Last week, Equifax, one of the largest American credit agencies, was hit by a cyberattack that may have compromised the personal data of nearly 143 million people, including name, address, social security numbers, birth dates and more. The forfeited information reveals everything required to steal someone’s identity or to take out a loan in someone else’s name.
Read Article: Don’t blame open-source software for poor security practices
An essay by Greg Knauss about programmers living in worst case scenarios and why we have responsibility in our jobs and would be happy to be hugged by friends..
Source: The Disaster Factory
Before hard drives became the main way for us to back up our stuff, they were a key evolution for the business world. They were also huge and costly.
Source: Hard Drives Started Out as Massive Machines That Were Rented by the Month
Republicans in Congress just voted to reverse a landmark FCC privacy rule that opens the door for ISPs to sell customer data. Lawmakers provided no credible reason for this being in the interest of Americans, except for vague platitudes about “consumer choice” and “free markets,” as if consumers at the mercy of their local internet monopoly are craving to have their web history quietly sold to marketers and any other third party willing to pay.
Source: The 265 members of Congress who sold you out to ISPs, and how much it cost to buy them – The Verge
Congress just voted to allow internet providers to sell your browsing history and other personal data. Here’s how to hide your internet activity.
We also both slipped a little more toward the end of the month. I found myself flicking over to Facebook when I was supposed to just be looking up directions to a restaurant. Stu got caught up in a stream of news on Twitter our last weekend.
Source: What I Learned After Banning Screens From My Home for a Month – Motherboard
Ever wondered how HTTPS works, how about what is a digital certificate? This blog post provides a simple explanation of how they fit together.
Source: Brief(ish) explanation of how https works – The Blinking Caret
In our previous two posts, we looked at some of America’s pioneering women of midcentury automotive design. This week, we travel to Europe to explore the story behind an unlikely figure whose early exploits helped shape the automobile for centuries to come. Portrait of Bertha Benz as a young
Source: Bertha Benz, the Fugitive Road-Tripper Who Helped Launch the Modern Automobile – Core77
