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Lexar announces JumpDrive Fingerprint USB 3.0 flash drives with 256-bit fingerprint encryption

This could definitely come in handy. Accessory maker Lexar on Tuesday unveiled it new lineup of USB 3.0 flash drives that feature fingerprint readers. The new JumpDrive F35 drives arrives in four sizes ranging from 32GB to 256GB capacities, the Fingerprint F35 drives feature USB 3.0 with speeds up to 150 MB/s.

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Police now advised to avoid looking directly at suspects’ Face ID-equipped devices to help prevent user lock out

If you’re a law enforcement officer making an arrest, don’t look directly at the iOS device featuring Face ID. Or a basilisk. Recently, a number of police officers have noted that while suspects can be forced to unlock their iPhones, cops have been instructed not to look directly at iPhones to avoid Face ID lock […]

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How-to: How to easily check if your data’s been breached

In these days of massive data breaches and multi-step authentication, perhaps the best question is whether your accounts have been breached in the first place? On Sunday, notable computer maven, philosopher and all-around wise human being Dirk A. Keaton pointed out the mighty haveibeenpwned.com, an aggregator web site that compiles breaches, lets people enter their […]

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Review focuses on amazingly detailed, $100 iPhone X knock off

If there’s a cautionary tale, it’s this. Vice’s Jason Koebler and Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai have written a full review of a $100 iPhone X knock off from China. The piece centers on how convincing the top-to-bottom, software-to-hardware bootleggery is. iOS is recreated down to the pixel as an Android skin and only the sluggish performance, on-screen […]

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Apple to meet with industry group members in San Francisco on Wednesday to discuss privacy-based concerns

Representatives from several major technology firms will meet in San Francisco on Wednesday to address growing concerns over consumer privacy, driven to the forefront by new European regulations and public uproar over scandals like Cambridge Analytica. The companies include a part of the Information Technology Industry Council, a Washington trade group, as well as Apple, […]