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author | Florian Dold <florian@dold.me> | 2021-05-06 19:09:14 +0200 |
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diff --git a/template/financial-news/2014-12-05.inc b/template/financial-news/2014-12-05.inc new file mode 100644 index 00000000..9e65b078 --- /dev/null +++ b/template/financial-news/2014-12-05.inc @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ + <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> |