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EU launches public consultation on Internet security

Via ARS Technnica By Ryan Paul | Published: November 19, 2008 – 10:30AM CT The European Commission (EC) has called for public comment on network infrastructure security as part of an effort to shape new policies that will strengthen the … Continue reading

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Battered, but not broken: understanding the WPA crack

Via ARS Technica By Glenn Fleishman | Published: November 06, 2008 – 07:25PM CT Finding a slim vector Academic researchers have found an exploitable hole in a popular form of wireless networking encryption. The hole is in a part of … Continue reading

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Malaysian Court Frees Blogger

Via The New York Times By THOMAS FULLER Published: November 7, 2008 BANGKOK — In what lawyers described as a landmark ruling, a court in Malaysia on Friday ordered the release of one of the country’s best known bloggers, ruling … Continue reading

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IBM looks to beat identity thieves with a USB ZTIC

Via ARS Technica By Jon Stokes | Published: November 05, 2008 – 07:00AM CT With identity theft and online banking fraud on the rise, users are understandably nervous about which computers and networks they use to check their bank accounts … Continue reading

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US Army discovers Twitter, sees terrorist ties, wonders why @JasonCalacanis won’t follow it

Via Crunch Gear By John Biggs October 26th, 2008 A report by US Army Intelligence points to Twitter, GPS devices, and voice changing software as potential “terrorist tools.” Friend of CG, Noah Shachtman, posted the report on Danger Room noting … Continue reading

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ID Theft Task Force reports some progress, still much to do

Via ARS Technica By David Chartier | Published: October 22, 2008 – 10:29PM CT The Identity Theft Task Force that President Bush created in May 2006 has just issued a 70-page report on its work over the past two years. … Continue reading

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DARPA building search engine for video surveillance footage

Via ARS Technica By Julian Sanchez | Published: October 21, 2008 – 06:18AM CT The government agency that birthed the Internet is developing a sophisticated search engine for video, and when complete will allow intelligence analysts to sift through live … Continue reading

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Two new laws try to keep kids safe from online creeps

Via ARS Technica By Julian Sanchez | Published: October 15, 2008 – 10:10AM CT POCA KIDSPA may sound like some sort of disturbing NAMBLA resort, but those are actually two pieces of legislation recently signed by President Bush—the Protect Our Children Act and theKeeping … Continue reading

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Goodbye, Privacy. Hello, 1984

Via Mashable October 16, 2008 – 4:47 am PDT – by Stan Schroeder The Communications Data Bill, suggested by UK Home Secretary Jacqui Smith, proposes that all UK residents’ mobile and Web communication should be stored by the ISPs and MSPs in … Continue reading

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Canada Seeks Digital Cops to Catch Digital Thieves

Via Second life research 21 July, 2007 According to PHYSORG.com, “[...] police in Canada are turning to an unusual candidate pool for crime fighters: the virtual world of Second Life. “Policing has to reflect society, and as technology becomes more pervasive … Continue reading

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