This article is very scary. For this to happen to a large company like TJX is bad. But what is really interesting is that this wasn’t an e-tailer. This was a large chain store that had their brick and mortor security breeched apparently over the Internet. It seems today no data is safe.Â
It did take them […]
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The good news is that Google is now going to start obscuring the last octet of the IP addresses it keeps on file regarding searches. They are going to wait several months before doing this, but at least they are taking some steps towards allowing consumer anonymity.Â
Truthfully, I don’t worry about these issues too much. I […]
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Here is an interesting article about a recent attack on the Internet’s root servers in February. If anyone wants to take down the Internet, and there are people who DO want to take down the Internet, this is how they are probably going to do it.Â
One of the ways the Internet works is by allowing you to […]
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This seems almost too over simplified. But the truth is, most of the techies I know don’t get spy ware or viruses. Why? Not because we are immune, but because we don’t go to the types of sites that will get you infected. It’s quite comical to see the faces, or hear the voices of […]
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The Internet is not safe! It’s true there are a lot of benefits to be gained from using a computer. Many of those benefits today are found online, on the Internet. The problem is, there are also many bad things you can get on a computer. Most of those bad things are found on the […]
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