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Keep Unwanted Eyes and Ears Away from Your Mac with Camera Guard Pro [Deals Hub]

There are prying eyes everywhere, including from inside your device. Don’t fall victim to a hack–keep your computer secure with the Camera Guard Pro. It’s on sale now from the iPhone Hacks Deals Hub. Covering your camera isn’t paranoid. It’s a …
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Google’s Training Its AI to Be Android’s Security Guard – WIRED


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Google's Training Its AI to Be Android's Security Guard
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When Adrian Ludwig describes the ideal approach to computer security, he pulls out an analogy. But it's not a lock or a firewall or a moat around a castle. Computer security, he says, should work like the credit card business. A credit card company, …

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More protection needed to guard grid from electromagnetic storm threat

The United States isn’t as deeply unprepared for electromagnetic threats – either from space or man-made — as it was a few years ago but a lot of work remains and awareness of the danger needs to be amped-up if the country wants to truly protect the electric grid.

That was the general conclusion from a report by the watchdogs at the Government Accountability Office this that looked at federal efforts to address electromagnetic risks to the electric grid.

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Sentri wants to guard your home but isn’t very good at it yet

Home automation is now “A Serious Thing”™ with what seems to be a new technology company throwing its hat into the ring just about every day. Today I have yet another entrant to the market, the Sentri, a home monitoring device with a lot of potential but also a lot of problems.

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The Sentri is a touchscreen tablet computer that acts primarily as a video home surveillance and environmental monitoring system. It’s roughly tablet-size (9.842″ by 9.842″ square and 1.18″ deep) with a 120-degree, wide-angle camera, night vision, and temperature, humidity, and air quality sensors. At any time and from anywhere you can view the Sentri’s video using the free iOS and Android apps. 

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