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diff --git a/financial-news/2014-12-05.inc b/financial-news/2014-12-05.inc deleted file mode 100644 index 9e65b078..00000000 --- a/financial-news/2014-12-05.inc +++ /dev/null @@ -1,21 +0,0 @@ - <h3>5-12-2014: PayPal for Android gains fingerprint support</h3> - <p>Following Visa and MasterCard's move to biometrics, PayPal - now supports authenticating purchases with fingerprint - recognition. - Hence, police can now <a href="http://www.findlaw.co.uk/law/government/civil_rights/500374.html">forcefully take user's fingerprints</a> and - <a href="http://www.wired.com/2013/09/the-unexpected-result-of-fingerprint-authentication-that-you-cant-take-the-fifth/">access their mobile computers</a> and possibly empty their electronic wallets - <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/american-shakedown-police-won-t-charge-you-but-they-ll-grab-your-money-1.2760736">in addition to their physical wallets</a>.<br> - For Taler, we advise users to protect their digital wallets using - passphrases. - </p> - <p><a class="btn btn-info" href="http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tech/news/a614631/paypal-for-android-gains-fingerprint-support-on-samsung-devices.html" role="button">Source</a></p> - - <h3>5-12-2014: US judge rules banks can sue merchant for bad security</h3> - <p>Merchants taking credit card data from customers now have to additionally - fear banks suing them for losses. It is not suggested that the merchant - in question was not in compliance with PCI DSS security audit procedures.<br> - With Taler, merchants never handle sensitive personal credit data, and - thus neither customers, exchanges nor governments would even have standing to - sue merchants in court. Thus, if a merchant system were to be compromised, - the damage would be limited to the merchant's own operations. - <p><a class="btn btn-info" href="http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/12/judge-rules-that-banks-can-sue-target-for-2013-credit-card-hack/" role="button">Source</a></p> |