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This is what you should be fearful of, not us releasing things publicly, but the fact that someone hasn’t released something publicly. We’re sitting on 200,000 Brink users right now that we never gave out. It might make you feel safe knowing we told you, so that Brink users may change their passwords. What if [...]

If the "Open ‘safe’ files after downloading" option is turned on in Safari, the installer will be unzipped and run. Since the installer requires a user password, it won’t install without user interaction. However, inexperienced users may be fooled into thinking the software is legitimate. via Fake “MAC Defender” antivirus app scams users for money, [...]

Well-designed systems NEVER store passwords. via France to require cleartext password storage – Boing Boing and Net giants challenge French data law

A PasswordCard is a credit card-sized card you keep in your wallet, which lets you pick very secure passwords for all your websites, without having to remember them. You just keep them with you, and even if your wallet does get stolen, the thief will still not know your actual passwords. Your PasswordCard has a [...]

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Passport RFID tags sniffed and cloned from a distance [video] Using inexpensive off-the-shelf components, an information security expert has built a mobile platform that can clone large numbers of the unique electronic identifiers used in US passport cards and next generation drivers licenses. The $250 proof-of-concept device – which researcher Chris Paget built in his [...]

How to Use Dropbox as the Ultimate Password Syncer Cross-platform application Dropbox may be great at syncing regular old files and folders over the internet and to the web, but with a little ingenuity, you can use this free software to ensure important application data stays in sync no matter what computer you're using. With [...]

1Password – Password Manager + Automatic Form Filler for Mac OS X ($39.95) 1Password takes care of all your online passwords so you can use strong and unique passwords for every site and never forget any of them! In short, 1Password keeps track of all your web passwords, automates sign-in, guards from identity theft, and [...]

KeePassX – cross platform app for secure personal data management KeePassX is an application for people with extremly high demands on secure personal data management. It has a light interface, is cross platform and published under the terms of the GNU General Public License. KeePassX saves many different information e.g. user names, passwords, urls, attachments [...]

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