The FTC settled its claims that HTC sold millions of mobile devices using the Droid and Microsoft software because the devices were not secure. The FTC’s Complaint specifically identified “potential exposure of sensitive information and sensitive device functionality through the security vulnerabilities in HTC mobile devices, consumers are at risk…
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Recently the NY Times admitted that it had been the victim of Cyber attacks, and then the NY Times reported that the Chinese Army may be behind the online attacks based on a report by Mandiant security firm which:
…has tied more than a hundred cyber attacks on U.S.
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The FTC reminded consumers to protect against identity theft during tax filing season, and provided a laundry list of precautions to insure that tax information does not fall into the wrong hands including:
A new Executive Order from the White House entitled “Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity” was noted in the State of the Union with these comments:
…will strengthen our cyber defenses by increasing information sharing, and developing standards to protect our national security, our jobs, and our privacy. Now, Congress must act…
Just as Google proposed a settlement with the EU, on January 30, 2013 i-Comp filed a new complaint of antitrust charges about which Bloomberg reported that Google’s “search results discriminate against competitors.” I-Comp is led by Microsoft and posted on its website:
By creating an illegal network of exclusive relationships…
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Gender statistics on the Internet are thought provoking, including Pew Research’s report that 75% of women and 63% of men use Social Media. Also Pew reported 67% of “online American adults are Facebook users, making Facebook the dominant social networking site” in the US. Likely no surprise to anyone.…
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In 2008 a major flaw was discovered in the Domain Name System (DNS) which regulates traffic on the Internet. Network World reported that as a result it is “possible for hackers to launch cache poisoning attacks, where traffic is redirected from a legitimate website to a fake one without the website…
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FTC Chair Jon Liebowitz is resigning after 4 years during which he “pushed for online privacy protections and sought to restrain unfair competition,” but as the New York Times reported he “stumbled in an attempt to rein in the Internet search practices of Google”:
Competitors, advertisers and some consumer advocates…
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