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One Year After the Snowden Revelations: Restoring Trust in Online Services Remains Elusive

A year ago this week, it became known outside of secretive circles that the US National Security Agency had been collecting mass amounts of data on the American public and international citizens. Continue reading

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The Internet of Things Expected to Bring New Security Threats: Report

IT decision makers at US SMBs are nearly unanimous that the Internet of Things (IoT) will produce negative impacts for their organizations, according to a survey released this week by GFI Software. Continue reading

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The Pirate Bay Co-Founder Faces 8 Months in Prison After Arrest in Sweden

The third of four Pirate Bay co-founders was arrested this week and is expected to serve his prison sentence, according to Naked Security. Peter Sunde (aka Brokep) was convicted in 2009, and has been on the run since his conviction was upheld with an altered sentence in 2010. Continue reading

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Google Develops End-to-End Encryption Tool for Email

To address user privacy concerns Google is developing an encryption tool for email. It released the code for community testing this week. The tool will be an extension for Chrome called End-to-End. Continue reading

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Web Hosting Sales and Promos Roundup – May 30, 2014

In the week ending May 30, 2014, there are hosting discounts from Exabytes and HostGator as well as a discount on a DDoS-protected dedicated server from ClearDDoS. Continue reading

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