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UK Bank Phone Verification System Uses Your Voice As Your Password
The days of having to remember your childhood dog’s mother’s maiden name or what street your first high school mascot lived on could soon be a thing of the past. UK financial services firm Barclay Wealth has recently introduced a verification system that uses biometrics, rather than random facts, to confirm your are who you say you are.
How Automated Licence Plate Readers Threaten Privacy
Law enforcement agencies are increasingly using sophisticated cameras, called “automated licence plate readers”, or ALPR, to scan and record the licence plates of millions of cars across the United States. These cameras, mounted on top of patrol cars and on city streets, can scan up to 1800 licence plates per minute, day or night, allowing one squad car to record more than 14,000 plates during the course of a single shift.
Ultimate (Free) Virus Protection Guide
So you got caught with your pants down on the internet (figuratively, folks) and contracted a virus. That sucks. Or maybe you were wearing protection but still fell victim to some nasty bit of code that managed to slip by your antivirus software undetected. That sucks even more. Either way, it’s nothing to feel ashamed about. The web is a dangerous place and even the most tech savvy users sometimes slip up.
Report: Twitter Will Release Its Two-Step Verification Soon
Wired is reporting that Twitter has a two-step verification system currently undergoing internal testing that Twitter hopes to roll out to its users “shortly”. A two-step verification system would help prevent Twitter hacks from happening, like what happened yesterday with the @AP.
