Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday confirmed some of the worst fears about Internet-connected devices, saying the technology presented serious data security and privacy risks, and urged com... Read more
The head of the Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday offered a prescription for protecting consumer data collected by Internet-connected gadgets like wearable fitness trackers and “smart home... Read more
Internet-inspired fraud tactics that try to use telephone calls to dupe millions of people or to overwhelm switchboards for essential public services Phone swindles are practically as old as... Read more
Big Data is a term used to describe all the bits of information collected by companies and the government about you. It’s used primarily by marketers to deliver ads to you as you check... Read more
In the United States, about 30 billion robocalls (pre-recorded automatically dialed solicitations) are placed each year, and similar conditions hold across much of the world. In the U... Read more
Until recently, security was a backwater in the world of computing. Many people cite Albert Einstein’s aphorism “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Only a hand... Read more
Image via Wikipedia Nearly all companies with a big Web presence, and search engines in particular, are known for gathering the user’s browsing history and other personal information t... Read more