Il mercato unico digitale europeo inizierà a farsi notare questa estate: molti cittadini si porteranno in valigia i propri GB e i propri abbonamenti. The post Europa, l’estate del mercato unico digitale appeared first on Punto Informatico.
Anche gli Stati Uniti potrebbero presto approvare una normativa federale sulla privacy: la pressione della GDPR è la vittoria dell’Europa sul tema. The post USA, primi passi per una legge sulla privacy appeared first on Punto Informatico.
Microsoft, Facebook, Google e Twitter hanno annunciato una importantissima iniziativa di “liberazione” dei dati che consente agli utenti di poter spostare i contenuti dei propri account da un servizio ad un altro senza frizione alcuna. Il suo nome è “Data Transfer Project” ed è stato comunicato congiuntamente dai gruppi coinvolti in attesa, e nella speranza, […]
Può un piccolo motore di ricerca sfidare Google, magari approfittando del temporaneo momento di incertezza dettato dalle sentenze provenienti dalla Commissione Europea? Qwant è il Davide che sfida Golia e, nel dubbio, sfodera la fionda e lancia la prima pietra. Qwant è un motore di ricerca di radici francesi nato sulla base di un principio: […]
Legacy perimeter security mechanisms can be evaded very easily. It’s disappointing, but it’s true. Innovatively-designed malware and APTs have the potential to evade even the strongest signature-based security solutions that are currently being deployed across industries. This has encouraged IT companies to think beyond prevention and to design effective detection strategies. In recent times, companies […]
Privacy, vulnerability and reliability are the three main issues almost every connected device currently on the market faces, yet consumers are still choosing to automate their homes at an incredible rate. Currently we are seeing a huge growth in products and systems designed to improve and transform the way we live our lives inside of […]
As Europe awaits the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to come into force on May 25th, Facebook is enforcing new terms of service to its users to ensure compliance with the upcoming data privacy law. It will regulate how Facebook collects and uses user data that is critical to the success of its advertisement business. […]
Another year has come and gone, full of all sorts of new cyber-attacks and vulnerabilities. Which subjects did our readers find the most fascinating this year? Privacy, open-source tools, and a new botnet threat called Reaper were just a few. Below are the top 10 posts that you kept coming back to: SMB Vulnerabilities – […]
Over the past few months, the US and other countries have seen an uptick in border searches—including those of smartphones and laptops. There are several precautions you can take to defend your privacy, the most recent of which is a clever new feature from password-manager 1Password. But while it could secure your digital stuff, it […]
There are plenty of privacy-invading marketing ploys to worry about in life. Some examples are in your face, some are more subtle. And a relatively new kind manages to be outright invisible. In the most inconspicuous hustle of all, apps have increasingly incorporated ultrasonic tones to track consumers. They ask permission to access your smartphone […]