Wired
Weak Password Brings ‘Happiness’ To Twitter Hacker
An 18-year-old hacker with a history of celebrity pranks has admitted to Monday’s hijacking of multiple high-profile Twitter accounts, including President-Elect Barack Obama’s, and the official feed for Fox News.
TechNewsWorld
Will 2009 Be the Year of Multiple Digital Identities?
Just days after Twitter was hacked, a group of entrepreneurs and policy [...]
CNET
A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To a Birthday Greeting
An interesting take on privacy and revealing a piece of information that most people wouldn’t think twice about when signing up for a new online account.
WOAI
The 500 Most Common Passwords
1 in 9 people use at least one password from this list and one out [...]
The Olympian
Watch Out For ID Theft While Online
If you have some gift money burning a hole in your pocket and want to grab online post-Christmas bargains, beware of ID thieves hoping to make you the next victim.
ZDNet
5 Security Precautions To Take For The Holiday Break
The following last-minute precautions should probably be on your To Do [...]
Lifehacker
Lessons Learned From A Hacked Gmail Account
Just as the title says – a few first hand lessons on what to do if you find out your email has been broken into, how to keep your email safe and tips on net security in general.
The Register
Browsers Fail Password Protection Test
Chapin Information Services ran a series of [...]
Ars Technica
CDT to Obama: Advent of “the Cloud” Makes Privacy Laws Dated
The Center for Democracy and Technology issued a transition outlining measures president-elect Barack Obama should take to restore privacy safeguards… and to promote open discourse and innovation online.
Computer Finance
The value of Your Stolen Identity: About $120
The going rate for a “complete” identity (including name, [...]
CEO World Magazine
The Complete Guide to Internet Security and Privacy Issues!
51 fundamental useful links for anyone interested in privacy online and what it means, protecting yourself from identity theft and various other informative channels to security on the web. Certainly is a complete guide.
Market Watch
7 Steps to Worry Free Online Shopping
Here are seven easy steps [...]
IT Security
The 25 Most Common Mistakes In Email Security
A well thought out list of common myths and mistakes of email users. Especially interesting are points: 12, 13, 14, 21, and of course 22 and 23! Yes 22 and 23 talk about passwords and encyrption.
Market Watch
Walling Data’s Top Ten Safety Tips For Online Shopping
With Thanksgiving out [...]
FoxNews
Oregon Woman Loses $400,000 to Nigerian Email Scam
An Oregon woman is out $400,000 after falling for a well-known Internet scam. She says she wasn’t an easy mark. Great article on how online fraud can hit anyone.
WashingtonPost
A New Voice in Online Privacy
President-elect Barack Obama has cited privacy as one of the technology issues his administration would [...]
Datamation
Bruce Schneier: Securing Your PC and Your Privacy
Bruce Schneier is a prolific writer on the subjects of cryptology, privacy and security. And this is a fantastic interview where he really clears up some common misconceptions and gets down to the raw facts of security on the web.
Mashable
Is Twitter Ranking Your Popularity or Stealing Your Password?
This [...]
Telegraph UK
Internet Black Boxes To Record Email And Website Visit
Every telephone call, email and internet visit made in the UK may soon be collected and stored before being sent off to a giant central database.
Tradingmarkets.com
E-mail Scams Move To Phones
You may know what Phishing Scams are. But are you curious as to what Vishing is? Here’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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