For my
Ethical Hackers: I told you there was a simpler way to do it!
A European hacker group
has announced a simple, replicable method for spoofing Apple’s
TouchID fingerprint authentication system. “A fingerprint of the
phone user, photographed from a glass surface, was enough to create a
fake finger that could unlock an iPhone 5s secured with TouchID,”
claims
the Chaos Computer Club, which demonstrated the hack in a video.
The technique is based
on previous methods for spoofing fingerprint authentication systems,
and needed only minor adaptation to be applied to the iPhone’s
unusually high-resolution scanner.
Apple is
really really good at marketing!
NYPD
to iPhone owners: Hurry up and download iOS 7
Police
in New York hand out fliers explaining to Apple faithful that iOS 7
brings with it Activation Lock, which makes it harder for a thief to
turn off the "Find My Phone" feature.
(Related) Probably due
more to reluctance to learn a new tool...
Political
bias! 58 percent of US House of Reps. have iPhones
I would be
more comfortable if they said the information was “anonymized”
rather than “confidential.”
Angela Haggerty
reports:
Privacy
concerns have been raised after it emerged that mobile phone
companies have been passing data to the Highways Agency allowing them
to monitor motorists’ movements through their phone signals. The
agency has been using data from phone companies and other firms to
track the information, including collecting data collated by satnav
systems, prompting serious questions about the protection of personal
data.
According
to the Telegraph, the Highways Agency said any
information it receives is confidential and could not lead
to the identification of motorists, but privacy campaign group Big
Brother Watch said people were unlikely to have any idea that
information was exchanged in this way and called for a less intrusive
method to monitor traffic.
Read more on The
Drum.
Some
issues worth considering, some assumptions are more “ass” less
“umption?”
White
Paper – Avoiding BYOD Legal Issues
Avoiding
BYOD Legal Issues - Route1 Inc. September 2013
“Today’s business
landscape is facing emerging legal issues stemming from bring your
own device (BYOD) initiatives. The shift towards the use of personal
computing devices (laptops, tablets, smartphones and now watches) to
conduct business in theory is a win-win strategy for
both the Enterprise and its employees. Enterprises avoid
costs associated with providing devices and employees can work using
the personal devices they are already comfortable with. In reality,
BYOD poses serious legal problems for the Enterprise.
Protecting Data or
Breaking the Law? BYOD is undoubtedly convenient, but it poses grave
risks to Enterprise security. Simply put, BYOD devices are not
currently used in a secure manner. Although 90% of American workers
use their smartphones for work, only 60% use password protection to
lock their device.1 Perhaps more alarming, 50% frequently connect
their smartphones to unsecured Wi-Fi networks.2 Poor BYOD security
habits mean that sensitive Enterprise data is often unsecured and
easily accessible to malicious third parties. Of course, Enterprises
want to prevent their information from falling into the wrong hands.
The question is: do security concerns give businesses the right to
protect their data by remotely monitoring and wiping an employee’s
personal device?
BYOD means that
employees often co-mingle personal and business information on their
devices. Generally, device software has few measures to distinguish
between sensitive Enterprise data and the owner’s personal
information. When an employee’s device is compromised (hacked,
stolen, etc.), the Enterprise wipes all data on that device – both
business and personal. Enterprises have no other option to protect
their sensitive data, but the destruction of employees’ personal
property is legally ambiguous. Another common practice is GPS
tracking. If an employee’s personal device contains confidential
Enterprise information and is lost or stolen, the Enterprise may use
the device’s GPS capabilities in an attempt to locate it. Again,
this strategy is legally unclear as it raises issues of monitoring
employee whereabouts.”
I missed
this in July, so it may be available now... Think it will be less
distracting that chatting on your cell phone?
Garmin
unveils hi-tech car windscreen HUD display
Sat-nav manufacturer
Garmin has unveiled a sci-fi like portable head-up display for
motorists which can project directions directly onto the owners
windscreen.
Operating from a
smartphone with a built-in app the device outputs navigational data
in the form of directional arrows and speed via a reflector lens or
onto a plastic film affixed to the windshield.
Available for iPhone,
Android and Windows handsets the app can also relay voice prompts via
the smartphone or car stereo.
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I don't understand it completely. $2 per user per year?
Why
You Should Care About Twitter
… Twitter currently
has 250 million monthly active users.
… Just because
Twitter hasn't gone mainstream yet doesn't mean it won't.
I'm of the strong
opinion that Twitter is the most important consumer-facing company
to go public since Google. I also see it outlasting Facebook.
I'm not alone. Matthew
Knell, VP of social and community at About.com recently
told CNBC's Carl Quintanilla: "I think Twitter's probably
the best-positioned major social network, and I kind of see Facebook
on a decline."
Also, Saudi billionaire
Price Alwaleed and his investment arm, Kingdom Holding invested $300
million in Twitter in 2011. Alwaleed recently
told Reuters he doesn't plan to sell a single share when Twitter
goes public.
… Since the
majority of people still don't use or understand Twitter, there's
enormous growth potential for the company once it goes public.
There's also unrealized
advertising potential that could work a lot like Google ads, only
better.
Currently, Twitter
generates a little more than half-a-billion dollars annually.
That money comes mostly from three
types of ads: promoted tweets, promoted trends, and promoted
accounts.
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