GNU is 30 Years Old
GNU is turning 30 and it's been pointed out to me that I have not mentioned that here. So voila, that's done.
Happy GNU year, may more software and its users be Free.
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Technology Writers who don't Comprehend Technology
This should probably be a series. How many times have you read an article written by a "specialist" in some domain that you happen to know a bit about, only to realise that it's crap ? Crap that many people will read and believe.
Today I was sent this post titled "
Read more.. . ..PayPal is not Your Friend, Buddy
I've said it before and I'll say it again: If you use PayPal you're looking for trouble.
Lately PayPal froze MailPile's funds. MailPile is a crowdfunded project to create Free Software...
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Censoring Inappropriate Content
David Cameron would like to setup filters at ISPs for all home users. These filters would sieve out content that is judged as "inappropriate" by the authorities. Only the subscriber would be authorised to deactivate the filters, and to do this, he/she m...
Read more.. . .."Like" this if You are Against Corporate Spying
After the clear explanations of how various governments are spying on everyone using mostly popular web services such as Gmail, Facebook, Hotmail, Skype, etc etc, it's almost a surprise that nothing has changed. Half of the web still uses Google Analytics and an array of interactiv...
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You Can't Take Photos Because 9/11
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The other day I was on the JFK Airtrain. While at Jamaica Station I pulled out my camera to take a photo, immediately the train operator told me (his exact words): You can't take photos because 9/11. I asked what was the...
Read more.. . ..Opera Mini MITM attack
Today I was doing some tests with someone's iPhone, I used various browsers to access this website using HTTPS. One of the tests I did was with Opera Mini. What shocked me was that with Opera Mini there were no certificate warnings at all. That's odd as my certificate is self signed.
A ...
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If You See Something, Say Something™
Brazil Acorda
This is a guest post from a good friend of mine.
Right now Brazilian people have reached a point where they can't stand the lack of social investment and massive pacific protests are happening everywhere in the country demanding better health, education, transport and infrastructure. Br...
Read more.. . ..PRISM Break
By now you may already have heard about PRISM. In short it is a surveillance program run by the NSA that collects data about (almost) ev...
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