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The FTC’s next chief technologist is on a quest for better passwords

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Privacy issues will likely stay at the forefront of the FTC’s focus next year thanks to the commission’s appointment of Lorrie Cranor as its new chief technologist.

Cranor, who is currently a professor of computer science and engineering and public policy at Carnegie Mellon University, directs the CyLab Usable Privacy and Security Laboratory. She will succeed Ashkan Soltani, the privacy expert who assumed the role in November 2014, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission announced on Thursday.

Cranor will join the FTC in January.

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Quest For Power: How To Keep Your Phone And Laptop Charged When You Travel – Forbes

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Quest For Power: How To Keep Your Phone And Laptop Charged When You Travel
Forbes
Nowadays, flame is a casual flick away. But keeping your electronic devices working throughout your journey from your beach house in Miami to your hotel in Seattle can be just as daunting as it was for Rae Dawn Chong and the gang to track down a …

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Puzzle box: The quest to crack the world’s most mysterious malware warhead – Ars Technica

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Puzzle box: The quest to crack the world's most mysterious malware warhead
Ars Technica
Certainly not your everyday malware. "Considering the link with Flame and Stuxnet, the payload of Gauss must be of similar magnitude," Costin Raiu, director of Kaspersky Lab's global research and analysis team, told Ars. "Given how careful the …

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