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Bonnie Thibodeau

Multiple Usernames & Passwords No More: OneID Unveils Its Next-Gen Identity Service | T... - 0 views

  • our online identities are fragmented across an array of usernames, email addresses, screen names, social media accounts, passwords
  • can cause cracks in our security armor,
  • San Jose-based startup launching in beta today
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  • made possible by a combination of asymmetric cryptography, the maturity of mobile hardware/software (and their ubiquity), as well as a distributed architecture
  • won’t be exposed in the event of a central security breach.
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    Keeping track of passwords is definitely a hassle for most of us, so a service that groups all of them didn't seem far off. It will be interesting to see how this develops, and if it will catch on and be secure.
Kwabena Opoku-Agyemang

Maryland To Ban Employers From Asking For Facebook, Twitter Passwords - 0 views

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    Lawmakers are finally putting a stop to this practice. Since we broached the topic of rhetorical strategies in making arguments in class, the argument one law expert makes is interesting: ""It lays down boundaries on what you can and can't do. It takes a gray area and makes a bright line ... The bill is a win for employees who want to protect their data security and their personal content passwords. But it's also a win for employers. ... Employers don't want to have access to this content. With access comes responsibility."
Rachel Henderson

Friending Your Professor: Social Networking in the Classroom | Daily Gazette - 0 views

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    While sites like Facebook and Google seem to be taking over the world, it would be nice to be able to eliminate some of the sites we all are constantly having to check or update or interact on or remember logins and passwords for! Just think: no more Blackboard, you're already on Facebook all the time-why not post for class while you're there? :-)
Kwabena Opoku-Agyemang

Facebook: Employers risk lawsuit - 1 views

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    This is an article that responds to some of the issues brought up last class (March 20) about employers asking for facebook passwords.
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