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		<title>Rejoice! The End of &#8216;User Name and Password&#8217; May Be Nigh</title>
		<link>http://business.time.com/2013/05/16/rejoice-the-end-of-the-user-name-and-password-is-nigh/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 09:45:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Matthews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What&#8217;s the absolute worst part of the Internet? Reasonable folks may disagree, but most would say keeping track of an endless string of passwords ranks somewhere at the top. Nobody, of course, can remember a unique password for the dozens of sites we each sign into each day, so we end up using the same one over and over again. But as recent breaches of high-profile websites like LinkedIn and Gawker show, this practice makes us increasingly vulnerable to hackers who can find valuable passwords for our bank accounts and e-mail by breaking into other less secure sites. (VIDEO: How Silicon Valley Is Hollowing Out the Economy and Stealing From You to Boot) This is why a consortium of tech companies, including PayPal and Google, have joined together to dream up the future of passwords. And the future, according to this FIDO Alliance (which stands for Fast Identity Online) is to have no passwords at all. &#8220;Passwords are just not working terribly well anymore,&#8221; says Michael Barrett, chief information-security officer of PayPal and president of FIDO. &#8220;And they&#8217;re starting to impede the development of the Internet ecosystem.&#8221; A recent study released by Nok Nok shows just how bad many of us are at protecting our online identities. On average, it says, an Internet user has 6.5 passwords, and they share one password between 3.9 websites. Furthermore, ever growing computer power is causing even safe passwords to be vulnerable. According to a report released earlier this year from consulting firm Deloitte, more than 90% of user-generated passwords are &#8220;vulnerable to hacking.&#8221; Reads the report: &#8220;Most organizations keep usernames and passwords in a master file. That file is hashed: a piece of software encrypts both the username and password together. Nobody in the organization can see a password in its unencrypted form &#8230; So far, so secure. However, master files are often stolen or leaked. A hashed file is not immediately useful to a hacker, but various kinds of software and hardware &#8230;  can decrypt the master file and at least some of the usernames and<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com&#038;blog=31173800&#038;post=80006&#038;subd=timebusinessblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Did Google Get Off Easy With $7 Million &#8216;Wi-Spy&#8217; Settlement?</title>
		<link>http://business.time.com/2013/03/13/did-google-get-off-easy-with-7-million-wi-spy-settlement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 12:45:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Gustin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seven million dollars. That&#8217;s how much Internet giant Google will pay to settle a multi-year investigation into its controversial &#8220;Wi-Spy&#8221; data collection practices. The furor erupted in 2010 when Google disclosed that it had collected Wi-Fi data from unsecured wireless networks as its &#8220;Street View&#8221; vehicles crawled major cities worldwide, photographing buildings for a ground-level view on Google Maps. On Tuesday, Google agreed to pay $7 million to 38 states and the District of Columbia to settle the matter. To put that in perspective, Google generated revenue of about $50 billion last year, or nearly $6 million per hour. Big Internet companies like Google and Facebook frequently push the boundaries of user privacy. But the &#8220;Wi-Spy&#8221; case was particularly alarming to consumer advocates, because it raised the specter of Google&#8217;s &#8220;Street View&#8221; cars &#8212; which had already raised privacy concerns &#8212; roaming around major cities vacuuming up personal data, including snippets of browser activity, email traffic, and even medical and financial records, from the Wi-Fi networks of unsuspecting users. Although Google insisted that it never used any of the data in its products, the episode struck many as creepy &#8212; and inspired many consumers to encrypt their Wi-Fi networks. (MORE: Google’s Federal Antitrust Deal Cheered by Some, Jeered by Others) “While the $7 million is significant, the importance of this agreement goes beyond financial terms,&#8221; Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen, who led the multi-state probe, said in a statement. &#8220;Consumers have a reasonable expectation of privacy. This agreement recognizes those rights and ensures that Google will not use similar tactics in the future to collect personal information without permission from unsuspecting consumers.&#8221; Tuesday&#8217;s agreement also requires Google to launch an employee education program about user data privacy, as well as to sponsor a nationwide public service campaign to help educate consumers about securing their wireless networks and protecting personal information. The company must also continue to secure, and eventually destroy, the Wi-Fi data collected by its Street View vehicles, according to the settlement. Google&#8217;s public service campaign will begin later this year and will include online YouTube videos as well as half-page ads<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com&#038;blog=31173800&#038;post=74547&#038;subd=timebusinessblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Private Eyes: Are Retailers Watching Our Every Move?</title>
		<link>http://business.time.com/2012/09/18/private-eyes-are-retailers-watching-our-every-move/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2012 12:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Matthews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brick-and-mortar retailers have more tools at their disposal than ever before to track what consumers are doing in their stores. But how far will they go, and what privacy rights do shoppers have?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com&#038;blog=31173800&#038;post=49365&#038;subd=timebusinessblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Should You Use Your Smart Phone to Track Your Kids?</title>
		<link>http://business.time.com/2012/09/14/should-you-use-your-smartphone-to-track-your-kids/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2012 12:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Victor Luckerson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever lie to your parents, even once, about where you were after school? It&#8217;ll be tougher for today&#8217;s teenagers, who may have to leave their smart phones behind if they don&#8217;t want Mom and Dad following their every move. An increasing number of apps for mobile devices are utilizing GPS technology to help parents keep tabs on their kids. One research firm estimates that more than 70 million people across North America and Europe will be using such programs to track family members by 2016. Skeptical? Some 20 million people have already downloaded Life360, a location app that allows family members to alert one another when they’ve arrived at various spots and to follow one another’s movements with by-the-minute updates. Jessica Denay, a single mother in Los Angeles, uses Life360 to monitor her 12-year-old son Gabriel as he travels to school, basketball practice and her ex-husband&#8217;s house. “I can’t even describe how comforting it is,” she says. “It’s hard for moms to let go of our babies. This makes me feel better. I don’t have to be hovering right there, but I know that he’s safe.” (MORE: Unlimited-Data Plans: Are They Coming Back from the Dead?) Peace of mind aside, it&#8217;s not clear that electronic surveillance is the most effective way to parent in the digital age. “People have different styles of parenting and different notions of what it means to be on top of your children,” says Enrique Velasco-Castillo, a mobile analyst at IHS Screen Digest. “The problem is that many of these apps inadvertently send the wrong signal, saying, ‘I don&#8217;t trust you to tell me the truth of where you are and who [you are] with, so I will need to install this on your phone to track you.&#8217; &#8220; There&#8217;s also the question of compliance. While the monitoring apps can be effective with preteens getting their first smart phone, persuading rebellious teenagers to allow themselves to be tracked can be a bigger challenge. Mobiflock, a powerful Android app that allows parents to block the use of certain apps and<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com&#038;blog=31173800&#038;post=48965&#038;subd=timebusinessblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Google Maps: Now Helping Your Boss Track Your Every Move</title>
		<link>http://business.time.com/2012/06/27/google-maps-now-helping-your-boss-track-your-every-move/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2012 13:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Victor Luckerson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The next time you try to disguise an extended lunch break as a business meeting, your boss might know about it, thanks to a new Google Maps app that lets your employer track your every move. The new application, called Google Maps Coordinate, will allow businesses to track the locations of their employees by having each one download the app to their Android-powered smartphones. At a cost of $15 per user, the program will relay the user&#8217;s location back to his employer as often as every five seconds. The app’s primary purpose is to coordinate mobile workers who regularly perform tasks outside the office. In a blog post, Google offers the example of an electric company being able to easily send the nearest electrician to repair a downed power line. Employees out in the field have the ability to share their location and record data in categories controlled by the employer, while bosses back in the office can view past location data to analyze worker efficiency. (MORE: Coming Soon: A Softer Approach to Online Piracy) Beta testing for the product included businesses across a wide spectrum of industries, from a telecommunications firm to a local pizza shop, according to a Google spokesman. The app’s sophisticated tracking abilities, which work both inside and outside buildings, might leave some workers wary of having their every movement watched by the boss. “Employers may be tempted, because technology can enable this level of tracking, but the cost to workplace privacy would be serious,” said Lillie Coney, the associate director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, a public interest research group based in Washington. “The key issue is the redefinition of where work and personal life begins and ends.” A Google spokesman said the purpose of the app was to increase office efficiency, not to keep unnecessary tabs on employees. The app has to be launched by the employee to funcion, so it won’t run secretly in the background on a user’s phone. Users can turn the app off at any time or set a time for<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com&#038;blog=31173800&#038;post=41646&#038;subd=timebusinessblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Survey: Social Media Evidence Soaring in Court Cases</title>
		<link>http://business.time.com/2012/04/20/survey-social-media-evidence-soaring-in-court-cases/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:45:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Roberts </dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every week the media seems to offer a new account of some dumb crook who is off to the slammer because he posted about his caper on Facebook. It turns out this phenomenon may be even more widespread than we think. A new survey reports that social media played a significant role in nearly 700 cases in the past two years alone and that most of these involved either MySpace or Facebook. LinkedIn and Twitter were the next most common social media sites to produce evidence for the justice system. Only one case mentioned FourSquare. The report doesn’t mention Google+ at all. The trend does not appear to be abating. Here is this week’s genius who posted a Facebook snap that shows him stealing gasoline from a police car. (MORE: Yelp Heads Toward an IPO, But Can It Thrive on the Social Web?) The findings were based on a study of legal databases  and were published by X1 Discovery, a company that helps lawyers and law enforcement mine social media. The most curious element of the findings may be the ongoing prevalence of MySpace in the criminal justice system years after most consumers have abandoned the service. An unscientific explanation for MySpace’s ongoing presence is that most of the cases in the survey are criminal ones, and that crimes typically involve people from lower socio-economic classes. Such people are more likely to be MySpace users than the rest of the population. Social media has provided not only new evidence for courts but also a challenge for judges who are struggling to decide what to do with jurors who tweet or discuss cases on Facebook. More highlights from the report can be found on the Forensic Focus blog. A spreadsheet of the findings can be found here. (LIST: Social Windfall: Facebook IPO’s Billion-Dollar Winners)<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com&#038;blog=31173800&#038;post=34970&#038;subd=timebusinessblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Some Awfully Good Companies Competing for &#8216;Worst Company in America&#8217; Title</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 16:27:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Tuttle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Google and Apple? They&#8217;ve been squared off in an annual March Madness-style tournament in which the nation&#8217;s worst company &#8220;wins.&#8221; What complicates matters is that Apple, Google, and several other companies entered in the contest are also mainstays on lists highlighting the world&#8217;s most valuable brands, best customer service, hottest retailers, and overall &#8220;best&#8221; businesses period. Each March, Consumerist, which is one of our favorite blogs, hosts a Worst Company in America tournament, in which readers vote for the company they hate the most in NCAA bracket fashion. After a series of head-to-head vote-offs, a dubious winner is eventually named—and awarded with the &#8220;trophy,&#8221; the Golden Poo (just what it sounds like: a golden statue of poo). Previous tourney &#8220;winners&#8221; include BP (remember the oil spill?), AIG, and Comcast. Do Apple and Google belong in the same class as these companies? The two companies are going head to head, and at last check Apple was ahead with about 60% of the votes. This seems a bit ironic, considering that consumers just bought three million new iPads in four days. (MORE: What&#8217;s the Worst Company in America?) What&#8217;s more, on Fortune&#8217;s list of the World&#8217;s Most Admired Companies, Apple and Google are ranked #1 and #2, respectively. In another study rounding up the Most Valuable Global Brands, Apple and Google have been neck and neck for years, with Apple taking the top spot last year after Google won the crown four years in a row. The top riser in terms of most valuable brand, meanwhile, was Facebook, which is also in the Consumerist&#8217;s 2012 Worst Company tournament. Google doesn&#8217;t have much of a retail presence, but Apple certainly does, and not only do its products sell exceptionally well, but its customer service is considered to be top-notch. Stella Service, a customer service research firm, put Apple among the top retailers in terms of handling refunds and customer support via online chat and over the phone. A recent Hottest Retailer list, based on largest year-over-year sales, had the Apple Store and another<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=business.time.com&#038;blog=31173800&#038;post=31948&#038;subd=timebusinessblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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