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Computer security group welcomes plan to double UK budget to fight cybercrime – The National


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Computer security group welcomes plan to double UK budget to fight cybercrime
The National
A SCOTTISH computer security group is welcoming plans by George Osborne to double the UK's budget for fighting cybercrime to almost £2 billion within the next five years. The Chancellor made his announcement yesterday at the headquarters of GCHQ in …

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Why is double opt-in still not used by everyone?!

Out there in the big wide world there are, beside me, unfortunately, a few other people named “Mark Gibbs” and a number of these individuals don’t know their Gmail addresses. This is a problem as I am the proud owner of “[email protected]” and have been since the start of Gmail while they are not. The trouble with these people is they keep giving my Gmail address to organizations they deal with and more than a few of these organizations fail to do the one thing that they should be doing when it comes to building an email relationship with a customer: Verifying the customer’s email address.

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Two-Step Computer Security Might Double the Hassle, But Also The Safety … – Here And Now


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Two-Step Computer Security Might Double the Hassle, But Also The Safety
Here And Now
Two-step authentication may have helped prevent the Office of Personnel Management data breach in June. (Ben Watkin/Flickr). While many people might not yet know the term “two-factor authentication,” chances are they've run up against it in recent

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Double Fine’s Hack ‘N’ Slash entry into Steam Early Access imminent

Hack ‘n’ Slash, Double Fine Productions hacking-themed action puzzle game conceived during the company’s annual Amnesia Fortnight game jam, is just weeks away from entering Steam Early Access for Windows PC, Mac, and Linux. First revealed last …
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