Late Friday night, Facebook announced a new round of privacy settings for third-party applications via the company’s developers blog. They no doubt hoped to minimize the repercussions from its latest privacy change by announcing it late on Friday evening, but there could be a larger repercussions from its new privacy move than Facebook initially anticipated. Essentially, Facebook [...]
This is completely true and changing the world as we know it. The folks over at Cognitive Media created this visual art transcription drawing. Here is what they had to say: “Here’s our latest effort in the video Scribing arena. I say arena, but there seems to be very few of us doing this sort [...]
This is one of the most disturbing FAILS I have ever heard of. “(CBS) At a warehouse in New Jersey, 6,000 used copy machines sit ready to be sold. CBS News chief investigative correspondent Armen Keteyian reports almost every one of them holds a secret. Nearly every digital copier built since 2002 contains a hard [...]
An actual PS3 Linux user explains why the loss of Linux on the PS3 isn’t much of a loss at all.
In an interview with Pwn2Own hacking competition winner Charlie Miller, he breaks down the vulnerabilities in today’s Internet browsers. On cracking the O/S: “Windows 7 is slightly more difficult because it has full ASLR (address space layout randomization) and a smaller attack surface (for example, no Java or Flash by default). Windows used to be much [...]
Adam Frucci over at Gizmodo has put up a descriptive article concerning private torrents. Here are some excerpts: People serious about downloading pirated music, movies, TV shows, software and other media aren’t interested in getting a letter from their ISP or the RIAA/IFPI/MPAA/CRIA. They’re also not interested in getting viruses or fake files, often seeded on [...]
The NY Times is reporting that: “A series of online attacks on Google and dozens of other American corporations have been traced to computers at two educational institutions in China, including one with close ties to the Chinese military, say people involved in the investigation. Tracing the attacks further back, to an elite Chinese university [...]
Hacker Group, Anonymous, opposes the oppression of small breasted women, which excludes them from acting in porn in Australia.
Gawker Compromise Sparks Action- Protect Your Passwords and Protect Your Privacy
…. is a very good reason to create a “garbage” email account and only use it with your non-monetary transaction sites. For monetary transaction sites it’s up to you if you want connect them with a main real email account. BUT do NOT use the same password no matter what. So…when Gawker said that they had been hacked I just ….
Dec 14, 2010 | 3 comments | View Post
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