From Schneier on SecurityOriginal Article Not surprising, but scary when you consider just how much information Google has on the average user. Consider something like http://www.google.com/history (seriously, check that link out when logged in to your google account. Prepare to be shocked.) It’s nice to have these statistics to see exactly how often Google complies [...]
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Read this Week: Demands from Law Enforcement for Google Data
Posted in Read this week, tagged commentary, links on Wed October 26, 2011 | Comments Off
Read this Week: Whatever happened to Shibori?
Posted in Read this week, tagged commentary, links on Mon October 24, 2011 | Comments Off
From kendoinfo.netOriginal Article I’ve actually been wondering about this recently, since I restarted kendo. I was originally taught to use shibori, and now speaking with sensei, its actually been somewhat discouraged.
Read this Week: This gives a whole new meaning to high-throughput sequencing
Posted in Read this week, tagged commentary, links on Fri October 21, 2011 | Comments Off
From Blag HagOriginal Article I wonder if this would fit on a poster? I’d totally buy it.
Read this Week: EFF: "We are generally satisfied with the privacy design of Silk"
Posted in Read this week, tagged commentary, links on Thu October 20, 2011 | Comments Off
From Boing BoingOriginal Article This is good to know. I trust the EFF on issues like this, so I’ll keep it in mind if I choose to purchase a Kindle Fire.
Read this Week: Alleged Iran Assassination Plot Court Documents Suggest A Set Up
Posted in Read this week, tagged commentary, links on Sun October 16, 2011 | Comments Off
From naked capitalismOriginal Article I am not in any way, shape, or form, surprised by this.
Read this Week: Deepak Chopra reviews Richard Dawkins
Posted in Read this week, tagged commentary, links on Tue October 11, 2011 | Comments Off
From PharyngulaOriginal Article Why does anybody take Deepak Chopra seriously? That said, I’m debating if I want to pick up the ebook or the audio book version of this latest Dawkins book. The greatest show on earth was a fantastic read, and since I got that new iPad I’m all about the ebooks. Given my [...]
Read this Week: Possible Governmental Backdoor found ("case R2D2")
Posted in Read this week, tagged commentary, links on Sat October 8, 2011 | Comments Off
From F-Secure Antivirus Research WeblogOriginal Article Be sure to read the F-Secure policy on “lawful intercept” trojans, linked in the article above. Short version: They remove them, and treat them no differently than any other malware. That was the same response they used with the Sony root kit. This policy is why, to this day, [...]
Read this Week: FBI-Sponsored Backdoors
Posted in Read this week, tagged commentary, links on Fri October 7, 2011 | Comments Off
From Schneier on SecurityOriginal Article Working as I do for a security company, I wonder if our tools would find this kind of threat. Would any consumer tools flag government sponsored malware? From what little I can recall about a previously known/discovered program used by the FBI (called magic lantern I think), even vendors that [...]
Read this Week: Essays on the trap of US student debt
Posted in Read this week, tagged commentary, links on Fri October 7, 2011 | Comments Off
From Boing BoingOriginal Article I never really thought of Student Loans as a market driven bubble, but then I didn’t know that they where packaged up as securities. I suppose it makes sense (inasmuch as any kind of market for debt makes sense) that if other forms of debt can be securitized for profit, student [...]
Read this Week: PROTECT IP Renamed To the E-PARASITE Act
Posted in Read this week, tagged commentary, links on Thu October 27, 2011 | Comments Off
From SlashdotOriginal Article The only parasites involved in this are the content companies and the congress critters involved in this travesty of a proposal.
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