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Why Windows 11 is forcing everyone to use TPM chips

The Verge

Microsoft announced yesterday that Windows 11 will require TPM (Trusted Platform Module) chips on existing and new devices. What is a TPM, and why do you need one for Windows 11 anyway? It can be used to encrypt disks using Windows features like BitLocker, or to prevent dictionary attacks against passwords.

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It's the customer, stupid! - A Screw's Loose

A Screw's Loose

You now have laptops that are probably newer than the one sitting on your work desk (who hasn’t moved from the 3 year replacement plan to the 5 year replacement plan at work) and you have a smartphone and maybe even a tablet upon which you get your home email, watch movies, do your banking on the move and 25 other assorted things.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hunting The Next Heartbleed

ForAllSecure

A kind of digital smash and grab of sensitive information such as the encryption keys created to protect sensitive transactions on a site like Amazon, or your bank with no way to trace any of it back to you. Except during that two year window, there was a serious vulnerability in OpenSSL that no one knew about.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hunting The Next Heartbleed

ForAllSecure

A kind of digital smash and grab of sensitive information such as the encryption keys created to protect sensitive transactions on a site like Amazon, or your bank with no way to trace any of it back to you. Except during that two year window, there was a serious vulnerability in OpenSSL that no one knew about.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hunting The Next Heartbleed

ForAllSecure

A kind of digital smash and grab of sensitive information such as the encryption keys created to protect sensitive transactions on a site like Amazon, or your bank with no way to trace any of it back to you. Except during that two year window, there was a serious vulnerability in OpenSSL that no one knew about.

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Sunburn - A Screw's Loose

A Screw's Loose

Do they want someone to be able to get into their bank account? Windows zero day? Windows Phone. ©2011-2012 A Screws Loose. When you talk to your users, especially if you have a BYOD program, spend less time talking about the corporate data and more time focusing on their personal data. No, this is a bottom up problem.

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Apple’s App Store fees are ‘highway robbery,’ says House antitrust committee chair

The Verge

That’s what happened with railroads, and with telecom, with banks. They bill us at normal legal rates, maybe 1,000 bucks an hour — I’ll pay the $200 for having a reviewer make sure that there’s no malware in our applications. And if you pay the gangster ransom, they won’t smash your windows. They do this on the Mac.

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