White House Threatens Veto on Cybersecurity Bill

Reblogged from Tech:

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House on Tuesday threatened a veto against a House bill intended to improve cybersecurity through information-sharing, warning lawmakers that the president won't sign the measure unless changes are made to protect privacy and civil liberties.

The bill would free companies and the federal government to swap data about cyberthreats, giving the federal government a broader role in helping banks, manufacturers and other businesses protect themselves.

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Email From the Grave: Google Goes From Creepy to Spooky

Reblogged from Rational Arrogance:

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I'm probably not the only one who finds the search giant's massive efforts to collect as much personal information about us as possible somewhat creepy. But Google's new feature called "digital afterlife" that let's you send emails to friends and family after you are dead is just spooky. Additionally, Google will also send you a text message three months after your funeral to inform you that all your accounts are about to be deleted.

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If you are going to use this service, make sure you notify your 10 trusted contacts when you activate it – you won’t risk scaring them to death, would you?

Special Edition: WordPress Under Attack

Reblogged from Live to Write - Write to Live:

Hello, fellow writers and bloggers. Happy Sunday!

Posting a quick missive today to make sure that you are all aware of the current hackfest that is going on with Wordpress. We know that many of you have Wordpress blogs and we'd hate to see anyone's site compromised or posts lost.

Here is a great post from Forbes that outlines the top 6 precautions all Wordpress users should take:

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If you have a WordPress blog, please do take a look at this and then take the fifteen to twenty minutes to implement these recommendations.