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Gmail takes image loading out of users’ hands – here’s how to take it back

Gmail’s new default is to automatically display all those HTML glamour shots that marketers desperately hope we’ll click on. Does this really help our privacy and security, and how can you turn it off again?
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Free to Play Takes an Evil Turn: Passively Using Your Phone to Mine Bitcoins … – Touch Arcade


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Free to Play Takes an Evil Turn: Passively Using Your Phone to Mine Bitcoins
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Treating players like a botnet you can abuse also seems to be setting a dangerous precedent, and one that I hope doesn't catch on. [via PocketGamer.biz] …. I can't speak for Android, but this isn't how iOS apps work. To run in the background and

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Peoria computer security firm takes pride in hiring veterans – Peoria Journal Star

Peoria computer security firm takes pride in hiring veterans
Peoria Journal Star
CEO Steve Hope says CIAN offers companies a way to keep their data at hand without having to worry about the infrastructure to secure that data. CIAN, which stands for Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability of your Network, specializes in

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Sysadmin day? *SYSADMIN DAY*? Angry techie takes against Naked Security…

No sooner had we launched our “Worst things to ask a sysadmin” poll than we received an anonymous email from a disgruntled sysadmin called Simon Oliver Meone. He questioned the relevance of the questions in the poll…
Naked Security – Sophos