U.S. Plans to Monitor Domestic Networks to Protect National Security
In an extensive project they have dubbed “Perfect Citizen,” the federal government wants to set up a system to detect cyber assaults on private companies and government agencies. This is to protect critical infrastructure like the electricity grid and nuclear-power plants. This sounds like a good idea, especially if you saw that movie Live Free [...]
Read MoreSafetyWeb Helps Parents Ensure Kid’s Safety Online
SafetyWeb provides a great way to get a real-time snapshot of your child’s social networking activity without strong-arming your kid’s login credentials and opening up twenty-eleven browser tabs for each site your child frequents. Details inside…
Read MorePrivacy Issues Fuel Facebook Alternatives
The word is out, and as much as Facebook would like to downplay the issue, there are people aware of the current privacy issues plaguing Facebook. Some people are confused, others are contemplating deleting their Facebook accounts altogether. As a result, some alternatives to the popular social networking site are making plans to be contenders. Find out more inside.
Read MoreAdware 2.0: It’s in your IP
Once upon a time, there were these programs called adware. They would package things with pretty little applications that has screen savers, or, my favorite, a weather bug, and then they would monitor your online activity and send you targeted ads. Adware came over scrutiny though, and slowly disappeared in to non-existence, only to make [...]
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