Serious threat to the web in Italy In 2006, students at a school in Turin, Italy filmed and then uploaded a video to Google Video that showed them bullying an autistic schoolmate. Google took it down within hours of being notified by the Italian police, and also worked with the local police to help identify [...]
Regarding Foursquare and Please Rob Me Andy Baio (Waxy) on the http://pleaserobme.com fear, and being careful doesn't mean getting blinded by paranoia. (tags: social media history mobile privacy location geo paranoia rob me fear pleaserobme 2010 foursquare waxy …)
The Credit Card Prank: Who checks the signature? "Nobody checks the signature. Credit card signatures are a useless mechanism designed to make you feel safe, like airport security checks. So my question was, how crazy would I have to make my signature before someone would actually notice?" (tags: fun funny humor security article interesting humour [...]
You should probably buy a shredder today "The Torn-Up Credit Card Application – I get a heck of a lot of credit card applications in the mail. I almost always tear credit card applications in half and throw them away. Is that good enough? Could a determined and dexterous criminal gather all the bits, tape [...]
The Google Tax: Hiding The Real Threats to French Democracy "The LOPPSI law, which could be voted on in March, will make filtering the French Internet a reality, "the Chinese way" (…) If nothing is done, within a year, not only might Big Brother-like spyware be mandatory on every French computer, but everything that goes [...]
Conversations With An Anonymous Facebook Employee The Rumpus: Do you save everything ever entered into Facebook at any time, whether or not it’s been deleted, untagged, and so forth? Facebook Employee: That is essentially correct at this moment. Rumpus: When you say “click on somebody’s profile,” you mean you save our viewing history? Employee: That’s [...]
Donate to Wikileaks today Wikileaks is a global platform for Whistleblowers, in which internal documents can be published. The idea is that arcane knowledge becomes common knowledge and the world a better place. The project could play in the same league as success stories like Wikipedia or Indymedia. Interview of Julian Assange, the most prominent [...]
Besieged by attacks, AT&T dumps Kevin Mitnick Over the past month, both HostedHere.net, his longtime webhost, and AT&T, his cellular provider since he was released from prison more than nine years ago, have told him they no longer want him as a customer. The reason: his status as a celebrity hacker makes his accounts too [...]
The Nine Eyes of Google Street View – An image-based essay Photos from Google Street View by artist Jon Rafman (tags: art internet photo google photography images culture photos image maps documentary privacy googlemaps streetview essay street googlestreetview jonrafman view netart …)
Snooping through the power socket – Power sockets can be used to eavesdrop on what people type on a computer. Security researchers found that poor shielding on some keyboard cables means useful data can be leaked about each character typed. (tags: news security hack hacking computers keyboard privacy bbc Power computing electricity spying electronics grid [...]
Passport RFID tags sniffed and cloned from a distance [video] Using inexpensive off-the-shelf components, an information security expert has built a mobile platform that can clone large numbers of the unique electronic identifiers used in US passport cards and next generation drivers licenses. The $250 proof-of-concept device – which researcher Chris Paget built in his [...]
KeePassX – cross platform app for secure personal data management KeePassX is an application for people with extremly high demands on secure personal data management. It has a light interface, is cross platform and published under the terms of the GNU General Public License. KeePassX saves many different information e.g. user names, passwords, urls, attachments [...]
Adeona A Free, Open Source System for Helping Track and Recover Lost and Stolen Laptops. Adeona is the first Open Source system for tracking the location of your lost or stolen laptop that does not rely on a proprietary, central service. This means that you can install Adeona on your laptop and go — there's [...]
Privnote Send notes that will self-destruct after being read. Sorry Jul. (tags: anonymous code document email encryption ideas internet link mail notes online password post privacy resources secure security send service share sharing text useful utilities …)
OperaTor – Opera's portable browser + Tor + Privoxy OperaTor is a software bundle that can be easily installed on a portable memory (pendrive, usb stick, hard drive) to allow anonymous surfing while at an internet cafe, library etc. It combines the power of Opera, The Onion Router and Privoxy to give the u (tags: [...]