security
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The Best Authenticator Apps For Protecting Your Accounts
If you switch on two-factor authentication (2FA) on your accounts—and you really should—then you need something else besides a username and a password when you log in on a new device. That’s where a good authenticator app comes in.
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Apple Plays Catch Up With Super-Lucrative Bug Bounties
Apple is opening its bug bounty program to all security researchers as well as expanding the systems they can be reported for. And hoo buddy, Apple is willing to slide them a pretty significant chunk of change for it, too.
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Judge Rules Edward Snowden Can’t Profit From His Book Because It Wasn’t Cleared By NSA And CIA
Edward Snowden will not be allowed to profit from sales of his book Permanent Record, after a U.S. federal judge in Virginia ruled Tuesday that Snowden should have sought approval from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and National Security Agency (NSA). It’s not clear if Snowden, who was previously a CIA employee and contractor for…
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Arrest Data Exposed By South Carolina Firm Included Personal Info Of Juvenile Suspects
Sensitive data related to roughly 5.2 million arrests in the state of South Carolina were discovered exposed online last month by a California-based security company, Gizmodo has learned. A small percentage of those arrested were juveniles at the time.