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Daily Crunch: India’s Central Bank says cryptocurrency ‘may even be worse’ than Ponzi schemes

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But first, in an essay on TechCrunch, former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff argues against “the unfettered ‘side-loading’ of apps.” It is an interesting argument against Windows and the larger Web (we kid), but does raise notable points regarding mobile security and consumer expectations. The latest? TechCrunch Experts.

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Fed Tech News Roundup

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Google-style recruiting — even in government FCW (Today) - Hire people who are better than you, and make sure they’re smart and curious, says Google exec Laszlo Bock.Google is famous for its culture of work as play. Million To Find Your Next Top Engineer TechCrunch (Today) - Meet Talent.io, a new take on engineer recruitment companies.

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Pros and Cons of Hiring Freelance Cyber Security Consultant

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If you have an IT team, keep in mind that they don’t always have time to conduct a comprehensive cybersecurity assessment because they are already overwhelmed with day-to-day tasks. Therefore, many businesses hire cybersecurity experts to join their teams and take care of security tasks. Making use of out-of-date software.

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Daily Crunch: How to remove common consumer-grade spyware from your Android phone

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And it turns out, per Zack Whittaker’s reporting for TechCrunch, that there’s a serious security flaw in some of the code of a popular set of stalkerware apps that share a backend. Parents and kids are the canonical example. There are other uses for the same code, naturally. Here’s how to stay safe. If not, read it here.

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Daily Crunch: Twitter tells GitHub to remove proprietary source code and help them ID who posted it

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Recruiting the founders : Catherine reports that Recruiting marketplace Paraform gets backing from Primer Sazze and Twitch founders. No spying : A new Biden executive order bans federal agencies from using commercial spyware that poses threats to human rights and national security, Zack writes.