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08 Jul 09

Social Security Numbering System Is Vulnerable to Fraud, Researchers Say - NYTimes.com

  • The nation’s Social Security numbering system has left millions of citizens vulnerable to privacy breaches, according to researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, who for the first time have used statistical techniques to predict Social Security numbers solely from an individual’s date and location of birth.
  • The findings, published Monday in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, are further evidence that privacy safeguards created in the era before powerful computers and ubiquitous networks are increasingly failing, setting up an “architecture of vulnerability” around personal digital information, the researchers said.
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15 Jun 08

Mac OS X whole disk encryption software with pre-boot authentication

The latest release to the PGP Encryption Platform, PGP Whole Disk Encryption 9.9 adds pre-boot authentication to the proven PGP Corporation data encryption technology for Intel-based Mac OS X systems “Tiger” and “Leopard,” providing protection for data on desktops, laptops, and removable media.

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11 May 08

US State Department loses a lot of laptops - Hardware - iTnews Australia

It has surfaced that the US State Department can't account for up to about 1,000 laptops, perhaps as many as 400 of which belonged to the department's Anti-Terrorism Assistance Program.

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24 Apr 08

CCleaner - Home

CCleaner is a freeware system optimization and privacy tool. It removes unused files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history. But the best part is that it's fast (normally taking less than a second to run) and contains NO Spyware or Adware! :)

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19 Jan 08

Featured Linux Download: Add Custom Right-Click Options With Nautilus-actions

a little script know-how can easily hack together their own automators, but some of the freely available actions include resizing and emailing pictures, file conversion and renaming and even a helpful "shredder"—the kind that erases and overwrites a fil

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Featured Windows Download: Securely Delete Files with DeleteOnClick

Freeware shell extension DeleteOnClick adds a Securely Delete entry to your Windows Explorer right-click menu so you can securely wipe files from your hard drive.

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