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The shocking truth of how you’ll be tracked online and why

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A recent study, Online tracking: A 1-million-site measurement and analysis, conducted by researchers at Princeton University discovered that Google is tracking users on nearly 80 percent of all of the Top 1 Million Domains. How are they doing this? Not surprisingly, they’re using a variety of tracking and identification techniques and they’re doing it for the obvious reason: To manipulate you. In the beginning tracking you was just about getting you to buy stuff; now, it’s evolving, and in the future, it will be all about subtle, insidious manipulation.

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The Unpleasant Truth About Chinese Espionage – Observer

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Observer

The Unpleasant Truth About Chinese Espionage
Observer
Chinese espionage against the United States is in the news again. Recently in this column I explained the sensational case of Edward Lin, the Taiwanese immigrant turned U.S. Navy officer who stands accused of committing espionage against his adopted …
Chinese Cartoon Warns Against 'Dangerous Love' With Foreigners Who May Be SpiesNPR
Chinese Warned Dating Spies Is Risk Women Take With Foreign Men In New 'Dangerous Love' ComicThe Inquisitr
Warning of “Sea Turtle” Spies and Dangerous LoveChina Digital Times
Breitbart News –Tempo
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The shocking truth (and lies) about ESD

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A participant in Reddit’s forum devoted to networking asks: “Has anyone here ever destroyed anything via ESD (electronic static discharge)?”

Oh, yes, indeed they have, as a sampling of the anecdotes will reveal, though there were also skeptics and one fellow who told me via email “that most failures claimed to be ESD-related are probably covers for something else.”

First time for everything

I recently had a user plug an HDMI cable into a Dell E7440. He was touching the shielding and a nice big blue spark jumped from the cable to the laptop and cooked the motherboard. It was the first time in 12 years doing IT that I’ve ever seen something die from ESD.

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Network World Paul McNamara

Flame: The truth behind the cyber weapon, killer feature, and its relationship … – Infosecurity Magazine

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Flame: The truth behind the cyber weapon, killer feature, and its relationship …
Infosecurity Magazine
… level on both public and private sector agendas. This webinar will take a look at the origination of Flame, its properties, the consequences of the malware, the relationship between Stuxnet and Flame and its contribution to the weaponisation of …

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