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10 Tuesday AM Reads

Barry Ritholtz

The Big Picture ) • Most Americans are better off financially now than before the pandemic : Jobs, paychecks, spending, wealth, and financial security have made big gains, which offset the burden of higher inflation. This is before we get to the issue of capital gains tax’ hurdle of 20% on those pesky profits. (

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Google Reports Resurgence In Pandemic Hacking, Phishing

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Google’s security experts had their hands full in April, as its Threat Analysis Group ( TAG ) emailed 1,755 warnings to users whose accounts were targets, the California-based global technology company wrote on its blog Thursday (May 27). Slovenia, Canada, India, Bahrain, Cyprus, and the U.K.

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Deep Dive: How Digital ID Verification Helps Build Trust in Carsharing and Housesharing Platforms

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The challenges of maintaining this trust are now under pressure from the COVID-19 pandemic, however, which has seriously battered the sharing economy as ride- and homesharing businesses develop tactics to convince consumers of their security and restore the sector. . Seamless, Secure Onboarding . More than 111 million U.S.

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Cyber Threats To Client Wealth And Well-Being: Why And How Wealth Managers Will Soon Play A Key Role In Managing These Risks

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when tagged online pictures can be used to identify an individual’s location). Basic cyber hygiene comprises 2 general categories – creating a layered digital security structure (e.g., stealing a client’s financial assets that are accessible online), identity theft (i.e.,

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Apple Expands Developer NFC Access To Boost New Use Cases

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The report noted that with iOS 11, Apple began paving the way by adding the Core NFC framework, which allows apps to use the NFC chip as a scanner for RFID tags, although that feature was very limited. Some hotels already support contactless activation of doors with an iPhone, but only via Bluetooth technology, which is less secure than NFC.

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NXP Rolls Out Privacy-Enabled Tag Chips For IoT

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NXP Semiconductors in late September introduced its latest NTAG DNA tag chip, providing privacy-enabled, multi-layered security for NFC and IoT authentication applications. With the new NTAG 424 DNA, brands can fight counterfeit and grey market activities at a cost that enables mass-market deployment of advanced NFC tags.

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Lost Pet Posters Get An Upgrade For The Digital Age

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Still, that seems so old-fashioned in this digital age — at least according to Andrea Chavez, Founder of Pawscout , a company whose signature product is a Bluetooth-enabled tag that not only helps pet owners find their wayward pets, but gives them access to other digital and mobile services. That feature just launched about six weeks ago.

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