Wearables – Computer Security Articles

Credit to Author: Ken Mingis| Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2017 14:08:00 -0700

First there was news that Equifax, the credit rating agency, had been hacked. Then came stories about questionable stock sales by execs before the breach became public. Then…anger and confusion from some of the 143 million people affected.

And finally, this week, came the retirement of the company’s CEO.

It’s enough to (almost) make our panel of tech experts – Network World‘s Brandon Butler, CSO‘s Fahmida Rashid, Macworld‘s Michael Simon and Computerworld Executive Editor Ken Mingis – throw up their collective arms as everyone tries to figure out how to stop it from happening again.

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ComputerWorld Independent

Tech Talk: The Equifax data breach, a new Apple Watch and the A.I. revolution

September 27, 2017 admin iOS, Mobile, Personal Technology, Security, Wearables

With the Equifax breach still making waves, the new Apple Watch now on wrists and A.I. seemingly everywhere, our panel digs into what's happening in the IT world.

ComputerWorld Independent

Fitbit: One explodes, data from another used to charge husband with wife's murder

April 26, 2017 admin Internet of Things, Personal Technology, Security, Wearables

Credit to Author: Darlene Storm| Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2017 08:54:00 -0700

Oh good, another case of exploding devices. This time the culprit was a Fitbit Flex 2, which allegedly caused second-degree burns on a Wisconsin woman’s arm. She was sitting and reading a book when her Fitbit “exploded” on her wrist. “It was either defective or really mad I was sitting still so long,” she told ABC News. “Either way, it burned the heck out of my arm.”

Dina Mitchell claimed the Fitbit is “totally melted” and her doctor “had to pick pieces of plastic out of her wound.”

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Samsung mulls iris scanners on smartphones to log into Windows PCs

February 26, 2017 admin Mobile & Wireless, Security, Wearables, Windows PCs

Credit to Author: Agam Shah| Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2017 16:51:00 -0800

Soon, your Samsung phone may be able to recognize your iris and log you into your Windows PC.

Iris-scanning via phone is not yet a feature available for Samsung’s latest Galaxy Book 2-in-1s, which were announced at Mobile World Congress. But the company wants to quickly bridge the gap between its Galaxy smartphones, which run on Android, and its Windows PCs and 2-in-1s.

Software called Samsung Flow links the company’s Android smartphones to Windows PCs. Samsung and Microsoft are looking to collaborate on logins via Windows Hello — designed to use biometric authentication to log into PCs — and one big Flow feature is the ability to use Galaxy smartphones to wirelessly log in to the new Galaxy Book.

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