• Law Enforcement Being Told Not to Try to Activate Face ID

    Law Enforcement Being Told Not to Try to Activate Face ID

    Earlier this month, the first known case where law enforcement required a suspect to unlock their phone using Face ID was brought to light.  Now it’s being reported that cops around the United States are actually receiving instructions to not look at the iPhone displays themselves, as that could count as one of the false…

  • “Only” 30 Million Facebook Users Are Affected By Last Month’s Hack

    “Only” 30 Million Facebook Users Are Affected By Last Month’s Hack

    At the end of September, we learned that Facebook had been hacked.  It was being estimated that as many as 90 million of their users may have had their access tokens stolen by hackers.  But now Facebook is saying that the number is only about 30 million.  Why such a big discrepancy?  Does that even…

  • Microsoft Finally Comes Around to the Idea of Open Source Patents

    Microsoft Finally Comes Around to the Idea of Open Source Patents

    In a recent move that is somewhat surprising – Microsoft announced that they are joining the Open Invention Network (OIN).  For those of you who don’t know, OIN is an open source patent consortium, which means Microsoft will be making its entire portfolio of patents open source.  More specifically, OIN will add nearly 60,000 patents…