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Legalizing Marijuana Should Be a Top National Security Objective: Terrorism and Border Instability Would Diminish

By H.A. Goodman The national security goals of our country have been implemented in recent years by waging two decade-long insurgent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, nation building in those countries, and increased surveillance on our citizens. While 3,459 U.S. soldiers … Continue reading

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Tips for changing your passcodes

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Target Says 70 Million Individuals’ Data May Have Been Stolen

By Mark Memmott The size of the data breach at Target Co. stores late last year took a sharp rise Friday when the retailer said it now estimates that up to 70 million individuals may have had information that includes their … Continue reading

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Breach At Target Stores May Affect 40 Million Card Accounts

By Mark Memmott Target Corp. that there was a massive security breach of its customers’ credit and debit card accounts starting the day before Thanksgiving and extending at least to Dec. 15 — the heart of the holiday shopping season. … Continue reading

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Launch code for US nukes was 00000000 for 20 years

By Sean Gallagher Remember all those cold war movies where nuclear missile crews are frantically dialing in the secret codes sent by the White House to launch nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missiles? Well, for two decades, all the Minuteman nuclear missiles … Continue reading

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Don’t Want to Be Spied On? Think About Encryption

By Fahmida Y. Rashid The twin disclosures last week about the National Security Agency’s extensive surveillance program accomplished something that no amount of SecurityWatch posts could ever have accomplished: It got regular Internet users talking about encryption. Right after the … Continue reading

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Twitter fights hacking with two-factor authentication

By Jennifer Van Grove After a string of high-profile hacking incidents, Twitter has finally introduced a two-factor authentication system as a way for members to keep their accounts more secure. On Wednesday, the information network rolled out the new login … Continue reading

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Consumers Union pushes Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg to do more to keep out underage users, protect teens

I endorse the Consumers Union action but in the end the responsibility to monitor children’s access to social media and the internet resides with PARENTS. Consumers Union pushes Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg to do more to keep out underage users, protect teens … Continue reading

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Julian Assange: Facebook Is ‘Appalling Spy Machine’ (VIDEO)

Hate to ruin the FB party, but this underscores the need for our “social media” lives to be more distinct and separate from who we really are. Julian Assange has a valid point. Julian Assange: Facebook Is ‘Appalling Spy Machine’ (VIDEO).

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Pupils are not your Facebook friends, net privacy expert warns teachers

The title says it all. If the U.S. school system doesn’t already have such a guideline, I think it’s far overdue. Pupils are not your Facebook friends, net privacy expert warns teachers | Education | The Guardian.

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