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9+ iOS 12 security improvements you should know about

Credit to Author: Jonny Evans| Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2018 04:03:00 -0700

Apple has shipped iOS 12 and it’s packed with new security improvements and settings every user needs to know about.

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Apple has made it much harder for data harvesting companies to exfiltrate your data without you knowing.

Safari in iOS 11 blocked third-party cookies that tracked you across multiple websites and cookies older than 30-days in age.

iOS 12 also gives you the option to block social media sharing icons and comment boxes from tracking you. Apple has also made it much harder for fingerprinting technologies to track and identify you by gathering information about your device, such as capacity or installed apps.

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W. Va. to use blockchain-based mobile app for mid-term voting

Credit to Author: Lucas Mearian| Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2018 03:12:00 -0700

West Virginia this fall will let members of the military and their families deployed overseas to vote by smartphone or tablet using a blockchain-based app developed by a Salt Lake City start-up, Voatz.

The voters using the app would otherwise have to submit paper absentee ballots via mail or vote over a land line telephone.

The move means the state will become the first in the U.S. to use blockchain in a voting system in a general election.

After being elected in January 2017, West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner  tasked IT staff to investigate mobile voting options for 8,000 West Virginian military members overseas. Warner, a retired U.S. Army officer with four children who are also all current or former Army officers, cited his own inability to vote when deployed in Afghanistan as one reason for his efforts.

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GovPayNow.com Leaks 14M+ Records

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2018 21:57:39 +0000

Government Payment Service Inc. — a company used by thousands of U.S. state and local governments to accept online payments for everything from traffic citations and licensing fees to bail payments and court-ordered fines — has leaked more than 14 million customer records dating back at least six years, including names, addresses, phone numbers and the last four digits of the payer’s credit card.

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The US is likely to set a record in crude oil production this year, potentially becoming #1 global producer

Credit to Author: Anna Yarygina| Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2018 18:50:24 +0000

The US crude oil output will grow at a CAGR of 5% through 2020, as domestic shale and tight oil production continues to boom. Production will grow at a more… Read more »

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Smart Medium Voltage System and how they can help you optimise millions

Credit to Author: Atin Chhabra| Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2018 08:42:07 +0000

Pertaining to current statistics, around 3.5 billion passengers fly each year – accounting to an average of more than 9 Million every day around the world – and air traffic… Read more »

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