Best Technical Articles for May 24, 2018

Here is a digest of some of the best technical articles for May 24, 2018.




If someone says the same thing over and over again, do you begin to ignore them?  It's the same way with warnings and notifications in computer applications: 

Study of Android users: How to get people to pay attention to mobile security notifications

I would never be one to buy a "Cryptokitty", but it's a pretty interesting idea, and it will be a great proof of concept for Blockchain:

Who Spends $140,000 on a CryptoKitty?

"...here’s something of which you can be sure: The mobile carriers are selling data about where you are at any time, without your consent, to third-parties for probably far less than you might be willing to pay to secure it."  Not cool.  

Mobile Giants: Please Don’t Share the Where

My Facebook account appeared to have been hacked yesterday, but it was probably only impersonated for a few minutes.  At any rate, I increased the security settings on my Facebook account to hopefully prevent such intrusions in the future.  

How to tell if your Facebook has been hacked (and what to do)