computer apps and gadgets
FBI’s Online Wiretapping and your Computer
How the FBI’s online wiretapping plan could get your computer hacked ‘The fundamental problem is that eavesdropping facilities are a double-edged sword. They make it easier for the U.S. government to spy on the bad guys. But they also make it easier for the bad guys to hack our computers and spy on us. And, […]
The Anonymous Inbox by Aaron Swartz
The New Yorker finally launches Strongbox Use Strongbox to contact writers and editors at The New Yorker ‘Before his suicide in January, hacktivist Aaron Swartz was working on an ambitious project: an encrypted dead drop system that could receive and protect files from anonymous sources. Wired editor Kevin Poulsen, who met Swartz when his site […]
Was Photo of the Year Doctored?
‘A SWEDISH photographer has strongly defended himself against claims from a tech blogger that his gripping image, which won the prestigious 2013 World Press Photo of the Year, was a fake. ‘The story in extremetech.com said that Hansen “took a series of photos – and then later, realizing that his most dramatically situated photo was […]
School Privatizers Buy State-Level Elections
‘Billing itself as “the nation’s voice for educational choice,” the American Federation for Children pushes forward students of color as the beneficiaries of its lobbying work, but the politicians they support are not exactly heroes of the civil-rights movement. ‘Dark money for TV and radio ads further obscures the school-choice issue. Often, these are ads […]
Global Time-lapse Map from 1984 to 2012
View how fast Las Vegas is overcrowding ‘Built from millions of satellite images and trillions of pixels, you can explore this global, zoomable time-lapse map as part of TIME’s new Timelapse project. View stunning phenomena such as the sprouting of Dubai’s artificial Palm Islands, the retreat of Alaska’s Columbia Glacier, the deforestation of the Brazilian […]
Double-trouble for Taking Revenge on ex-Boss
If you will take revenge on one person, target wisely and don’t punish the innocents. This one got his revenge but doubled his troubles ‘Michael Meneses was employed at the company until January 2012, where he specialized in developing and customizing software used by the company to run its business operations, according to the FBI. […]
EULA and the Advantage of Free Apps
EULA – acronym for End-user license agreement This EULA Will Make You Rethink Every App and Online Service You Use ‘…Without the public road, and utterly unencumbered access to it, a child’s lemonade stand would never turn a profit. The real business opportunity would be in privatizing other people’s roads. ‘Similarly, without an open, unified […]
Is Fight About Online Privacy Futile?
Even the supercybersleuth Eugene Kaspersky says forget about it ‘…the Internet is not only a place to be humiliated. It’s also a place for people or companies to pick up even more information about you. That includes your address, gender, date of birth and, with a little sleuthing, your Social Security number and credit history. […]
Disable Auto Programs When Vehicles are Moving
US DOT: Auto makers should disable in-dash electronics when cars are moving A totally bullet-proof computerized van killed 2 FBI agents instead of saving them. The doors of the van are programmed to open when van makes sudden stops. The agents did that to confront drug goons. When the van doors opened, the goons massacred […]
Man Falsely Convicted of Hacking
Yesterday, I posted a piece about the anguish of a Googler being banned from all Google services. Now imagine yourself in the shoes of a falsely convicted ‘hacker’. This is the same hacking statute internet sensation Aaron Swartz was accused of before he committed suicide in January. ‘…Defendant David Nosal was convicted by a San […]
