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Cybercriminals Eye Biometrics

Biometric markers are increasingly popular targets of data theft, potentially endangering far more than your locally stored information… From ACM News David Geer
Commissioned by CACM Staff | June 23, 2022

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Seventy-Five Percent of the World's Top Websites Allow Bad Passwords

Princeton University's Arvind Narayanan and colleagues found 75% of 120 top-ranked English-language websites permit weak passwords. New Scientist
From ACM TechNews | June 24, 2022