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A mystery from UK
Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, June 27 2013 @ 05:01 AM EDT
See this story:-

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-23030009

The cctv shots are spooky :)

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Obama "concerned" Edward Snowden could leak more
Authored by: celtic_hackr on Thursday, June 27 2013 @ 10:32 AM EDT
I really get tired of people using term "hacker" whenever they want to
spread Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt and Alienation against any person they want to
isolate from society.

But, the upside, is the term is now being so used and abused, that these trolls
will cause the term to be diluted to the point that people won't care anymore,
and the label may soon become a tag to use to announce oneself as being against
the abuses of an overly zealous government.

Which of course won't return it to it's true meaning. But that is probably a
lost cause. Still, I'm a true believer. Just wish I had the time to go to the
BlackHat convention this year. Lot's of good stuff planned. It's gotten really
expensive too.

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    Six Percent of Free Android Apps Hide Intrusive Adware
    Authored by: celtic_hackr on Thursday, June 27 2013 @ 10:38 AM EDT
    Actually PJ, the danger of malware in Android is very high. There's a session
    scheduled in the BlackHat convention on just that very subject (I really would
    like to attend). It's actually quite trivial. Google's implementation if Linux
    has left it very susceptible to attack.

    I've been meaning to work on doing a hardened Android release, but I just
    haven't the time for hacking like I used to. Too busy chasing after the Almighty
    Dollar and raising a family.

    [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]

    Security breach stopped (re Opera updates)
    Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, June 27 2013 @ 11:37 AM EDT
    It is my experience with Opera that the user is given the choice to allow
    automatic updates, to inform about available updates, or to not update
    automatically at all. I'm not sure which is selected by default and I can't
    remember if the automatic option still asks you before installing.
    Ironically the android play store will default to automatic updates so any time
    I reinstall an Android device I get the updating even when I don't want it.
    (I.E. installing the newest version of Opera instead of my backup of the older
    version)

    [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]

    Opinion: Regrettable White House Intervention on Patent Trolls
    Authored by: dio gratia on Thursday, June 27 2013 @ 12:34 PM EDT

    Opinion: Regrettable White House Intervention on Patent Trolls, IP Watchdog, June 27, 2013.

    But if the intent was to steer the debate toward a balanced approach that would curb frivolous litigation without imperiling an intellectual-property protection system so key to nurturing innovation and job protection in this country, the effort appears to have failed.
    Yet we can get an economist telling us that software patents don't demonstrate these qualities. See A Generation of Software Patents, James E. Bessen, June 21, 2011. Abstract:
    This report examines changes in the patenting behavior of the software industry since the 1990s. It finds that most software firms still do not patent, most software patents are obtained by a few large firms in the software industry or in other industries, and the risk of litigation from software patents continues to increase dramatically. Given these findings, it is hard to conclude that software patents have provided a net social benefit in the software industry.

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    US webmail providers supporting server-to-server encryption (TLS)
    Authored by: JamesK on Thursday, June 27 2013 @ 01:06 PM EDT
    "Of the 4 US webmail providers (google/hotmail/yahoo/AOL), only gmail
    supports encrypted email transport (TLS)"

    It would appear that only Google takes user security seriously. My ISP (the
    local cable company) uses Yahoo for email. I have my SMTP configured to use
    SSL/TLS, even though it is not supported by my ISP. This worked well, but a few
    months ago I started getting warnings that the server's SSL certificate had
    expired. I contacted the support desk for my ISP to have them advise Yahoo to
    renew the certificate. They refused, telling me I should not be using secure
    SMTP (SMTPS). Since I got my Yahoo service through my ISP, I couldn't contact
    Yahoo directly about the problem. I then opened a separate Yahoo account and
    use it to contact Yahoo support and had the problem fixed in a couple of days.
    I then contacted the office of the president for my ISP to complain that they
    were telling customers to use an insecure method, even when connecting via
    public WiFi. I also pointed out that Yahoo has SSL/TLS as an option for sending
    and receiving mail and with Google, it was mandatory. They said they would look
    into it, but I haven't heard back and there's no mention of using SSL/TLS on the
    support site.

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    • Who cares? - Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, June 27 2013 @ 04:31 PM EDT
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