Phorm Storm Continues to Ravage British Users
Last week, we briefly covered the Phorm controversy facing British uses. This week, the controversy continues with other players jumping in on the action.
Imagine a time when every site you go to was remotely monitored. The data from every site visited was intercepted by an entity who, on the official side of things, [...]
Ireland: 80 Unencrypted Government Laptops Lost – Private Information Feared Lost
The Irish Independent has reported on new revelations by the Irish government that 80 unencrypted laptops along with USB sticks and blackberries were either lost or stolen in the last five years. 5 of these laptops were lost by the Department of Social and Family Affairs alone.
Digital Rights Ireland has responded to the incident. [...]
What countries have the riskiest websites?
One of the world’s leading security technology companies breaks down the world’s countries that have the most number of web sites with malicious downloads, browser exploits and spam.
McAfee recently announced the results of its SiteAdvisor research report which created a global road map of the riskiest, and the safest, places to surf and [...]
With IE 7, green means go for legit sites
Starting early next year, the address bar in Internet Explorer 7 will turn green when surfing to a legitimate Web site–but only in some cases, not all.
The colored address bar is designed to be a sign that a specific site can be trusted, giving people the green light to carry out transactions there. It is [...]
Xupiter author orders critics to cease and desist
“A culture is made – or destroyed – by its articulate voices” – Ayn Rand
“The society that separates its scholars from its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting by fools.” – Thucydides
Some of you know by now that I run a blog with my best friend where we investigate various [...]
Judge Tells RIAA They Don’t Get To Randomly Hunt Through Everyone’s Computers
One thing that’s become clear in all of the recording industry’s lawsuits against file sharers, is they feel they pretty much have free reign in what they should be allowed to do. That’s why they originally wanted ISPs to just hand over names without having to file a lawsuit, and why they tend to take [...]
