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Aquarium, Cage Duplex by Constance Guisset « CubeMe
Aquarium, Cage Duplex by Constance Guisset « CubeMe.
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Police In Japan Are Asking ISPs To Start Blocking Tor | Techdirt
The National Police Agency in Japan is apparently asking ISPs in that country to “voluntarily” block the use of Tor, the well-known and widely used system for anonymously surfing the internet. An expert panel to the NPA, which was looking into measures to combat crimes abusing the Tor system, compiled a report on April 18…
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“27 largest companies have admitted to the SEC that cyberattacks are basically meaningless” #security /ht @arashiyama
Since the beginning of the cybersecurity FUDgasm from Congress, we’ve been asking for proof of the actual problem. All we get are stories about how airplanes might fall from the sky, but not a single, actual example of any serious problem. Recently, some of the rhetoric shifted to how it wasn’t necessarily planes falling from…
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Govt keeps Snooping Bill campaigners in the dark » Spectator Blogs
It’s not looking good for the Snooping Bill. The legislation is currently being re-written after serious concerns were raised with the first draft, but I’ve got hold of a letter from privacy campaigners which accuses the government of failing to hold the public consultation that was one of the conditions laid down in the damning…
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Snoopers’ laws could be used to ‘oppress us’, says David Cameron technology adviser – Telegraph
Ben Hammersley, a Number 10 adviser to the Tech City project, said the draft Communications Data Bill could be turned from a force for good into something more sinister under future governments. The main aim of the Bill is to give security services like MI5 and GCHQ the ability to monitor email traffic, without actually…
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Bump your phones together before shagging to prevent incest or inbreeding. #noreally #iceland #theresanapp
Three engineers made an app for the ‘Íslendingabók’ database. People can now easily, and on the go, look up how they are related to other Icelanders. And a precious feature, using the bump technology, allows people that meet to just bump their phones together, to instantly see if they are too related to take things…
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Thought for today: APT is a racist term – #security #apt /cc @kevinmitnick
From discussion with friends, an extract: If the definition or example that somehow APT is a ‘newer, better and prolonged method of attack and stealth to obtain the crown jewels’ then what was Kevin Mitnick’s attack on Sun Microsystems? It’s because Mitnick was an American – not “a Red” – and the net was not…
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Medals for Drone Warriors Canceled – NYTimes.com
Under pressure, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has canceled the creation of a new military medal for drone operators and cyberwarriors, instead ordering military leaders to develop a pin or device that would be attached to existing medals or ribbons. Mr. Hagel’s predecessor, Leon E. Panetta, created the Distinguished Warfare Medal for service members like drone…
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What the Web used to look like: Santa Cruz Operation: SCO
Before they became a byword for evil; note “SUPER HIGHWAY DESIGN”:
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What the Web used to look like: Digital Equipment Corporation: DEC
A boring website. We demanded that Sun do something better than this.