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WordFence recently posted about a “highly effective Gmail phishing” campaign that has fooled or almost fooled several technically savvy people. It just goes to show that you can never allow yourself to become too complacent.
A new phishing technique that affects GMail and other services and how to protect yourself.>
~Wide Impact: Highly Effective Gmail Phishing Technique Being Exploited
“Only old people have Yahoo accounts,” I finally told my daughter. Yes, it was a bit underhanded, but really? I’ve been trying to get her off of Yahoo for at least 3 years, and this last security breach, in which they told no one about until forced to reveal it, was simply the last straw. So, I waited for her to delete it, and waited, and waited, and finally one day after I didn’t hear back from her, I removed all subaccounts.
Continue reading “Just Delete Your Yahoo Account Already”
Older But Geeky has a write-up on it in “UK Officially Gives Up Any Pretense That It Is Not George Orwell’s Nightmare Come True”.
Apparently, spying on all of your activities has become a priority for many “freedom loving” nations and forget about any notion of privacy. Do you still believe you live in a democracy?
“This snoopers charter has no place in a modern democracy – it undermines our fundamental rights online. The bulk collection of everyone’s internet browsing data is disproportionate, creates a security nightmare for the ISPs who must store the data – and rides roughshod over our right to privacy. Meanwhile, the bulk hacking powers in the Bill risk making the internet less safe for everyone.”
~ Sir Tim Berners-Lee, as quoted by the BBC News in “‘Snoopers law creates security nightmare’“