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All-New Security Program and Hacking Mitigation Plans to Fight Impersonators

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Las Vegas, NV, United States – July 23, 2022 —

The American Sweepstakes Network has administered and implemented contests, game promotions, and sweepstakes for the U.S.A.’s biggest marketers for over 30 years. The team’s experience is simply uncopiable — although, some have tried. With the rise of fraudsters attempting to impersonate companies and scam customers, the company has tightened its cybersecurity belts and implemented brand-new hacking mitigation plans to keep clients safe.

From enhancing the verification system to staying on top of PCI regulations, The American Sweepstakes Network is more secure than ever before.

Fraud Prevention and Instant Code Verification

Sweepstakes fraud isn’t new, but as the world becomes ever digital, it’s common to see an alarming increase in dishonorable companies.

Red flags like Greendot Cards and MoneyGram should always be avoided, and The American Sweepstakes Network has made it its core mission to ensure customers report any of these transaction requests to the US Fraud Report database ww.usfraudreport.com and or directly to our legal department.

Additionally, the team has included an instant code verification system to further enhance its ongoing cybersecurity efforts. If you’ve received a claim code that allegedly identifies you as a prize winner, simply input the number and hit “Verify.” 

The Company-Wide Hacking Mitigation Plan

Company impersonators and computer hacking go hand-in-hand. While many have fallen prey to several cyberattacks, the team is committed to enhancing security and protection and thus offering a new lease of life. 

By employing an effective hacking mitigation plan, users can rest easy knowing their sensitive information is safe.

The American Sweepstakes Network began by conducting a risk assessment, acknowledging the vulnerabilities that allowed unauthorized individuals into the system.

Identification led to fixing the common vulnerabilities before trying to tackle the more complex problems through…

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How Argentina’s Iplan plans to reach 1mn homes passed in 2023

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How Argentina's Iplan plans to reach 1mn homes passed in 2023

Argentine telecommunications company Iplan is pushing ahead with a deployment rate that will allow it to close next year with more than 1mn homes passed with fiber optics in four cities.

The company started out as a corporate provider focused on medium-sized businesses but now 15% of revenues come from the residential segment. It offers broadband through fiber optics and will incorporate new services for this segment.

It also opened its infrastructure so that other providers can use it under the wholesale model.

It recently began offering over-the-top TV through an alliance with DirecTV and the next move will be security and home automation services.

BNamericas interviewed Iplan’s CEO, Damián Maldini, about his plans for network deployment, new services and investments.

BNamericas: How are you progressing with the infrastructure expansion?

Maldini: We now have four cities with large networks: CABA [Buenos Aires city], Córdoba, Rosario and [San Miguel de] Tucumán.

Tucumán is the most recent: we just started providing services there this month. The first stage involved 200 blocs. In the next 30 to 60 days we will enable another 200.

In Tucumán we are going to follow the same logic as we did in Buenos Aires, Córdoba and Rosario. We are building in the downtown area with the highest density of homes.

If all goes well, by the end of next year we will have a million homes passed in these four cities.

There are actually more, but a million are those that are ready to be connected within a maximum period of 24 hours, which is how long the commercial process takes.

We should have 10 times more network compared to four years ago.

In the corporate field, we are also doing extensions. We are now going to cover the area of Vicente López [Buenos Aires province] and in Tucumán we also have aerial lines for corporate areas.

This is the fifth year that we have an investment between US$15mn and 20mn for network deployment. The idea is to keep this pace.

BNamericas: Argentina has restrictions on access to dollars and imports. Has this presented any difficulties?

Maldini: Until now, no, there were no difficulties in accessing equipment. Yes, there is bureaucracy due to the…

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Amazon plans more home robots despite early skepticism about Astro – GeekWire

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Ken Washington, Amazon’s VP of consumer robotics, with the Amazon Astro home robot. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop)

Amazon unveiled Astro, its first home robot, in September, after developing the rolling Alexa device in secret for several years. In an introductory video, the company anticipated the skepticism Astro would face.

“A robot?” a mom in the video asks. “What are we going to do with a robot?”

In this fictional world, of course, Astro wins people over with its ability to navigate autonomously through a house, serve as a mobile security and video conferencing hub, check the stove with its periscoping camera, help family members check in on older relatives, start a dance party, and deliver a drink to someone on the couch.

In the real world, however, Astro still has some convincing to do.

Astro “is a solution in search of a problem,” concluded CNET’s David Priest in his review. “It’s cool, undeniably, and I’m excited to see what home robots look like in the near future … But for now, Astro remains an interesting device with a lot of potential, but too little utility to really be worth that price tag.”

That price tag, for now, is $1,000, if you’re one of the limited number of customers whose request to purchase Astro is approved through Amazon’s Day One Editions preview program. Eventually, when Astro is more widely released to the general public, the price is expected to go up to $1,500.

Astro is 17-inches tall with a 10-inch display, a rear cargo hold and a periscoping camera.

It rolls around autonomously on two wheels. In essence, it’s a mobile Echo device, responding to questions in the voice of Alexa. Astro otherwise communicates through beeps and blips and a pair of expressive digital “eyes” in the form of simple animated emoticons on its screen.

Amazon acknowledges the skepticism about Astro but makes it clear that it’s not giving up so easily. The company is working on improvements based on initial feedback, and it describes Astro as the first in a line of home robots.

“This is the beginning of the journey for us,” said Ken Washington, Amazon’s vice president of consumer…

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Vodafone plans carrier-level user tracking for targeted ads

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Vodafone Germany to test ISP-level tracking for targeted ads

Vodafone is piloting a new advertising ID system called TrustPid, which will work as a persistent user tracker at the mobile Internet Service Provider (ISP) level.

The new system is in test phase in Germany and is intended to be impossible to bypass from within the web browser settings or through cookie blocking or IP address masking.

The mobile carrier plans to assign a fixed ID to each customer and associate all user activity with it. The ID will be based on a number of parameters, so that the system will be able to maintain persistence.

Then, the mobile ISP creates a personal profile based on that ID and helps advertisers serve targeted ads to each customer without disclosing any identification details.

Keeping the internet “free”

According to Vodafone, the problem that arises for its internet subscribers is that the “free” parts of the internet are threatened by stricter cookie blocking and privacy-boosting schemes.

Apple already blocks default tracking everywhere, which destroyed Facebook’s business model, and Google is also expected to switch off its advertising cookie in Chrome by 2023.

These new models threaten the targeted advertising industry, and according to Vodafone, the danger of this is losing content and platforms currently supported by ads.

“Consumers appreciate the idea of a ‘free’ Internet, but this comes with a trade-off: publishers need a sustainable revenue model, meaning that it becomes essential to add subscription paywalls or rely on advertising to maintain free access to high-quality content,” reads the explanation on the TrustPiD website, managed by Vodafone Sales and Services Limited.

The industry is looking for alternative tracking ways, and mobile ISPs are in a position to provide a solution that users are likely to find difficult to circumvent.

Concerns over privacy

Vodafone explains that TrustPiD will be generated through randomness, and its subscribers will have the option to manage their consent over accepting the tracking via the company’s Privacy Portal.

For complete details on how the collected information will be used and who is going to receive it, check out TristPiD’s privacy policy.

No matter the claims made there, however,…

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