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FTC Releases Report on the Increased Use of Mobile Payments

Hunton Privacy

An FTC Workshop on Mobile Payments (the “Report”). The Report is based on a workshop held by the FTC in April 2012 and highlights key consumer and privacy issues resulting from the increasingly widespread use of mobile payments. On March 8, 2013, the Federal Trade Commission issued a staff report entitled Paper, Plastic… or Mobile?

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IoT Unravelled Part 3: Security

Troy Hunt

There's no consistency across manufacturers or devices either in terms of defaulting to auto-updates or even where to find updates. But rightly or wrongly, the risk you take when using devices in a fashion they weren't designed for is that the manufacturer may break that functionality at some time.

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Why Sucessful Central Bank Digital Currencies require Partnership enagement

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Encryption key management lies at the heart of digital asset custodianship, of which CBDC is a subset. As such, all technology partners should subscribe to established best practice the areas of data governance, user access management, key management, code signing, secrets management, encryption and tokenisation.

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Is India's Aadhaar System Really "Hack-Proof"? Assessing a Publicly Observable Security Posture

Troy Hunt

We are rapidly approaching a "secure by default" web and the green padlock is becoming the norm ( about two thirds of all browser traffic is now encrypted ). A great resource for getting a quick snapshot of how a site implements their SSL / TLS / HTTPS ("encryption of traffic", for the masses) is SSL Labs.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: DEF CON Villages

ForAllSecure

But it was really fella named Kai and his friend doc and some other people from Colorado and the 719 area code they they were the first to anyone really remembers in those early single digit days of DEF CON to start challenges and workshop tables. Still very informal. There was a cannabis village recently at DEF CON.

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FTC Workshop on The Internet of Things

Hunton Privacy

On November 19, 2013, the Federal Trade Commission held a workshop in Washington, D.C. Chairwoman Ramirez raised three key issues for workshop participants to consider: The Internet of Things will result in increased data collection, amplifying the importance of simplifying choices and giving control to individuals with just-in-time notices.

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10 Personal Finance Lessons for Technology Professionals

Troy Hunt

That was the single best financial decision we ever made and it happened well before my life as people know it today; there was no Pluralsight, no workshops, no speaking events or Have I Been Pwned or blog sponsorship - nothing. Free legal money and there are many, many ways to do it.

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