Las Vegas Sun
In Cases of ID Theft, Numbers Do Lie
According to Federal Trade Commission statistics, Nevada has the nation’s third-worst identity theft problem. Or does it? Identity theft is often a crime that goes unreported, making the number of victims rise even further.
CNET
Are Passwords Our Best Security Option?
There are many alternatives to passwords as an [...]
pcmag.com
ID Theft Tops List of 2008 Consumer Complaints
It’s no surprise, identity theft is consistent at placing number one in consumer complaint reports and 2008 is no exception. Here are a few statistics from the Federal Trade Commission.
vnunet.com
Poor Password Practice Putting Users At Risk
Gartner research proves that internet users are using poor password management habits and [...]
Daily Times
Favourite Passwords: 1234 and password
Passwords that show no imagination or distinctiveness are easy prey for information pirates, a new US study says. So don’t fall prey by making 1234 or password the gateway to your personal info.
guardian.co.uk
Obama Orders Review of Cyber Security
Barack Obama has ordered a review of America’s cyber defense strategy, opening the [...]
A recession is the best due diligence. The good investments are the companies still standing once its over.
(overheard at ETRE – more insights here)
Some of you have asked me on twitter and facebook how things are going at Passpack. I know, the underlying question there is really “Will you guys still be standing?”
The short answer [...]
fredericksburg.com
Man Blames Bank Security For $328,540 in Online Theft
“Somehow, someone was able to get the pass code to my account”. Unfortunately this is an all too common phrase but this time, it cost someone over $300,000!
Daily Tech
New Study Reveals Human Error Is Greatest Security Flaw
So it seems numbers are going down when it comes to [...]
theage.com.au
Suffering Password Fatigue
Remembering things like password and PINs gets tiring and sometimes impossible. Here is a look at password fatigue and how to fight it.
Weiner Zeitung
You Think You Are Protected? – Better Think Twice!
Take a look at the findings of the NCSA and McAfee online security research. Are people really as protected online as they [...]
We use this blog for announcements, help articles, some news-ish posts, posts on password basics and even a few things which probably would have been best left unsaid.
In other words… it’s a mess [smile].
So we’ve built a new blog! (sneak peek here).
And I’m cleaning things up during the move. Here’s the idea:
No more support articles. [...]
As the end of the year draws near, Passpack is taking stock of it’s 2008 hits and it’s 2008 misses. We’ve gotten past our growing pains and at 2 years old, I’d like to think we’ve had more hits than misses [ego-bump].
A Walk Down Memory Lane
We started 2008 with the announcement of Sharing and we’ll [...]
The 73% of Americans who use the web may be interested in reading just what tech-savvy President-elect Obama has planned for the future of the cloud and how it pertains to an all time Passpack favorite – privacy on the web.
Safeguarding Internet user’s right to privacy in Web 2.0 is not
always top of the agenda [...]
Andrea Vascellari just posted this video of O’Reilly from the Web2.0 conference in Berlin last month. Prompted by our very own Donato, O’Reilly shared his thoughts on the need for privacy in a social web.
O’Reilly’s states he’s in favor of privacy, but if I had to paraphrase, it sounds to me like he’s [...]
Passpack Desktop 2.0 beta3 ready – http://bit.ly/8lkA4M
Just fixed a bug, the People and Messages tabs were freezing. Should work OK now. Thanks to users for the heads up!
Updating servers for the next 20 minutes. Service may be spotty or read only. If you can’t save changes, wait and try again later.
UPDATE: Complete. Thanks for your patience!
Passpack It! button tip: if you can’t train a site, double-click your button and use the Feedback tab. It’ll be queued for fixing.
Ok folks, as promised, it’s almost here. And, as always, we’re letting some lucky people get a sneak peek in exchange for running it through the wringer for us. Get on the tester’s list. Tester list is full, sorry.
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