What has been revealed: -> http://www.theguardian.com/world/interactive/2013/nov/01/snowden-nsa-files-surveillance-revelations-decoded -> https://www.eff.org/nsa-spying/timeline What to do? –> http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/05/nsa-how-to-remain-secure-surveillance
Today is 404 day! A Day of Action Against Censorship in Libraries. Read more about it at the EFF https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/03/404-day-day-action-against-censorship-libraries-and-schools
Finally the deadline has arrived for carriers to notify their customers when they are about to exceed usage limits. The FCC has not created a regulation but has made it clear, if carriers don’t comply they will make it mandatory. Hopefully carriers including Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile will comply in full and no longer […]
A very interesting article from the Electronic Freedom Foundation: A new study from Australia presents the latest evidence that loosening copyright restrictions not only enables free speech, but can improve an economy as well. The study, published by the Australian Digital Alliance, indicated that if Australia expanded copyright exceptions like fair use and strengthened safe […]
The cats out of the bag. Its official, your Mac can get a virus! Some months ago a exploit was found and its causing a big stir. Often Apple has been regarded as one of the virus-free OS. Unfortunately, its not so simple but up till now there haven’t been compelling reasons to worry. As […]
Through 20 years of effort, we’ve successfully trained everyone to use passwords that are hard for humans to remember, but easy for computers to guess.
From the Electronic Frontier Foundation: “Thanks to protections enshrined in the U.S. Constitution, the government generally can’t snoop through your laptop for no reason. But those privacy protections don’t safeguard travelers at the U.S. border, where the U.S. government can take an electronic device, search through all the files, and keep it for a while […]