Report finds one out of five employees would sell work passwords

For today’s disconcerting news, a new report from an Austin, Texas-based security firm finds that incentivized or disgruntled employees don’t find it hard to sell their work passwords. According to SailPoint, one in five employees will give in to this and they won’t even ask for that big of an amount with some willing to give it away for less than $1,000 USD. Another one of the findings of the report is about two-thirds of employees share passwords and credentials with coworkers with 16 percent only using a single password for all their credentials. Companies aren’t good either with locking a former employees’s account after letting them go. The report says 42 percent of those who responded could access their corporate accounts and data even after termination.

Source: SailPoint | Via: The Next Web

Google tipped to be developing an iOS third-party keyboard with search feature

The search giant Google is supposedly working on a third-party keyboard for iOS users. It will reportedly have things like gesture-based input and a built-in Web search feature. The gesture-based typing is said to follow in the vein of popular keyboard apps like Swype and SwiftKey. The keyboard will also sport a Google logo that when you tap executes a web search and dedicated search buttons for pictures and GIFs, which are believed to be routed through Google Image search. Whether that search happens within the keyboard interface or not is unknown. Apple is particularly strict with products it deems will affect the UI, which in turn could affect the iOS experience. The unnamed keyboard project has said to be in the work for months and is being tested by select Google employees. There isn’t a specific timeline for release though.

Source: Apple Insider

Apple gives an update on environmental initiatives at SE event

Aside from talking about the new iPhone and iPad Pro, Apple has also shared its initiatives to help make the world a better place to live in. According to Lisa Jackson, Apple’s VP of Environment, Policy, and Social Issues, the company now runs 93 percent of its facilities on renewable energy and its facilities in the US, China, and 21 other countries are already 100 percent running on renewable energy. The company has set a goal of reaching 100 percent for all its facilities two years ago. Some of the company’s ongoing initiatives include a 40-megawatt solar farm in China and plans to put solar panels on Singapore’s rooftops.

Since 2012, Apple’s data centers have been running entirely on renewable sources such as solar, wind, biogas fuel cells, micro-hydro power, and geothermal power.  And earlier this year, Apple CEO Tim Cook announced they’re building a 1,300-acre solar farm to power its new headquarters and other stores and offices in California.

Source: The Verge

Apple CEO Tim Cook addresses ongoing battle with FBI over encryption

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Apple CEO Tim Cook started off its SE event without shying away from a hot topic. He addressed the ongoing legal battle the company has with the FBI, which is trying to extract information from an iPhone owned by one of the accused shooters of 2015’s San Bernardino attack. Cook says he owes it to their customers to protect their privacy and data. The first legal hearing of the case will happen tomorrow afternoon in a Central California District court.

Cook said during the press event, “We did not expect to be in this position at odds with our own government. We believe strongly that we have a responsibility to help you protect your data and protect your privacy. We owe it to our customers, and we owe it to our country. This is an issue that impacts all of us, and we will not shrink from this responsibility.”

Source: The Verge + ABC News