Manila Hackers Fulfill ‘Bloody Monday’

Philippine hackers have restarted to attack .gov websites in protest against treacherous cybercrime law. I wish the clown Sotto has a site of his own. Immigrant Filipinos who don’t like dictatorship should support the protests
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Tech Irony of the Year?
Book About Kickstarter Fails to Raise Enough Money on Kickstarter
I think this was a sort of ‘self-promotion’ that failed big

‘…According to author Glenn Fleishman, it’s a book that “distills hard-won lessons of successful projects into well-documented advice alongside case studies.” The problem? Fleishman turned to Kickstarter to raise $35,000 for his goal, and this weekend, he failed to reach his goal…’
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Why Password Leaks Are Dangerous
‘Password leaks are so dangerous because many people use the same password for multiple websites. If you register for a website with your email address and provide the same password you use for your email account, that email/password combination may be present on a list somewhere.

‘Crackers can then use this email/password combination to gain access to your email account. Even if you use a different password for your email account, they may try the email or account name and password combination on other websites to gain access to your other accounts…’
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Persona
Mozilla’s privacy-friendly website login system replaces multiple passwords. This means you only need one password to sign in to many sites.
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The Ultimate Gmail Search
When all Gmail searches have failed, use “in: anywhere” to search all folders, inboxes, Spam and Trash.