Tag Archive | Electronic Frontier Foundation
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 […]
Mexican Eco-Terrorists Attack Nanotechnologists
‘Over the past two years, Mexican scientists involved in bio- and nanotechnology have become targets. They’re not threatened by the nation’s drug cartels. They’re marked for death by a group of bomb-building eco-terrorists with the professed goal of destroying human civilization. ‘The group, which goes by the name Individualidades Tendiendo a lo Salvaje (ITS), posted […]
You Don’t Own Your Cloud Files
That is why storing your data on cloud services is dangerous – at least with the US Fed Megaupload and the Government’s Attack on Cloud Computing “Even worse, the government admitted that it has accessed Mr. Goodwin’s Megaupload account and reviewed the content of his files. By doing so, the government has taken a significant […]
Google Warning on State-Sponsored Attacks
Anti-Islams mostly the targets ‘In June, many Google users were surprised to see an unusual greeting at the top of their Gmail inbox, Google home page or Chrome browser. “Warning: We believe state-sponsored attackers may be attempting to compromise your account or computer.” ‘On Tuesday, tens of thousands more Google users will begin to see […]
Does Your life Suck?
Find Out Why or If ‘Ever wonder why you’re having a bad day, or even a good one? Is there an ongoing problem in your life that you just can figure out? If you’ve got a free minute, just fill out this daily form to help you diagnose the problem by analyzing how you think, […]
Facebook Supports CISPA!!?
So is Facebook as Evil as CISPA? ‘When the Internet erupted earlier this year to rally against the U.S. anti-piracy legislation Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and PROTECT IP Act (PIPA), Facebook joined in. Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, and Facebook VP Elliot Schrage all posted their criticisms of the […]
The Holiday Snow Angel Cosmic Greeting
‘Just in time for the holidays, the Hubble Space Telescope has delivered an amazing view of a cosmic event that is being called the “Holiday Snow Angel.” ‘The image captures a compact star-forming region in the constellation Cygnus that is 2,000 light years away from Earth. All the commotion is being caused by the formation […]
Newest Hi-tech Tool For Criminals
Gang Used 3D Printers for ATM Skimmers Just last month, I wrote a post about stealing ATM PINs using infrared camera. As if that’s not enough… ‘An ATM skimmer gang stole more than $400,000 using skimming devices built with the help of high-tech 3D printers, federal prosecutors say. ‘Before I get to the gang, let […]
