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Mumsnet DDoSed, SWATted, hacked – oh, and change your password, too!

Mumsnet founder Justine Roberts has announced that an intruder managed to gain access to some parts of the administration functions on the site. Mumsnet also suffered a DDoS attack, and Roberts and another member of Mumsnet were SWATted.
Naked Security – Sophos

Change Where Screenshots Are Saved on Your Mac with a Terminal Command

Mac: Taking a screenshot is easy, but if you take them often, leaving them littered across your desktop is a pain. You could use a third-party app to redirect where they’re saved for you, or even upload them to the cloud, but if you don’t need all that …
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2015 Predictions: Mobile security set for change in 2015 – RCR Wireless News


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2015 Predictions: Mobile security set for change in 2015
RCR Wireless News
Editor's Note: With 2015 now upon us, RCR Wireless News has gathered predictions from leading industry analysts and executives on what they expect to see in the new year. As 2014 came to an end, it's clear we closed out: “The year of the epic data breach.

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Google withdraws from conservative lobbyist service ALEC, citing climate change

Weeks after more than 50 activist groups publicly called upon Google to end its affiliation with the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a controversial nonprofit that helps representatives from corporations meet privately with legislators, Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt announced on an NPR program this week that the company has withdrawn its support.

Google’s affiliation with ALEC came to light just over a year ago in a Daily Beast article, and has been a source of criticism of the company in the time since. ALEC is publicly opposed to net neutrality and municipal broadband, and its work is believed to have helped the companies pushing against these efforts get support from lawmakers.

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