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'Kill-Switch' Legislation Pending; Will it Kill Phone Theft?
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
Things were easier before the advent of smartphones. Dumb phones, locked to one's carrier, were mostly useless once stolen. The victim would call their...
Google Begins to Lobby as States Propose to Ban Google Glass
By Gabriella Khorasanee, JD | Last updated on
Last November, we posted about one of the first driving incidents related to Google Glass, when Google Glass Explorer Cecilia Abadie was pulled over for...
What's Wrong With Bitcoin? Mt. Gox and Everything Else
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
On February 7, a series of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks hit a number of Bitcoin exchanges, causing many to shut down temporarily. The DDoS...
Smartphone Roundup: iOS Security Flaw, Blackphone, BlackBerry Q20
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
Smartphones: the new geek crack. What's the latest and greatest news in smartphones? World Mobile Congress is happening right now, and the news has mostly...
Are Lawyers Really Flocking to Macs, iPhones, and iPads?
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
Yes. Maybe. We don't know! Microsoft shot itself in the foot. Windows 8 was a disaster meant for touch screens, and not coincidentally, since its release, the...
Security Warning: All Apple Devices Affected; Avoid Public Wi-Fi
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
Man-in-the-middle. It may sound like a child's game, but a Man-in-the-Middle (MITM) attack is where a hacker intercepts secure encrypted data by pretending to...