Personal privacy is dead. Yes, the NSA, FBI, DOJ, and every other government acronym is reading your messages and tracking your movements. The concept sounds like a conspiracy theorist’s wet dream, but truth is in the recent revelations. Google, with its massive data centers, algorithms, and supercomputers, knows more about you than probably any company on the planet… Continue Reading
Tag Archives: Smartphone Security
Android App Review: NFC Secure
Recently, I talked about the benefits and uses of NFC technology. While I believe that full-force implementation of NFC is a small time away, you can use NFC for some pretty cool personal uses right now. NFC Secure ($4.99) is one app that compliments a range of others, whose sole purpose is to lock and unlock your… Continue Reading
Is Android Safe Enough for Attorneys to Use
One common discussion I see is whether there’s enough “security” in Android that lawyers would be able to use it. I’m not exactly sure where this comes from, and I’m not exactly sure what “security” means to a particular individual, what I assume most people mean is, “is my device going to get infected and… Continue Reading
Biometric Passwords
I was browsing the NYT website and found this interesting video on biometric passwords. Very cool stuff: I can see how this could be fooled, like Google’s facial recognition, but I think as the technology improves, the inherent flaws will decrease.… Continue Reading
More on Android Phone Security
I had an interesting discussion with some of my readers about the seriousness of smartphone (and tablet) security after this post. The problem, as we discussed, is not just with the stuff being put onto the device, but also with lost devices or weak passwords. I'm satisfied to say that a larger number of the… Continue Reading