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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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Tagged border security, Cannabis, legalization, marijuana, National Security, security, terrorism, War on Drugs
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Tips for changing your passcodes
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Tagged CNET, passwords, security, technology, video
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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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Tagged Credit card, Debit card, hacking, retail, security, Target, Target Corporation
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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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Tagged consumers, Credit card, Debit card, hacking, HomeGoods, money, security, T.J. Maxx, Target
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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
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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Tagged Cryptography, Encryption, National Security Agency, NSA, PRISM, privacy, security, Verizon, Washington Post
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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
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
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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Tagged facebook, Julian Assange, privacy, security, technology, Wikileaks
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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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Tagged children, education, facebook, privacy, school, security, Social network, Teacher
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