"Security Issues" Posts
Cashing Out: Week of January 15th – 21st 2012 in Online Marketing News
Plug pulled on SOPA, PIPA postponed
Internet companies and users who opposed two bills aimed at stopping online piracy are celebrating two victories this week, with the January 20 withdrawal of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act…
AVG Report Highlights Clever Criminals, Facebook Follies, & Mobile Mistakes
Despite firewalls, virus scanners, and 15-character passwords, we still face a risk that someone will try to phish or scam information that unlocks financial doors. It’s even happening in online communities where we feel safe. And now it’s not just…
Risky Communication: Protecting Digital Attorney-Client Privilege
Our digital connection to work is often so constant that we forget to draw the line between personal and professional. You may want to draw that line more clearly based on a recent ethics opinion released by the American Bar…
The Bad and The Good of Filtering Information
Should we be concerned about what we’re not being exposed to on the Internet?
The Filter Bubble: What the Internet Is Hiding From You is a new book that raises the issue, focusing on the potential negative effect of the…
Google Offers, If You Can’t Buy ‘em, Beat ‘em
I got an email from our editor asking me what I thought about Google Offers and if it is something I’d want to write about. I initially thought that it was just another attempt for…
How Wikileaks Is A Napster Moment For Democracy And What That Means For Net Neutrality
Wikileaks’ recent release of confidential cables hasn’t been that different from a newspaper publishing a story based on a confidential source. It’s just been a lot bigger. And the fallout is proving to be a Napster moment…
Malware Thriving On Facebook Apps
Ever wonder just how big the Facebook juggernaut is? Facebook reports over 500 million users spend over 700 billion minutes per month on Facebook interacting with over 900 million objects (pages, groups and events) and 30 billion pieces of content…
A Different Approach: 4 Companies to Learn From
You are probably familiar with the adages “Why fix it if it isn’t broken” or “Why try to reinvent the wheel.” While you don’t always have to reinvent or fix something that works it doesn’t mean you shouldn’t look for…
Facebook Launches Three Suits Against Affiliate Marketing Scams
RFID Hooks Up With Social Media
There was a time when RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tags were regarded as nothing more than a way for retailers to control their inventory. Now marketers are seeing the potential for a whole different application of this technology……
