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Yesterday, New York City unveiled it’s first WiFi kiosk outside of a Starbucks, a hub that will allow passerby’s to access free WiFi service that will be funded by advertising. CityBridge plans to replace all payphones with these hubs which will also include USB charging ports. This phasing-out of payphones is supposed to take around 12 years …
3.3 million people could be affected by a recent data breach of Hello Kitty fans’ information from the website SanrioTown.com. The data included usernames passwords hints, email addresses and other sensitive information like names, birth dates and more. The breached data was publicly available, there was no actual hacking done to obtain this information. A …
What happens to your data after you die really depends on the social media platform you are looking at. Due to federal privacy laws, there are some things that companies are not willing to let you do with someone else’s account after they’ve died. There have been battles in government on both state and national …
Imagine a currency that is not tied to any country. Imagine a currency that isn’t even regulated either by government or any outside entity. If you can imagine that then you’ve imagined something called bitcoin. Bitcoins sound like something straight out of a science fiction novel. However, they are very real and they are growing …
One of the great things about the internet used to be the anonymity of it. You have the freedom to share information without compromising your privacy. However, with technology becoming ever better, it is becoming increasingly difficult to stay hidden on the web. If you are looking for privacy over the web, look no further than …
How do you exchange private data over the internet? Part of the answer lies with SSL certificates. Secure Socket Layer (SSL) certificates work by creating a private line of communication in which allows private data to be delivered. The main problem with communication and security over the internet is eavesdropping. Others may be able to …