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Two-factor authentication flawed, but a good move

I recently received a nice letter from my bank explaining that I was going to have to get used to a new way of conducting online banking.  It seems that a group of regulators called the Federal Financial Institutions Examinations Council is requiring that banking...

Your trial-version computer will expire

“Well, a screen came up saying something about my antivirus program expiring, but, I didn’t know what it meant, so, I forgot about it.  That was about 6 months ago.” I’ve heard this story too many times lately, as an explanation as to why a...

Fun with Firefox plugins

If you use Microsoft Windows, then it’s my sincere hope that you also use the Mozilla Firefox Web browser (www.mozilla.com) for viewing websites, instead of Microsoft’s lame Internet Explorer.  As I’ve noted in previous columns, your computer will be much less...

Flawed “security” tech endangers citizens

Like a punch-drunk boxer swinging wildly in the hopes of hitting his opponent, government agencies continue to stumble stupidly ahead in implementing “homeland security” technology that is riddled with known, demonstrated flaws. One of the latest debacles in this...

Insiders more dangerous than hackers

As dangerous as the Internet may be, as threatening as an insecure network is, and as scary as criminal hackers appear, none can compare to the havoc that can be wreaked on a business by a company insider.  Most dangerous of all is the company employee who, either...