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Google Tells Its Side of the FCC’s Story

April 29, 2012
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Google Tells Its Side of the FCC’s Story

Tweet Company releases full version of FCC’s report on company’s controversial gathering of personal data with Street View cars. 29 April 2012 – The Federal Communication Commission (FCC) launched an investigation (Click to read more) of Google’s Street View program, which included the capture of information from unsecured WiFi connections all across the United...
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Cellphone Pictures Represent a Positional Security Risk by Virtue of Included GPS Data

March 18, 2012
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Cellphone Pictures Represent a Positional Security Risk by Virtue of Included GPS Data

Tweet Sunday, 18 March 2012 – One small fact that most of us fail to realize is that every time we take a picture with our cell phone, the GPS coordinate is nested within the data. For military this represents a definite security threat,...
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Google Again Pilfers User’s Private Information

March 17, 2012
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Google Again Pilfers User’s Private Information

Tweet March 17, 2012 – Google Charged With One Again Pilfering User’s Private Information From video surveillance cameras along streets to the precise location of any phone number you enter (in the past), Google is once again accused to pilfering user’s private information. Consumer...
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FBI Looking at Social Media to Glean Info

March 4, 2012
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FBI Looking at Social Media to Glean Info

Tweet 4 March 2012 – There are self proclaimed activists who refuse to jump onto the Facebook bandwagon. The reason for this is a general lack of privacy. If you think about it, but that’s why these individuals are activists. So what’s the problem...
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The Vulnerability of Internet-Connected Data

February 11, 2012
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The Vulnerability of Internet-Connected Data

The list of data breaches off the Internet is enormous to say the least. On our Facebook Group we regularly feature links with excerpts that further demonstrate the difficulty related to securing critical data-related infrastructure. Congress is working on the problem...
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DARPA Seeks Advanced Access Control Technology

December 31, 2011
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DARPA Seeks Advanced Access Control Technology

Tweet 12/31/11 – The use of biometric identifiers for security sake, be it physical or logical security, has some privacy advocates up in arms. But there is a program afoot, sponsored by DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency), that makes this concern appear as...
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Your Email Safety in Question

December 5, 2011
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Your Email Safety in Question

While e-mail may be the new snail mail to the iPhone generation, the fact is that it is the most-used conduit for communication in our world today. E-mails routinely contain business deal discussions, social security numbers, bank account information, and personal information intended only...
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Cook County Jury Finds in Favor of Federal Signal Corporation in Trial of Eight Firefighter Hearing Loss Claims

November 28, 2011
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Cook County Jury Finds in Favor of Federal Signal Corporation in Trial of Eight Firefighter Hearing Loss Claims

Federal Signal Corporation (NYSE: FSS), a leader in environmental, safety and transportation solutions, announced today that a Cook County, Illinois jury absolved the Company from any liability in lawsuits brought by eight Chicago firefighters and found that the Company's siren products were not defective....
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Security in a Fully Digital World

October 29, 2011
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Security in a Fully Digital World

Tweet 10/30/11 – The question concerning security in a fully digital world is one that society continues to wrestle with as hackers continue to penetrate critical infrastructure, such as the recent admission on the part of NASA’s Terra AM-1 satellite. According to USA Today,...
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Medical Devices at Risk of Hacking

August 13, 2011
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Medical Devices at Risk of Hacking

Tweet August 13, 2011 – Hacking into a computer is one thing, but hacking a medical device, such as a pacemaker, is an entirely different matter. Unfortunately it appears that the medical community and the manufacturers of the equipment itself feel that this security...
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Citizens Put at Risk in San Francisco Train Stations by Cut-Off of Cellular Service

August 13, 2011
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Citizens Put at Risk in San Francisco Train Stations by Cut-Off of Cellular Service

Tweet August 13, 2011 Recently the Transit officials of San Francisco train stations took it upon themselves to prevent the free and protected rights of citizens to protest against an issue they hold dear to their hearts. Secondly, and probably more importantly, they interfered...
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Solar Power for Mobile Applications

July 30, 2011
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Solar Power for Mobile Applications

Tweet by Zara Dobson If Photo voltaic Wire less Recharging For Your Tools is so bad, why don’t stats show it? So there’s this completely new direction running along side our obsession with the very best wireless accessories , and it’s the best way...
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An Update on Federal Alert & Warning Efforts

July 10, 2011
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An Update on Federal Alert & Warning Efforts

Tweet National Security has many sides and faces that make it difficult for the average person to gain a true perspective of what it takes to keep a nation safe and secure from outside attacks. The need for a uniform emergency alerting system that...
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