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Websites Are Increasingly Tracking Users Without Their Knowledge
Oct 16, 2013Websites are increasingly tracking users without their knowledge or permission by using "device fingerprinting" to identify individual web users. Device fingerprinting uses the data sent by a PC, smartphone or tablet computer to websites ...
Tags: Fingerprinting, Computer Products, software
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Crowdtilt Released The First Public Version of Customizable Crowdfunding Tool: Crowdhoster
Aug 27, 2013Crowdtilt, the most flexible and versatile technology platform for connecting people and payments for group purchases, experiences and causes, formally released the first public version of its full-featured, open source, customizable ...
Tags: Crowdtilt, Open source
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Bitcoin Wallet Service Plans to Issue Refunds to People
Aug 21, 2013A widely used Bitcoin wallet service plans to issue refunds to people who saw their bitcoins stolen as a result of a weakness in its application. Blockchain.info, which has a Web-based service called My Wallet, has also upgraded its ...
Tags: Computer Products, software, Bitcoin Wallet Service, webservice
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Keeper Uses Online Consumer Data Security Software to Protect Consumers' Critical Data
May 16, 2013Add-ons, Keeper Sharing and Keeper Extensions, develop a robust functionality Online consumer data security software, Keeper, has been bolstered with two major features to help better protect consumers' critical data, with Keeper Sharing ...
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Browser Developer Opera Software Will Acquire Skyfire Labs
Feb 19, 2013Browser developer Opera Software will acquire Skyfire Labs, which develops technology to speed video delivery over mobile networks, the companies said Friday. The deal is valued at $155 million, which includes a mix of cash and stock and ...
Tags: Opera Software, Skyfire Labs, acquisition, mobile networks
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Dotcom Threw a Large Launch Party for Mega on Sunday
Jan 23, 2013While the world’s online sharing community is excited about Kim Dotcom’s bold new venture, the file-storage and sharing service Mega, it is already drawing criticism from security researchers, who advise not to trust it. The ...
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Digital Rights and Privacy Advocates Have Welcomed Yahoo's Decision
Jan 10, 2013Digital rights and privacy advocates have welcomed Yahoo's decision to provide its users with an option to enable HTTPS (HTTP Secure) for their entire webmail sessions. "We're really happy that Yahoo! is starting 2013 right by letting ...
Tags: Yahoo, HTTP Secure, webmail session, digital rights
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Secure.me Has Developed a Website and a Browser Plug-in
Dec 21, 2012Secure.me has developed a website and a browser plug-in designed to make Facebook users aware of the personal information that gets harvested by third-party applications. The App Advisor Security Network website has profiles on more than ...
Tags: website, browser, Facebook, personal information, applications
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Facebook Started Encrypting The Connections of Its North American Users
Nov 20, 2012Facebook started encrypting the connections of its North American users by default last week as part of a plan to roll out always-on HTTPS(Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure)to its entire global user base. For the past several ...
Tags: Facebook, HTTPS, security benefits, account hijacking attacks
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Balazs Has Developed a Remote-Controlled Malware That Functions as a Browser Extension
Oct 24, 2012IDG News Service-Security researcher Zoltan Balazs has developed a remote-controlled piece of malware that functions as a browser extension and is capable of modifying Web pages,downloading and executing files,hijacking accounts,bypassing ...
Tags: malware, browser extension, remote-controlled, Balazs