Steve Ensley
Internet Safety Specialist
Norton Symantec reports pcAnywhere security breach!
January 27th, 2012
If you are using pcAnywhere, the company is recommending you disable or uninstall the product until they can release a new version. It seems their code was stolen and is in the hands of hackers. http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/01/26/dont-use-our-product-symantec-warns-customers/ As an ISP (American Family Online) and a filtering company, we see lots of issues with Norton products, but [...]
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Google announces privacy changes; users CAN NOT opt out
January 25th, 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/google-tracks-consumers-across-products-users-cant-opt-out/2012/01/24/gIQArgJHOQ_story.html?wpisrc=al_comboNE_b Wow! This happened even faster than I thought it would! A quote from within the article above says it all: “There is no way anyone expected this,” said Jeffrey Chester, executive director of the Center for Digital Democracy, a privacy advocacy group. “There is no way a user can comprehend the implication of Google [...]
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Facebook Gives Politico Deep Access to Users Political Sentiments
January 17th, 2012
Ok, this should scare you if you use Facebook to share any political thoughts or share thoughts that some one may THINK is political. http://allthingsd.com/20120112/facebook-gives-politico-deep-access-to-users-political-sentiments/ This excerpt was taken from the above article and WILL result in your personal and private Facebook information/thoughts becoming exposed! “A partnership between Facebook and Politico announced today is one [...]
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