Tag Archive | internet
Why Predatory Publishing is Dangerous
Is Your Website Mobile-Friendly? Because I use my netbook most of the time, I’m very grateful for mobile-friendly sites I don’t have to adjust page sizes Why Your Website Should Be Mobile-Friendly ‘In late 2012, Google conducted an independent survey titled “What Users Want Most From Mobile Sites Today.” Of the 1,088 smartphone users that […]
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, […]
A Case of Legal Drone Intrusion
Creep stalks woman with drone — legally ‘…The mysterious drone operator may be perfectly right. Legislation on new technologies can often take some time to catch up with the technologies themselves, and it’s perfectly possible he was technically operating within the law. ‘As the Atlantic notes, talking to a Harvard public policy expert, there would […]
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 […]
Spiritual Advice on Counterhacking
Whosoever shall hack thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also Why hacking back is not wise ‘While cybersecurity is an integral part of CloudFlare’s business, Prince cautions that any interaction with attackers carries risk. “Some people out there are real criminals. They have a way of fighting back,” he says. ‘Prince […]
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 […]
First Request for Link Removal in Plato on-line
Actually, that was a spoofing attempt at Plato on-line My mistake was that I replied before probing my suspicions. And Mark Turner confirmed my suspicions by his comment: Looks like you got the same automated email requesting you remove sketchy links from your blog. You can safely ignore it. Read more at my blog: http://www.markturner.net/2013/05/07/dear-william-fat-chance/ […]
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 […]
Discovery: Internet’s Physical Infrastructure
Can a squirrel ‘chew the Internet’? How a squirrel sent a journalist around the world to uncover the Internet’s physical infrastructure ‘“He said something to me that changed my life. He said ‘I think a squirrel is chewing on your internet’. And this of course seemed preposterous, because as all of you know the internet […]
