Naturally, it was Russia and human right’s groups are not happy. President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday signed into law a “sovereign internet” bill which will allow Russian authorities to isolate the country’s internet, a move decried by rights groups. I get why they are complaining. Putin has decided that his government will have to the…
The rumor is that Google Chrome will soon be using DNS over HTTP in order to navigate the web. When it does, that may provide some level of privacy, and security, but it may break a whole lot in the process, and that is worrying some: DOH will encrypt the addresses of the websites we…
In this case, it wasn’t even that Nest had an insecure device, though that is often open to debate with Internet of Things devices. No, this was all about reusing passwords. “The method used to spy on the Thomases is one of the oldest tricks on the Internet. Hackers essentially look for email addresses and…
I’ve already talked on and on about how various governments expect to be able to require backdoors into encrypted data, including mobile devices. When it’s pointed out that any backdoor will eventually be used by hackers, the usual response from law enforcement is to “trust us” because they have some magic ability to prevent hackers…
This is an interesting observation, in fact, I was just considering something similar the other day, about how we went from relishing the freedom of expression that blogging provided anyone and everyone, to where we are today, trying to shut people up on social media. For most of my life, the internet, particularly its social…
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