Security Alerts for Week Ending 8/8/2010
Android rootkit released at Defcon Highlights from Black Hat and Defcon Mozilla finds flaw in Black Hat video stream Researchers find GBs of stolen data in a botnet Useful security extension may make...
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TCLP 2010-08-08 News
This is news cast 221, an episode of The Command Line Podcast. In the intro, my thanks to Mike for his donation for which he has earned a merit badge. A final reminder there will not be a feature cast...
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FCC chief may demand neutrality conditions in Comcast, NBC merger USCG dumps two of its lawsuits but only to refile against individuals Why USCG abandoned its first two law suits Achieving net...
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TCLP 2010-08-22 News
This is news cast 223, an episode of The Command Line Podcast. In the intro, an obligatory reminder there will be no new shows on the 29th, the 1st and the 5th because of Dragon*Con. Also, if you are...
View Articlefeeds | grep links > RIAA Says DMCA Not Working (Hard Enough for Them), Jury...
Apple seeking to patent spyware and traitorware I have to agree with the incredulous tone in EFF’s analysis of Apple’s patent application. This goes well beyond anti-theft measures, none of the...
View ArticleFollowing Up for the Week Ending 8/29/2010
Gnome JavaScript binding project gets a public release Via Hacker News. Latest ACTA draft won’t be released Authors Guild silent over text-to-speech feature on iPad New research suggests Google Books...
View Articlefeeds | grep links > Carrier Claims Right to Censor SMS, Wireless in...
Apologies once again for a sparse link dump. Spent a good portion of today’s allotted blogging time hacking on tjhe second of three scripts critical to completing the migration of my podcast production...
View Articlefeeds | grep links > Outbound SSL and Search Engines, New Hefty Tome on...
SSL in outbound links from search engines EFF has a great post that discusses how search engines could help our privacy even further by linking to encrypted versions of pages in their results where...
View ArticleEFF Pioneer Awards Announced
EFF just announced the winners of their annual Pioneer Awards. Awarded every year since 1992, EFF’s Pioneer Awards recognize leaders who are extending freedom and innovation on the electronic frontier....
View ArticleFollowing Up for the Week Ending 10/31/2010
KEI letter to European Parliament regarding ACTA, KEI US says it will basically ignore anything in ACTA it doesn’t like, Techdirt Prominent law professors urge Obama to end ACTA endorsement, Techdirt...
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Let’s Encrypt to offer wildcard certificates for free
After only a year with a paid authority, I gladly switched to the free and open certificate authority that EFF helped stand up. I haven’t minded having to enter multiple alternative names on my...
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