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Not much got in the way of Elon Musk fans determined to win bragging rights for picking up one of the first 1,000 flamethrowers sold by the billionaire’s Boring Co. Dennis Dohrman hopped in his truck and drove 2,620 miles from North Carolina to Boring headquarters in Hawthorne, California. Dan Thorman cut short a business trip to Singapore and came straight to Saturday’s event from Los Angeles International Airport. George Matus brought along his parents and younger brother on a 10-hour road trip. “Imagine if you had the opportunity to get a kite and a key from Benjamin Franklin,” said Dohrman, 45, an environmental scientist who drove 39 hours from Hampstead, North Carolina, referencing the Revolutionary War-era inventor and statesman. Dohrman snagged the first spot in line on Saturday to collect one of the flamethrowers sold to raise $10 million for Boring, a tunnel-digging company that’s working on a futuristic type of train-like transportation known as Hyperloop. The company is work...

The browser wars are heating up and despite its number one position, Google Chrome is feeling pressure from rivals including  Microsoft Edge . Much of that rivalry is centered around security and privacy, which is why Chrome is today  striking back at rivals including Microsoft  with a set of new features. The set of features come as part of a “redesign” that will start rolling out today (May 19) to Chrome’s desktop users. The idea is to make your security and privacy more “intuitive.” That’s marketing speak for easier to use.  Google says the redesign makes Chrome controls “even easier to find and understand, with simplified language and visuals.” So, what has changed? For example, the new safety check in Chrome will tell users if the passwords they had asked Chrome to remember have been compromised, and if so, how to fix them. It will flag if Safe Browsing which is Google''s technology to warn before you visit a dangerous site or download a harmful app or extension...

As the US election is slowly creeping up on us, election security and remote voting once again became the hot topic. Dark Reading recently discussed this topic . It's forgivable if it has slipped the national mind during the coronavirus pandemic, but a national election is still scheduled for Tuesday, November 3, 2020. And there are still people who focus their attention on making sure that the election process is secure — people who are not entirely confident that "secure" and "election" are going to be the peanut butter and chocolate of autumn. The issues come, say experts, not just in trying to secure the results of an election but in trying to secure many different processes run by thousands of different individuals, using many different technologies — and doing it in a way that voters find both relatively convenient and trustworthy. The question many jurisdictions are asking themselves is: Which set of risks are they (and voters) willing to tolerate? ...

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Liquid Matrix recently published a great article " If An Infosec Policy Falls In The Forest" When you are building an Information Security practice you need a solid governance structure in place. For those of you who might not be familiar we can look at it a more accessible way. If you are building a house you need a solid foundation otherwise the thing will collapse. Much in the same vein, if you do not have a solid set of policies, you are destined to fail. All is not lost as there are all sorts of resources that are available to help you online. The key point to remember is that with anything you find should never be used verbatim. If you cut and paste a policy you find online and swap the letterhead you should just hang up your tin star now. Do not pass go. Do not collect $200. Read more here