The Tools Of Freedom And Security
The Tools Of Freedom And Security
An interesting little overview. Nothing I haven’t posted here before though.
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I’ve been watching the online reaction to NBC’s decision to show much of the Olympics on tape delay, so they can maximize the number of viewers during prime time, and I’ve found it to be quite instructive. I’m seeing two very conflicting realities. On one hand, the very large number of Americans who seem quite…
Turns out the problem here is not that either site got hacked, but perhaps they are both using the same ad-service that was hacked: The common thread tying the affected Equifax and TransUnion pages is that both hosted fireclick.js, a JavaScript file that appears to invoke the service serving the malicious content. When called, fireclick.js…
So everyone has been blogging the story of the Digital Choice and Freedom Act, a bill designed to protect consumers fair-use rights. I don’t know whether the bill will ever get anywhere, but it is nice to see someone seeing the problem at least. But I want to point your attention to the very end…
He’s right. We’re so appalled by the technology that allows us to live stream anything, as if somehow that’s the problem, that we’ve forgotten that a 12 year old girl is dead. Live streaming has been around for a relatively long time now, the only difference is that now it’s ridiculously easy. Anyone with a cell phone and a Facebook account can live stream, which means that pretty much anything that can be streamed, will be.
The newspaper has reported that the Justice Department is weighing how to move forward with an ongoing investigation that has run into trouble because of the service’s encryption. A federal judge had okayed a wiretap order during the course of the investigation, but because the communications being tapped is encrypted, they can’t see what’s being…
Dear Australia. I love you, but this is completely impossible: “Here’s a short summary of the new powers the legislation hands over to law enforcement and national security agencies: The law enables Australia’s attorney-general to order the likes of Apple, Facebook, and Whatsapp to build capability, such as software code, which enables police to access…