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Adobe begins encrypting user data collected from Digital Editions app

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Adobe Systems said Thursday it is now encrypting data it collects about certain ebooks after facing criticism earlier this month for not protecting the data.The Digital Reader blog reported on Oct. 6 that Adobe’s Digital Editions 4 software, used for downloading and reading ebooks, sent detailed logs to Adobe describing readers’ activity.Those logs were not sent using SSL/TLS (Secure Sockets Layer/Transport Layer Security), according to the blog.

Glitch Causes Apple Pay to Double Charge Some Bank of America Cardholders

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Apple has enjoyed a generally smooth launch of its Apple Pay mobile payment service, but that track record changed today in the face of reports from CNN and Bloomberg that some Bank of America customers found the service was charging them twice for certain transactions. Considering that the service relies on a delicate balance between technology, banks, retailers, and credit companies, it's actually rather surprising that we haven't heard many more horror stories besides this.It's a nightmare that shouldn't last long.

Vietnam police hunt hackers behind mass outage

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Vietnamese cybersecurity authorities are hunting hackers believed to be responsible for the country’s biggest-ever online attack last week, according to the founder of a security website in Hanoi.“This is the biggest cyber-attack ever in Vietnam, affecting the Vietnam security community,” Tran Quang Chien of SecurityDaily.Net wrote in an email. “This was a targeted malicious attack.”The incident that began Oct.

Apple to stop SSL 3.0 support for push notifications soon

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Apple will stop support next week for an encryption protocol found to contain a severe vulnerability, the company said on Wednesday.Support for SSL 3.0 will cease as of Oct. 29, it said.“Providers using only SSL 3.0 will need to support TLS as soon as possible to ensure the Apple Push Notification service continues to perform as expected,” according to a note to developers.

Employee Engagement 101

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"A superior leader is a person who can bring ordinary people together to achieve extraordinary results." I learned this a few dozen years ago at Wharton, from an entrepreneur who had enjoyed tremendous success. He was right.

Your online TV watching is now being tracked across devices

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Showing all viewers the same commercial six minutes into, say, an episode of “Modern Family” might soon be over. If you’re watching it online.A new partnership between TV measurement company Nielsen and analytics provider Adobe was announced early Tuesday, presenting detailed data about how people watch TV and other media on the Internet.

Candidates for EU's data protection job heard by the European Parliament

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The European Union is finally moving to replace its data protection supervisor, after Members of the European Parliament interviewed the five candidates shortlisted for the roles of EU data protection supervisor and assistant supervisor on Monday.A parliamentary committee is set to name its favorites for the posts on Tuesday evening, with one MEP on the committee tipping a Frenchman and a Pole for the roles based on their interview performances.Replacing the supervisor is particularly important because the EU is in the middle of a data protection reform and the next European Commission, whi

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