This is in spite of the fact that there are still a lot of un-answered questions about how they’re going to comply with privacy laws and what this is going to do to fourth amendment rights. It’s very possible that use of this kind of surveillance will be in violation of forth amendment protections if used beyond a certain magnification.
Word is out on Slashdot that the US Department of Justice has hired Sanford Litvack, formerly of Disney to get out his legal swimwear and get ready for a possible anti-trust suit against Google.
Do you trust electronic voting machines? If so, there is some good reason why you should reconsider. The Security Group at the University of California in Santa Barbara has released video that demonstrates a very probable method of tampering with these things.
A tech company called Verayo has announced a new flavor of RFID chip, one that they say cannot be cloned. It uses a Challenge / Response technology called “Physical Unclonable Functions (PUF)”.
Windows Vista has been ‘pwned’ big time. A couple of researchers attacked Vista by using the way that Internet Explorer handles active scripting and .NET objects which results in effectively bypassing the memory protection safeguards in Vista.
Up until yesterday I’ve pretty much left comments alone except for deleting obvious spam comments that Akismet manages to miss. Then last night I saw a recent comment from somebody who left a reasonable comment and entered “London Cosmetic Dentist” in the name field of the comment form.
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Here’s a scary thought… AOL, the onetime evil monster of the old dialup world is reportedly talking with Microsoft about the two giants merging their online divisions. I have to say that I’ve got more [...]
The Congress finally manage to pass the recent FISA Amendments Act in spite of serious opposition from the EFF and a lot of other concerned citizens and organizations all across the country. Fortunately, even though it’s been passed, the fight to get the telecoms held accountable for participating in illegal, warrantless domestic spying is continuing.
Picture this: Joe Sixpack needs to check in on his fave blogs and online news but he hasn’t got the time to wait for Windows to boot. He flips on his computer, five seconds later he’s got a browser running and is getting up to date while the guy next to him is still looking at the Windows logo, waiting for his machine to boot.
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Looks like the RIAA is going to take another loss because of it’s tactics. Recently some students at North Carolina State brought to the attention of the court the illegal nature of the investigations the RIAA has been conducting through unlicensed investigators (can you say mediasentry scandal?)
Now, the judge who [...]
