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Yes, There Is Google After Death: Control Your Digital Afterlife

Team Gemalto — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 17:37:04 +0200

Unlike you, your digital remains can live forever.Google is now offering users of Gmail, Google+ and other services a way to control their digital afterlife.

Your Next Big Security Headache: Your Wireless Router

Team Gemalto — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 17:36:14 +0200

You've installed antivirus software on your computers, configured your operating system to update its security automatically and password-protected your Wi-Fi. So your home network is safe against hackers, right? Guess again. And then take a long look at your wireless router.

Facebook Hooks Up With Attorneys General for Teen Profile Privacy Awareness

Team Gemalto — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 17:35:06 +0200

Obvious statement of the day: Figuring out your Facebook profile privacy controls is hard. So hard, in fact, that the social network has had the FTC on its back for years about it. Hence this morning’s announcement. Facebook will work with the National Association of Attorneys General to promote privacy awareness and general tips for teenagers on how to use the social network’s page settings.

How Can I Ensure My Social Network Interactions are Secure on Wireless?

Team Gemalto — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 17:34:04 +0200

Privacy on social networks seems a little oxymoronic to me. We tell the world about our lives, but we don’t want everyone to knoweverything. I know many people who only want some people to share in their experiences, but those same people often friend people they don’t know. See what I mean? Anyway, it is still a good idea to lock down all your privacy settings and avoid friending people you don’t really know

Top Ways Kids Hide Their Online Behavior From Parents

Team Gemalto — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 17:32:49 +0200

Most parents believe they are in control when it comes to teaching a child about the use of digital devices. The reality is that children are learning at younger ages about technology, and they are largely unsupervised.

Top Five Tips for Mobile Banking

Team Gemalto — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:32:03 +0200

In our tech-savvy world, everything is readily accessible and convenient…even banking. Gone are the days of waiting in line at the bank or even waiting for your computer to boot up. Now you can access your bank account from anywhere in the world via your smart phone or tablet.

Facebook Adds Emoticon Option To Status Updates

Team Gemalto — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:31:20 +0200

Eating something? Drinking something? Watching something? Facebook wants you to tell your friends about it by way of a new emoticon feature available through the status update box. The new tool, which rolled out to some earlier this week, lets users to select different kinds of emoticons to express exactly what it is they're doing or how they're feeling.

Survey Finds Social Media Hurts Friendships

Team Gemalto — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:30:32 +0200

Rudeness and throwing insults are cutting online friendships short with a survey on Wednesday showing people are getting ruder on social media and two in five users have ended contact after a virtual altercation.

Researchers Look to Replace Passwords With 'Passthoughts'

Team Gemalto — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:29:15 +0200

That might not be a problem in the future. Researchers from the UC Berkeley School of Information have been working on brain-controlled passwords. Basically, you could just think your password and the site you are trying to access would unlock via the power of brain waves.

Facebook Home, privacy and you

Team Gemalto — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:28:05 +0200

Facebook Home is an Android app that acts like a skin, updating the standard Android mobile operating system with a more modern, Facebooky decor. The Android home screen is replaced with a graphic version of the Facebook news feed that automatically flips through the latest happenings from your friends. The phone's home page has additional Facebook features for posting to the site and communicating with friends.

10 Tips to Secure Online Banking

RobertSiciliano — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 04:57:05 +0200

Online banking or mobile banking reduces expenses by allowing customers to review transactions, transfer funds, pay bills and check balances without having to walk into a bank branch or make phone calls to a bank’s customer service call center.
Mobile banking, m-banking or SMS banking refers to online banking that occurs via mobile phone or smartphone rather than with a PC.

Self-checking Your Online Identity

RobertSiciliano — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 04:41:09 +0200

Googling yourself (or “egosurfing”) is formally known as vanity searching—the practice of searching for one's own name, pseudonym or screen name on a popular search engine in order to review the results.
The term egosurfing bugs me a bit because it insinuates people do it because they are narcissistic by nature.

2013 SXSWi Security Trends in Technology

RobertSiciliano — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 04:10:07 +0200

South by Southwest Interactive (SXSWi) is an incubator of cutting-edge technologies.

How NFC and Security Work Hand in Hand

RobertSiciliano — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 10:57:06 +0200

NFC is an acronym for near field communication, a wireless technology that allows devices to talk to each other. In the case of a mobile wallet application, those devices would be a mobile phone and a point-of-sale device, such as a credit card reader at a checkout counter. NFC can be used in other ways beyond credit card transactions.

PayPal Warns Congress of Ecommerce Security Risks

Team Gemalto — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 09:14:27 +0100

A top security executive with electronic-payment heavyweight PayPal warned lawmakers on Tuesday of the growing threats from cyber attacks as retail and other forms of commerce increasingly move to the Internet

Google+ Introduces E-Commerce In Partnership with The Fancy

Team Gemalto — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 09:13:40 +0100

very year, online shopping seems to grow. Every holiday season sets new records. Social networks, which can be powerful for recommendations, are closely watching this trend and yet another one has signed up for a slice of the e-commerce explosion.

Online Banking Tips to Keep Your Accounts Secure

Team Gemalto — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 09:12:54 +0100

http://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/my-money/2013/02/26/online-banking-t...

SMS becoming meaty attraction for spammers

Team Gemalto — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 09:12:10 +0100

As spam volumes continue to decline, spammers are turning their attention to texting, according to a report released Monday by Cloudmark. A number of factors are attracting spammers to SMS as a delivery vehicle for their digital detritus, not the least of which is trust.

How to Prepare for Paperless Social Security Payments

Team Gemalto — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 09:09:27 +0100

The Social Security check is about to go the way of the door-to-door salesman and Green Stamps. Beginning March 1, 2013, paper checks for U.S. government benefits will virtually disappear. After eight years of trying to get beneficiaries to switch to digital payments voluntarily through its Go Direct campaign, the Social Security Administration (SSA), the Veterans Administration (VA) and other federal agencies that pay out benefits are now requiring the change

Facebook Nudges Users to Catalog the Real World

Team Gemalto — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 08:54:07 +0100

More than 1 billion people visit Facebook each month, mostly to see photo….