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Credit to Author: Lily Hay Newman| Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2018 21:06:27 +0000
Trump has the legal right to make public whatever documents he chooses. But he’s going to cause untold damage in the process.
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Credit to Author: Fahmida Y. Rashid| Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2018 14:40:00 -0700
Three years after its debut, Windows 10 is poised to overtake Windows 7 as the most popular version of the Windows operating system. Microsoft introduced virtualization-based security features – namely Device Guard and Credential Guard – in Windows 10, and in subsequent updates, has added other virtualization-based protections to the operating system.
Microsoft tackled the two biggest challenge for enterprises with Windows 10, password management and protecting the operating system from attackers. Windows Defender was renamed Windows Security in 2017 and now includes anti-malware and threat detection, firewall and network security, application and browser controls, device and account security, and device health. Windows Security shares status information between Microsoft 365 services and interoperates with Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection, Microsoft’s cloud-based forensic analysis tool.
Credit to Author: Garrett M. Graff| Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2018 17:10:55 +0000
In 2016, three friends created a botnet that nearly broke the internet. Now, they’re helping the feds catch cybercriminals of all stripes.
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Credit to Author: Edward Snowden| Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2018 10:00:00 +0000
“Turnkey tyranny” has never been closer. For some communities, it feels like it’s already here.
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Credit to Author: Nicholas Thompson| Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2018 10:00:00 +0000
The Oculus founder on virtual reality, defense tech, biohacking an injured toe.
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Credit to Author: Darlene Storm, Michelle Davidson| Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2018 11:16:00 -0700
With iOS 12 and iPhones that have Touch ID, you can still bypass the iPhone lock screen and trick Siri into getting into a person’s phone. The bypass is the same as it was in earlier versions of the operating system:
Siri then opens the cellular data settings where you can turn off cellular data.
As was the case before, anyone can do this. It doesn’t have to be the person who “trained” Siri.
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.
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.
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.