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Credit monitoring services can mitigate effect of data breach, says expert
Out-Law.com Providing credit monitoring services can help reduce the reputational damage that businesses can suffer when customer data is compromised in a cyber attack, and it has also been shown to help reduce the level of fine that businesses may face for that … |
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Google says major bugs like Stagefright had little to zero 'real life' effect on Android users
Android Community A lot of people bash Android for the lack of security and privacy in the platform. Google would be first to admit that it is complicated work securing a platform that was designed to be open source, after all. But for all its scares of bugs and … |
Donald Trump’s effect on cybersecurity after he’s sworn in as president next month will likely be toward military uses of cyber weapons and stronger tools for law enforcement to crack encryption, but the impact is hard to predict due to the vagueness of his proposals so far.
The most detailed Trump cyber plan is just 175 words long and includes some initiatives that sound like what’s already in place.
On the campaign trail and during debates he occasionally hit the topic, but again with little detail and perhaps little understanding of how the internet works. For example, he called for Microsoft founder Bill Gates to find a way to shut off parts of the internet to ISIS as a way to halt its recruitment efforts.
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Most of you are familiar with the term, but for those who are not, Wikipedia describes the Streisand effect thusly: “… the phenomenon whereby an attempt to hide, remove, or censor a piece of information has the unintended consequence of publicizing the information more widely, usually facilitated by the Internet.”
Want examples? There was this one I wrote about involving Circuit City and Mad Magazine. And another about a San Francisco TV station that got bamboozled after a plane crash.
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