Sep 14, 2001 | mail, news, security
The World Trade Center disaster has already generated a tremendous amount of e-mail spam and chain letters. As this article points out, you can count on a lot of hoaxes to be disseminated by e-mail in the next few weeks. Exercise a high degree of caution before you...
Sep 9, 2001 | IE, security
Internet security is the buzzword of the moment. There’s a lot of paranoia about privacy these days. Some of it is justified. For what it’s worth, I tend to think that cookies do not currently deserve much paranoia. There are hypothetical ways in which...
May 9, 2001 | Outlook, security
There’s another virus travelling around quickly this morning. It’s similar to the Anna Kournikova “Love Bug” virus – annoying but it doesn’t damage your computer. The “Homepage” virus will arrive in a message from...
Apr 4, 2001 | Microsoft, security, web_services
Microsoft is hustling to revise its privacy policy for Passport and Hotmail, after a torrent of criticism from privacy advocates. (See my item on March 30.) Microsoft says it’s a terrible misunderstanding, just some old legalese that they forgot to update....
