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NSA Uses Special Google Cookies to Aid in Surveillance In another news item released this week from the seemingly never-ending treasure trove that is the leaked Edward Snowden documents, details emerge of how the National Security Agency (NSA) is taking advantage of Google's cookies and other location data to help its surveillance operations. |
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Twitter: The Anti-Social Media Giant? Twitter has taken a stand against the NSA and any party trying to snoop around their servers and its users' information by implementing their perfect forward secrecy (PFS) plan for their mobile and web platforms. Read more to learn how this social juggernaut is keeping information private. |
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What Is Being Done by IT to Fix HealthCare.gov? By now, everyone in the world knows that the rollout of HealthCare.gov was a disaster, and we also know that information technology (IT) has taken a beating. In this story, Joe Townsend explains what is being done to fix this mess. |
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Big Brother Is Watching over Us! We all should know that any Internet activity we perform is being tracked by our Internet service provider, but it's just exactly where that information is going that raises red flags and presents an ethical dilemma. In this story, Joe Townsend examines how Big Brother is watching over us. |
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The Affordable Care Act Rollout Highlights IT Problems To say information technology (IT) is taking a beating as a result of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) rollout is an understatement. Not only has it been a disaster for those seeking insurance under it, but it also has highlighted the fact that IT, while cool, is far from perfect. |
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White House Wants Beta Testers for “We the People” Petition Website The White House is looking for a few good beta testers for We the People, an online platform that lets people generate and sign petitions requesting the government take action on an issue. Anyone interested in participating in the beta period for the We the People API are invited to apply online. |
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The US Government's Configuration Management Problems Joe Townsend probes the news and finds several stories detailing the US government's problems with configuration management. According to Joe, the defense industry and government agencies should be able to improve if they follow their own standards and directives. |
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Security Lapse Discovered in Government Health Care Site It turns out that long wait times and persistent glitches aren’t the worst problems HealthCare.gov has experienced. A cyber security expert discovered that for the first few weeks the site existed, it was fairly easy for someone to hijack a user’s account. It was as easy as guessing a user name. |
