Tag: Geeks
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10 Stocking Stuffers for Security Geeks
Check out our list of gifts with a big impact for hackers and other techie security …
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How Us Shady Geeks Put Others Off Security
Who is the first person who comes to mind when you think about someone who is security conscious or concerned about privacy? For many …
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SolarWinds adds Kevin Kline to the Head Geek team
SolarWinds introduced Kevin Kline as the newest member of the company’s Head Geek team, deepening its bench of database and Microsoft …
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Working Geek: F5’s security chief Mike Convertino fights weaponized ‘fear, uncertainty and doubt’
Mike Convertino, head of technology for Seattle-based F5’s security products. (F5 Photo) Mike Convertino was not surprised by Russia’s …
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EFF: FBI Paid Geek Squad Employees as Informants
The FBI paid Geek Squad employees as informants, potentially infringing the constitutional rights of device owners, according to new …
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Security Geek Gift Guide
Ericka Chickowski specializes in coverage of information technology and business innovation. She has focused on information security for …
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Off-The-Shelf Hacker: Geek Hurricane Hacks
As of the time of this writing, it looks like Hurricane Irma is headed straight up through Central Florida. Alas, everybody has their life’s little challenges. Read full news article on The New Stack
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Why We’re Suing the FBI for Records About Best Buy Geek Squad Informants
Law Enforcement Should Not Be Able to Bypass the Fourth Amendment to Search Your Devices Sending your computer to Best Buy for repairs shouldn’t require you to surrender your Fourth Amendment rights. But that’s apparently what’s been happening when customers send their computers to a Geek Squad repair facility in Kentucky. Read full news article…
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Yes, Geek Squad can search your files and hand you over to the police
The government’s case against an alleged trafficker in child abuse images is on shaky ground after a California judge last week said that: An image found on his PC when it was in for repairs with Best Buy’s Geek Squad didn’t show a prepubescent girl’s genitals or that she was having sex. Read full news…
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