09.09.2020
Apple will stop letting Epic Games use ‘Sign in with Apple’ on September 11th
Make sure your Epic Games email and password are up-to-date by Friday.
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- 08.05.2020
LastPass will warn you if your passwords show up on the dark web
A new Security Dashboard also makes it easier to change problematic passwords.
- 06.16.2020
Dropbox officially debuts its password manager
The company also announced Vault for personal documents and a family plan.
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- 01.16.2020
Scottish Police bought a fleet of devices for smartphone data-mining
The new 'cyber kiosks' are designed to minimise intrusion on public lives.
- 12.10.2019
Google Chrome will warn you if your logins have been stolen
The company delivers on its promise to protect your passwords directly within Chrome. - 11.25.2019
Pennsylvania court rules suspect can't be forced to provide his password
It's a win for civil liberties advocates.
- 10.22.2019
Firefox update adds detailed tracking reports and password tools
A new dashboards shows exactly how many cookies Firefox blocks in a day. - 10.17.2019
Chrome for Android update protects against Spectre-like chip hacks
Chrome 77 brings Site Isolation to sites where users enter passwords. - 09.13.2019
- 08.26.2019
You need a password manager -- right now
Don’t reuse that basic password -- you don’t know where it's been.
- 07.13.2019
Computer password inventor Fernando Corbato dies at 93
He also helped dramatically improve the speed of computing. - 07.11.2019
- 05.22.2019
Google stored some business passwords as plain text
The data has been relatively vulnerable since 2005. - 05.20.2019
Unsecured database exposed thousands of Instagram influencers (updated)
The leak was originally thought to contain personal information, but that wasn't the case. - 05.09.2019
Windows 10 update pushes Microsoft closer to a password-free future
With the Windows 10 May update, Windows Hello earns FIDO2 certification. - 04.24.2019
Microsoft knows password-expiration policies are useless
But it isn’t doing away with them across the board, yet. - 03.01.2019
Xfinity Mobile PINs were left as '0000' by default
In the cases where fraudsters got access to people's data, they went wild.
- 02.06.2019
Researcher finds macOS bug but won’t share details with Apple
He’s protesting Apple’s bug bounty policies.
