The newspaper has reported that the Justice Department is weighing how to move forward with an ongoing investigation that has run into trouble because of the service’s encryption. A federal judge had okayed a wiretap order during the course of the investigation, but because the communications being tapped is encrypted, they can’t see what’s being…
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“Bill has generously allowed me to make you, dear reader, my guest at the fourth annual EDRM E-Discovery Conference on March 30. Free, on campus or via the webcast, from anywhere. Free is my favorite price. How about you?” That’s pretty cool. If I wasn’t going to be in a classroom all day on the…
“Large, well-fortified organizations and enterprises may not be as attractive to data thieves as they once were. You can thank better training, bigger IT budgets and more effective security measures for this welcome bit of news. Things are less rosy for small companies, however. Shrinking budgets, limited resources, and lax or outdated security practices have…
To be honest, I’ve not paid much attention to the upcoming availability of Facebook’s Instant Articles for all publishers. I know the big “plus” seems to revolve around advertising revenue, and since I don’t have ads at all, that doesn’t appeal to me. I am somewhat curious about whether Instant Articles could grow an audience…
“The plugin in question was Custom Content Type Manager (CCTM), a popular WordPress plugin for creating custom post types that, in the three years since it was uploaded on the WordPress plugin repo, has amassed quite a following, being currently installed on more than 10,000 sites. Custom Content Type Manager version 0.9.8.8 contains malicious code…