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Google Glass Patent to Watch What You Watch, Read Your Emotions
Google turned quite a few heads earlier this month when it filed a patent for a "gaze tracking system" that obliquely refers to their wearable Google Glass devices. The patent at least appears to set the stage for a bold new way to gather information about what you look at, and even how you feel about what you look at.
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Who's Responsible for the Internet?
I got an email from a reader the other day that basically accused me of colluding in child exploitation and harassment by CloudFlare, an international company that supplies Internet optimization and security to hundreds of thousands of websites. Why? Because this reader disapproves of a website that uses CloudFlare's services, and I have written about CloudFlare. But who's responsible for policing such sites?
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Can Your Antivirus Handle a Zero-Day Malware Attack?
Testing signature-based antivirus protection is a snap. You gather hundreds or thousands of known malware samples, run a scan, and note how many your antivirus product detected. However, for a brand-new, zero-day virus (or other type of malware) there's necessarily no signature available. Testing protection against zero-day threats is tough, but the researchers at AV-Comparatives have worked out a technique that satisfies them.
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Norton Mobile Security For Android Pwned By Fast Fingers
Many Android security apps allow you to remotely control your device in the event it's lost or stolen. A remote lock is a common feature, but on Symantec's Norton Mobile Security for Android, the lockscreen seems to do more harm than good.
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Bitdefender Security Suite Earns Top Endurance Rating
Based in Magdeburg, Germany, AV-Test is an innovative lab that puts security products through a variety of tests. Over the past six months they've had 45 computers running day and night, testing two dozen significant security suites under Windows XP, Windows 7, and Windows 8. Each product was challenged to protect against 400 brand-new zero-day threats and against a reference set containing about 60,000 known malware samples.
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Mobile Threat Monday: Nasty Adware And A Master Key Mystery
This week, Mobile Threat Monday looks at two of the biggest concerns for Android right now: adware and the so-called Android master key. Both have grabbed lots of headlines on SecurityWatch and with good reason.
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Review: Kaspersky Internet Security (2014)
The point of getting a security suite rather than a collection of individual security components is to have all elements of your security protection working together. Kaspersky Internet Security (2014) smoothly combines antivirus, firewall, phishing protection, antispam, parental control, and more. The components all do a good job; no slackers in this bunch!
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