The security of transactions and payments is a hotly debated topic around the world. Which methods are most secure? Which should we all adopt? And why one over the other?But before we start diving more into the debate on this topic, how about a simple introduction? Let’s define some of the major terms and security [...]
More than half of the U.S. adult population has a smart phone, the Pew Internet & American Life Project reports, and 25 percent of Americans older than 15 own a tablet. So it’s no surprise that more and more Americans are making purchases with their mobile devices. In fact, IBM found that mobile sales exceeded [...]
This week the FTC released an alarming reporton mobile apps, announcing that hundreds of popular smartphone and tablet apps aimed at children are collecting personal data and sharing without proper disclosure to parents. Of the 400 apps surveyed from Apple’s App Store and the Google Play Store for Android, 60 percent sent the devices’ ID [...]
