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Setting Up Your Tech on the Assumption You’ll Be Hacked

Setting Up Your Tech on the Assumption You’ll Be Hacked Sheera Frenkel, who writes about cybersecurity for The Times, explains how she safeguards her devices, and why passwords remain a weak link for more people. Read More…

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Virginia to vagina: Something almost as bad as liberals? Smartphone users think so

http://twitter.com/#!/SHannitysHair/status/369791535136903168 Ha! That Twitter user is not alone. http://twitter.com/#!/Jamsterwbu/status/367717921537425409 http://twitter.com/#!/DLoesch/status/135018576619909120 Oh dear. What other changes does dastardly Autocorrect make? Many are ticked at the way Autocorrect tries to change even their emotions: http://twitter.com/#!/marajrobin/status/366683833908727810 http://twitter.com/#!/annnabulk/status/369665100744908800 http://twitter.com/#!/JohnRamoss_/status/368065568337055746 http://twitter.com/#!/whit_farbs/status/368026006805680128 Creepy conspiracy! http://twitter.com/#!/LDTEX/status/236089997852291074 Others vent about word changes: http://twitter.com/#!/DylanMendel/status/369628263796060161 http://twitter.com/#!/ShannonPoe/status/361942897723052032 http://twitter.com/#!/Ayeee_Rod_3/status/364594619855552516 http://twitter.com/#!/_BowToTheQueen/status/369766803125575680 http://twitter.com/#!/I_Hate_Hippies/status/183389021991477248 You didn’t spell that! http://twitter.com/#!/RileyRebel129/status/368550025216798722 Snicker.…

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Taking Steps to Maximize Privacy While Covering the Lack of It

Taking Steps to Maximize Privacy While Covering the Lack of It Jennifer Valentino-DeVries, an investigative reporter who has delved into issues of online privacy, is “under no illusions” that protecting our digital selves is fully possible. Read More…

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Quentin Tarantino uses the N-word backstage at Golden Globes

http://twitter.com/#!/laurahertzfeld/status/290648524767518720 Tonight, movie director Quentin Tarantino won the Golden Globe award for best screenplay. Incredibly, he managed to get through his entire acceptance speech without saying the N-word once. Congratulations, Quentin! https://twitter.com/Crutnacker/status/290646073616236544 Unfortunately, once he was backstage he just couldn’t hold back any longer. Via The Hollywood Reporter: Quentin Tarantino professed his shock at winning the Golden Globe for…

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These Parents Gave Their Young Daughter Marijuana, And Here’s Why It’s Helping Her

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Germany Is Wary of a Digital World (but Loves Its E-Toothbrushes)

Germany Is Wary of a Digital World (but Loves Its E-Toothbrushes) Melissa Eddy, a Berlin reporter, explains how privacy laws have led to blurred Google Street View pictures, and why WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook are popular almost despite themselves. Read More…

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Kasparov: ‘Obama should read the Declaration of Independence every bedtime’

http://twitter.com/#!/Kasparov63/status/437320642719780865 Chess champion and Human Rights Foundation chair Garry Kasparov has been harshly critical of the Obama administration’s foreign policy, and today he’s grateful for President Obama’s lack of intervention in Ukraine. http://twitter.com/#!/Kasparov63/status/437322835569016832 http://twitter.com/#!/Kasparov63/status/437323578061516800 Ouch. We did say “harshly critical.” http://twitter.com/#!/Kasparov63/status/437325566190968832 http://twitter.com/#!/Kasparov63/status/437338542126010368 Secretary of State John Kerry doesn’t escape criticism either. http://twitter.com/#!/Kasparov63/status/437339667604582400 Read more: http://twitchy.com/2014/02/22/garry-kasparov-obama-should-read-the-declaration-of-independence-every-bedtime/

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