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iPhone/iPad-toting CEOs & Executives Most Likely To Ignore Security Rules
Executives and senior managers are the most likely to ignore security guidelines The biggest challenge for many business when dealing with the consumerization of IT and BYOD trends is often cultural. IT needs to cede control of devices, app choices, and where/when employees and executives actuall...
The FBI Is Now (Officially) Spying on Your Internet Activity [Privacy]
The FBI has probably been monitoring the web activity of random citizens for quite some time, but today, as Cnet reports, the law enforcement bureau has formed a dedicated unit for the purpose of internet surveillance. But its end goal is a bit different than you may think.More »
How Facebook Security Guards Your Info [Security]
It goes without saying that Facebook has the responsibility to protect a huge number of users—900 million to be exact. But how, exactly, does it go about doing that? The Verge has an interesting look at the behind-the-scenes hidden security measures that are routine for the social network, ...
Yahoo Manages to Leak Private Security Key With New Chrome Extension [Yahoo]
Yahoo has just released its Axis extension—a visual search tool that links across desktop and mobile devices—but sadly, there's a hitch. During the release, Yahoo managed to leak a private security key in its Chrome version, that could allow anyone to create malicious plugins masquera...
Was IBM Right? Is Siri A Threat To Businesses? [Feature]
IBM bans Siri use on the iPhones of its employees Apple has gotten a fair amount of flack over Siri – most of it relating to Siri not recognizing words or phrases, misinterpreting requests, or providing incomplete or inaccurate answers. Apple is even facing a class action lawsuit over Siri ...
The Wasteland of Forgotten Phone Numbers on Facebook Is Exposing Your Privacy [Facebook]
Do you remember the olden days of losing a phone? Crap! You lost all your contacts! What do you do? You probably didn't have a smartphone and you probably didn't sync your contacts, instead, you went to Facebook and told your friends to give you their numbers. Those phone numbers are still on Fac...
IBM bans the use of Siri on its network over data privacy fears
Have you ever wondered what happens to your conversations with Siri? Obviously your queries are sent over the internet to Apple’s servers for processing, but what then? Does Apple store these conversations? Does anyone have access to them?These questions seem to be heavy on the mind of IBM&...
IBM bans the use of Siri on its networks over privacy concerns
If you work for IBM, you are welcome to bring your iPhone 4S to work with you but forget about using Apple's voice driven digital assistant, Siri. IBM has banned the use of Siri on all of its networks due to concerns over privacy. Siri works by sending anything you ask it to a data center in Nor...
At IBM Headquarters, Siri Is Persona Non Grata [SIRI]
This week, IBM CIO Jeanette Horan told MIT's Technology Review that Siri, best pal of Zooey Deschanel and oft snarky gal Friday of the iPhone, has been banned from the company's internal networks, over concern that spoken queries might be stored somewhere.More »
Clueful Scans The Apps On Your iPhone, Tells You Which Ones Are Doing Naughty Things With Your Data
Remember address book-gate? Locationgate? I-don’t-know-what-my-apps-are-doing-on-my-phone-gate? (Oh, that last one might not be a real thing.) Regardless, we’re living in age where companies are pushing us to rethink the boundaries between what we consider private, personal informatio...
