Congressional Group Agrees With Apple On Encryption
The Verge reported this week about the year-end-report published by the House Judiciary Committee’s Encryption Working Group. Apple and other tech companies will be pleased with the report. It acknowledges requiring a backdoor to assist law enforcement would weaken overall security. Law enforcement officials have maintained they need a backdoor to allow them to get into encrypted devices. […]
Hacker and Hacking or Hacked?
Quest Diagnostics announced in November its patient portal was hacked. The hit exposed the personal information of 34,000 people. Laboratory results from blood tests were included. Quest joins the list of Sony, Anthem Blue Cross, the Democratic National Committee, and many others who have been hacked. Millions of consumer records have been exposed. All of these were […]
The Worst Passwords of 2015
SplashData has announced the 2015 edition of its annual “Worst Passwords List”. As in the past, 123456 and password are the most popular. This is not good. The list confirms how people’s choices for passwords remain consistently risky. Longer passwords are beginning to appear but length is not enough. A good password has to be unrememberable. […]
Are Password Managers Good or Bad? Password Hell
In my opinion, it is black and white. Password managers are a very good thing we all should use. I use 1Password to store hundreds of long, ugly, and impossible to remember passwords. It is a truly great piece of software. Wired just published an excellent article about how some websites block the use of password managers (see Websites, […]
Wrist Pay Is Booming
There were a few last minute items we needed, so I headed over to Trader Joe’s. The store was mobbed, but I got to the checkout counter with the shortest line and an efficient checkout person who rang up the items very quickly. To my delight, I noticed for the first time that Trader Joe’s […]
