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Can Google replace passwords by tracking you more thoroughly?

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May

2016

With password managers to take care of ch00sing c0MPl1c/tEd p455WOrdz for us, and with two-factor authentication (2FA) to reduce the value of stolen or poorly-chosen passwords, you could argue that we no longer need to supplant passwords, because they’re easier than ever to use securely. Password managers not only happily use passwords like 5G*wjcn@03lWRFq, where […]

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State of Online Tracking

24

May

2016

Really interesting research: “Online tracking: A 1-million-site measurement and analysis,” by Steven Englehardt and Arvind Narayanan: “Web privacy measurement — observing websites and services to detect, characterize and quantify privacy-impacting behaviors — has repeatedly forced companies to improve their privacy practices due to public pressure, press coverage, and regulatory action. On the other hand, web […]

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Anything you keep in your smartphone may be used against you in a court of law

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May

2016

Smartphones usually keep way more data about you than your communications provider. For example, the built in GPS-receiver provides more accurate location than tracking your mobile phone with cell tower triangulation. Smartphone “interrogations” are automated. It works like any other forensic analysis of a computer: an expert copies all necessary data with the help of […]

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