Toss in those considerable network speeds and default access to Internet Sharing and, suddenly, it's a shining star.

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But this time, the security risks may be worse: The Ikee worm used default passwords to access phones via SSH.

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But privacy activists are deeply unhappy with the site's decision to make more data from individuals' Facebook profiles available by default to anyone with access to the internet.

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Now far more information is being put on show automatically, though users can change their default privacy settings to restrict access to some of it.

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In the case of a default by the bank, bondholders have access to the underlying loans.

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Years of mismanagement, coupled with a lack of access to international credit markets following a massive sovereign debt default in 2001 and failure to normalize relations with global creditors, have left the country a net oil importer in 2011.

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By linking loan repayment to direct deposit paychecks, the chance of default is reduced, and workers who would otherwise resort to payday lenders gain access to more favorable loans.

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The chancellor agreed to announce that the euro zone would rescue Greece if it faced default but only as a last resort, once Greece had exhausted its access to capital markets.

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KMV's clients get access to a software package that translates publicly available financial data into probabilities that a particular borrower will default on its obligations.

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