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Adobe Flash: Insecure, outdated, and here to stay
2014-02-07 12:00:00| InfoWorld: Top News
With all the head-shaking over Windows XP, aka The OS That Refused to Die, let's also spare a thought for The Plug-in That Refuses to Die: Adobe Flash.
97 Percent of Company Mobile Apps Are Insecure
2013-11-19 14:00:00| TechNewsWorld
Mobile apps for consumers have been criticized for gathering more information from users' devices than they need. It seems, however, that mobile apps from companies fare no better. Ninety-seven percent of some 2,000 mobile apps produced by 600 companies accessed at least one private information source on the device they were installed on, according to a report released Monday by HP.
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Coin is an insecure meta-card that morphs into all your credit cards at the push of a button
2013-11-18 15:32:03| Extremetech
Would you be comfortable dumping all your cards into a single device? Coin could help clean out your wallet next summer, as long as you're okay with the potential risks.
The secret second operating system that could make every mobile phone insecure
2013-11-13 17:51:22| Extremetech
In just about every computer science textbook, a computer consists of just three blocks: the hardware, the operating system, and then all the (user-land) software that runs on the OS. In actual fact, unbeknownst to the user, almost every computer has multiple operating systems running at the same time, managing various different parts of the computer -- and worryingly, these OSes are usually proprietary, closed-source, bug-ridden, and have extensive, low-level access to your data.
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Teenagers Insecure About Safe Driving Abilities, Study Says
2013-08-16 07:43:34| AutomotiveDigest.com - Automotive Industry News
Whats going on with todays teenage drivers? A new nationwide study, released today by Driving-Tests.org a leading online driver education provider reveals that teenage drivers are not only aware of the dangers involved with driving a motor vehicle, they are surprisingly insecure about their own limited ability to manage those risks.The Article Teenagers Insecure About Safe Driving Abilities, Study Says appeared first on Automotive Digest.