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Warning: We believe that attackers backed by certain states may be attempting to compromise your account or computer.
Sigh. A little more info would be helpful as to what has triggered this… Your account could be at risk of state-sponsored attacks About the security threat If you were directed to this page from a warning displayed above your Gmail inbox, we believe that state-sponsored attackers may be attempting to compromise your account or…
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50 USC Ch. 7: INTERFERENCE WITH HOMING PIGEONS OWNED BY UNITED STATES
50 USC Ch. 7: INTERFERENCE WITH HOMING PIGEONS OWNED BY UNITED STATES. A law they actually repealed?
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Ross Anderson’s “Security Engineering” – Now FREE to Download and Read
“Security Engineering” now available free online February 4th, 2013 at 17:50 UTC by Ross Anderson I’m delighted to announce that my book Security Engineering – A Guide to Building Dependable Distributed Systems is now available free online in its entirety. You may download any or all of the chapters from the book’s web page. I’ve…
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Web Security: Blacklists, Whitelists and WAFs – An essay in TWO parts at the @Surevine blog
Web Security: Blacklists, Whitelists and WAFs Web Security: Blacklists, Whitelists and WAFs Part II
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The case for a national ID card – The Washington Post /ht @owenblacker
Sigh. THE UNITED STATES has invested tens of billions of dollars in the past decade alone to foil illegal immigration — tightening the border, accelerating deportations, deputizing local police — while doing precious little to stop employers from hiring undocumented immigrants. That is fixable — by means of a universal national identity card — and…
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Looks like the Church of England just found wisdom in the words of a child #finalfee
via Tumblr, being passed around various Christian blogs: I have just done the most amazing and scary thing I will ever do in my life. So I was in church this morning, and in the prayers, our minister had prayed against gay marriage, and hoped that marriage will not be redefined in the UK, and…
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Hairdressers Registration (Amendment) #regulation #security #cybersecurity @openrightsgroup /ht @julianhuppert
Courtesy of cyberstalking Julian Huppert, I found this, do take a look at it: Hairdressers Registration (Amendment) — 30 Nov 2011 at 14:37 Julian Huppert MP, Cambridge voted with the majority (No). I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to amend the Hairdressers (Registration) Act 1964 to provide for…
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What is a “Shavers Only” Electrical Outlet?
An Electrician Explains the Shaver Socket It’s very tempting to plug American devices into these sockets when traveling, especially when (as is so often the case for me) a suitable converter is unavailable. But should they be used for anything but shavers? After all, they are very clearly labeled. And what’s so special about shavers…
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#StupidOrScam? I was just sent a link about the @hola_org VPN; the @torproject people will waste ages explaining what’s wrong with it
…so I might as well make a start to save them some bother. http://hola.org/faq.html – some snippets: Hola is building an overlay network which will change the way the Internet works – for the first time in 40 years. Our ultimate goal is to make the Internet 10x faster! By slowing it down with a…
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Problems that British Gardeners never have to face: Crazy Tumbleweed Storm
via Crazy Tumbleweed Storm – YouTube.