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Until now, Google has operated in China by not listing government-blacklisted sites in its search results (See google.cn search results for “Tiananmen”). This was controversial, but Google maintained that it was better to work within these restrictions than to have no presence in China. After recent cyber attacks on Google, Google is changing its stance. [...] In the DC area especially, there are people who have reason to be concerned about computer espionage, either for work (national or corporate secrets) or personal reasons (divorce or blackmail). Here are 12 tips to guard against intruders snooping on your activities: Use decent passwords. The easiest way for someone to access your email and [...] Most high profile hacking today is for profit. The Russian mob and other criminal gangs are often involved in taking over computers, stealing credit cards, and threatening websites with denial-of-service attacks. That’s why it was somewhat refreshing to see what a hacker did to Twitter yesterday, breaking into 33 celebrity accounts to leave messages on [...] Recently a Falls Church, Virginia customer called me to help them get into their computer after they forgot their Windows login. They were locked out of their own computer. Luckily for them (and unluckily for most people), the passwords can be found using brute force and dictionary cracking tools. There are many programs to recover [...] |
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