers More than a year after patches were released to thwart powerful NSA exploits that leaked online, hundreds of thousands of computers are unpatched and vulnerable.First they were used to...
Dec 1, 2018 | Internet, LinkedIn, Privacy, Radio Show, Security
How To Protect Your Privacy On Linkedin We’ve been spending a lot of time lately wrestling with what Facebook has been doing with our information from our personal lives—but Facebook isn’t the only place where you’re sharing a lot of information about yourself....
Nov 24, 2018 | Government, Malware, Radio Show, Security, Security
Porn-watching Employee Infected Government Networks with Russian Malware, IG says An Interior Department watchdog recommended the U.S. Geological Survey ratchet up internet security protocols after discovering its networks had been infected with malware from...