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A group of more than a dozen privacy and civil rights organizations on Thursday demanded that Amazon disclose information about breaches of election data in order to increase the companys public transparency ahead of November.

Groups including Color of Change and Demand Progress cited past incidents reported by Reuters that involved voter data, stored on Amazon Cloud servers, being left exposed online in expressing concerns about Amazon security. They noted that one or more of Amazons election services will be used in 40 states this year.

Amazons election services - including running election websites, storing voter registration information and ballot data, and helping to provide live results on election night - concentrate private voter data and history in a single centralized system, the groups wrote in a letter to Amazon CEO Jeff BezosJeffrey (Jeff) Preston BezosSenate panel votes to subpoena Big Tech executives Privacy, civil rights groups demand transparency from Amazon on election data breaches NASA's Bridenstine: We really are going to the lunar south pole MORE. A single breach could have catastrophic consequences for election integrity in dozens of states.

While the groups acknowledged that the election officials involved would have some responsibility for election data security, they warned that this did not mean Amazon should abdicate all involvement.

If a car seat manufacturer didnt provide proper instructions to make sure people installed their car seats correctly, and it put infants in harms way, people would blame the manufacturer for its negligence, the groups wrote. The car seat manufacturer would be expected to do everything necessary to prevent infants from dying.

Other groups that signed on to the letter were the AI Now Institute, Constitutional Alliance, Fight for the Future, Just Futures Law, Kairos Action, Media Alliance, MediaJustice, MPower Change, Open Markets Institute, RootsAction.org, Partnership for Working Families, Secure Justice, STOP The Surveillance Technology Oversight Project, Woodhull Freedom Foundation and X-Lab.

The letter was sent just over a month ahead of the presidential election and as election interference concerns increase.

A senior official at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence warned in an assessment last month that Russia, China and Iran were actively interfering in U.S. elections this year.

Microsoft warned this month that it was seeing Russian, Chinese and Iranian hackers target political groups including the campaigns of President TrumpDonald John TrumpJaime Harrison debates Graham behind plexiglass shield Doctors, White House staff offer conflicting messages on president's health Trump given second dose of Remdesivir 'without complication', 'not yet out of the woods', Conley says MORE and former Vice President Joe BidenJoe BidenPost-debate poll finds Biden with leads in two key states Democrats warn Supreme Court confirmation would endanger senators' health, call for delay Sunday shows preview: Trump COVID-19 diagnosis rocks Washington, 2020 election MORE.

The groups pointed to the Microsoft assessment in noting that adversaries were actively looking for loopholes, like cloud security compromises to interfere in the presidential election.

Given the stakes, Amazon should be doing everything they can to secure our elections, the groups wrote. Responding to these disturbing compromises by placing blame and putting the onus on the user, like you have in the past, is unacceptable.

Evan Greer, the deputy director of Fight for the Future, criticized Amazon for not doing enough to shore up the security of its systems.

Amazon is the most profitable corporation on the planet and Jeff Bezos is the richest person in human history, Greer said in a statement. If a company this size wants to sell its software to governments for election purposes, it has a responsibility to ensure that those systems are properly configured and to be transparent about the steps theyre taking to secure our elections. We cant let Amazons greed corrode whats left of our democracy.

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By Hyder Mohammed, Y Soft Moving your printing to the cloud? There are some key questions to ask your solution provider before you make the move. Continuing our Top 5 Questions series, this article looks at how to ensure cloud-based print infrastructure services can scale without costs increasing exponentially.

PLANNING AHEAD

Its easy to see the many benefits of cloud-based printing: eliminating the burden on IT to maintain print services and lowered costs are compelling reasons for most businesses. Saying goodbye to your print servers is an exciting proposition. However, finding the right cloud print solution for your business is a considered decision.

What you need today will most likely not be what you need in the future; organizations dont stay still. The needs of your company will inevitably change, and you dont want to be stuck with a cloud print solution a few years down the road. Growth should be positive for a business, but if your cloud-based print solution is rigid and doesnt adapt to your changes, it could end up being a negative and expensive decision.

INSTANT (NEARLY) CLOUD PRINTING

With the exciting news from Microsoft aboutUniversal Print coming to Microsoft 365, the burden of managing print servers and print drivers on premise goes away. However, your existing printers are likely not Universal Print compatible. As a small/medium sized business, the questions to ask here are, what are my options if I want to take advantage of cloud printing through Microsoft 365 now without buying a new fleet of multifunction devices (there will be few new printer models out that are compatible)? And if there is a solution for my existing printers, will it scale as my business needs grow?

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Our goal for the revamp of our higher-end plans was to create top-end servers that can handle the highest demands of traffic and computing power, said Robert Hood, the Assistant Product Line Manager of Dedicated Hosting at InMotion Hosting.

Robert aded, We wanted to provide customers with the highest quality servers that exceed their demands.

With this upgrade, InMotion Hosting is further expanding its server offering with custom server solutions for large, high-traffic enterprise websites, eCommerce, and digital agencies. Customers can expand or enhance the Intel-based 4214 single and dual processors with the addition of the following features:

Other upgraded features include the Bare Metal product line, which includes expanded operating system (OS) options such as Centos 7/8, Debian 9/10, Ubuntu 18.04/20.04, and OpenSUSE, and more RAID options. The new OS options will give customers a new level of production-tested tools, automation services, and advanced database functionality.

Josh Robinson, Marketing Product Owner of InMotion Hosting said

The Bare Metal servers offer exceptional operating systems that provide top of the line functionality required to power complex databases, software, and automation tools. Customers asked for a variety of Operating Systems, and we listened.

Founded in 2001, InMotion Hosting is a privately held company providing custom web hosting and cloud-based solutions and services to businesses across the world. With customers in six continents and more than 175 countries, and partners that include Intel, Cisco, Samsung, Dell, SuperMicro, and OpenStack Foundation, InMotion Hosting has established a long-standing track record of helping businesses of all sizes achieve online success and technological innovation, all backed by live 24/7/365 US-based support.

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I came home to three packages on my porch recently.

Such is the life of the gadget reviewer. Im certainly not complaining.

Sometimes the boxes come in faster than I can write them up, so today well talk about three gadgets you might want to consider for yourself or for gifts.

In a crowded field of surveillance cameras, the Ezviz C3X ($129.99) stands out by having dual lenses.

One lens records the ambient brightness, and the other records the color information. Together these lenses produce color images that look good in very low light.

The C3X uses dual infrared lights to bring light to the image without having supplemental LEDs shining all the time.

The video image is 1,920 by 1,080 pixels and looked very clear on my phone.

The C3X has motion-triggered event recording, and its smart enough to recognize people and vehicles in real time and notify you of their presence. You can even have the camera trigger an alarm (siren and strobe lights) and play a voice message to warn people away. The microphone and speaker on the camera also allow for two-way talking using the Ezviz app.

The C3X is rated IP67 for use in all weather conditions. The camera is dual powered. You can use the included wall plug, or it can be powered by a Power Over Ethernet connection, which is provided by a special type of Ethernet connected to a router that provides power and network through the same wire.

The camera connects to the internet through Wi-Fi or Ethernet, and the videos can be stored on an optional microSD card or to the Ezviz cloud servers (the camera uses AES128-bit encryption).

To use the cloud server for storage, youll need to subscribe to a monthly plan for seven-day or 30-day playback. Plans start at $5.99 per month.

There is a whole-house subscription for up to four cameras that starts at $8.99 per month. There are discounts for annual plans.

The C3X is a mid-priced camera that offers a nice set of features and a very nice color image with an easy-to-use app and interface.

Pros: Easy to set up and use. Nice color image, even in the dark. Local storage option.

Cons: Youll need to run a wire to power the camera.

Bottom line: Not a bad choice if you have a convenient way to get power to the camera.

I used to notice everyones wired earbuds, but this year it seems everyone is switching to wireless earbuds. Of course, it helps that Apple and Samsung have dropped headphone jacks from most phones.

The Trayna T10 earbuds have a 12mm Graphene driver with a very comfortable in-ear design. The T10 has three sizes of ear tips, so take your time and try them all to get the best fit.

Wireless earbuds need a good seal in your ears or youll not be happy with the sound quality.

The T10 earbuds support AAC (advanced audio coding) and Qualcomm aptX, which provides 24-bit music quality over Bluetooth. They also support Bluetooth 5.0 for a solid connection to your phone and a range of up to 33 feet.

They sound very nice once you get the right fit.

The T10 earbuds are also very comfortable to wear. I spent a morning with just the right earbud in to listen to music and make phone calls, and I could easily keep it in my ear all day.

And for phone calls, I liked the voice quality of the microphones.

When I test voice quality, I leave myself voicemail messages and they sounded surprisingly good with the T10.

Each earbud has a touch pad that can control calls and sound playback.

The T10s have an eight-hour battery life, and the case has its own battery that can recharge the earbuds and provide up to 32 hours of listening.

The case can fast-charge in under two hours with the included USB-C cable.

The T10s stay in my ears better than my AirPods Pro.

For my ears, Id rather use T10 at the gym.

For $79.99, the T10 earbuds are a solid value. As I write this, Amazon has them at a lower price, but prices change. Shop around before you buy.

Pros: Inexpensive, comfortable, good sound.

Cons: None, really.

Bottom line: A good, inexpensive alternative to $150 to $200 big-name earbuds.

This might have been the easiest gadget Ive tested in a while.

I wasnt sure a wireless keyboard and mouse combo was going to be much to write about, and I was right.

What made me want to try the WISFOX Wireless Keyboard and Mouse was the $33.99 price.

This is a no-nonsense set, but it does the job well.

The keys on the keyboard are quieter than the keyboard that shipped with my Dell desktop. They also travel a bit more, meaning they sit higher and have to be pressed a bit more than Im used to with the Dell keyboard.

Im used to a keyboards rear feet having two settings to adjust the angle of the keys to the desk. This keyboard is not height-adjustable.

The optical mouse has three buttons (left, right and pressing down on the scroll wheel).

The scroll wheel is also silent during use, which I like.

The keyboard uses one AAA battery and the mouse uses one AA. Neither battery was included.

Setup consisted of inserting the batteries and plugging in a small USB receiver to my PC. The USB receiver was stored inside the battery compartment of the mouse.

I wasnt familiar with WISFOX, but Amazon lists this combo as Amazons Choice for a quiet keyboard and mouse.

Now you know.

Pros: Simple to set up, and both keyboard and mouse are really quiet.

Cons: Keyboard is not height-adjustable.

Bottom line: This set wont break the bank and wont disappoint.

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