Androids, iPads, iPhones are creating panoply of corporate risks
May 31, 2011
By Byron Acohido, USA TODAY, 31May2011, P1B
Companies are grappling with unforeseen security, privacy and legal conundrums introduced by a host of cool mobile devices flooding into the workplace.
Executives eager to sport the hottest tech gear and workers accustomed to mixing social and work activities on the go are multitasking on personally owned mobile devices in record numbers.
Workers are bringing mobile devices to work at such a scale …More
Corporate security shattered by use of personal mobile devices
May 30, 2011
By Byron Acohido, USA TODAY, 30May2011, P1B
Companies are grappling with unforeseen security, privacy and legal conundrums introduced by a host of cool mobile devices flooding into the workplace.
Executives eager to sport the hottest tech gear and workers accustomed to mixing social and work activities on the go are multitasking on personally owned mobile devices in record numbers.
Workers are bringing mobile devices to work at such a scale …More
Sony PlayStation Network data breach timeline
May 26, 2011
Sony’s troubles with hackers continues. Reuters has just reported that Sony Ericsson’s Canadian eShop website was shut down by hackers, with personal data stolen from 2,000 more customers.
Earlier this week Sony disclosed that 8,500 Greek user accounts had been compromised and its sites hit in Thailand and Indonesia. That, of course, follows last month’s granddaddy denial of service attack and theft of …More
FCC wades into smartphone tracking privacy debate
May 18, 2011
The Federal Communications Commission has waded into the midst of the roiling controversy about location tracking systems built into Apple iPhones and Google Android smartphones.
The FCC late Tuesday announced that it will hold a “public education forum” to which it has invited the telecom industry, smartphone operating systems suppliers, privacy groups and academia. The forum will be held June 28 in Washington D.C.
The FCC’s stated …More
PR stunt to taint Gmail shows how eroding privacy can pay big
May 10, 2011
By Byron Acohido, USA TODAY, 10May2010, P1B
It’s not as if Google lacks privacy controversies to quell.
Yet Burson-Marsteller, a top-five public relations firm, is attempting to pile more on.
Burson last week stepped up a whisper campaign to get top-tier media outlets, including USA TODAY, to run news stories and editorials about how an obscure Google Gmail feature —Social Circle— ostensibly tramples the privacy of millions of Americans and violates …More
Scott Cleland’s new book details why Google can’t be trusted
May 4, 2011
Tuesday was tough for Google. The day began with South Korean police raiding Google’s Seoul office as part of an investigation into whether the search giant has been illegally collecting individuals’ private location data through Android smartphones.
A few hours later, California’s Senate Judiciary Committee voted to push forward the nation’s first “Do Not Track” legislation which would empower Californians to prevent Google’s complex advertising systems from …More