Category: Computer Security

Judge Says NSA Program Is Unconstitutional, ‘It’s Time to Move’ – US News

A federal judge says he will tolerate no foot-dragging and tells Justice Department attorneys not to take vacation. Source: Judge Says NSA Program Is Unconstitutional, >>>

Posted: September 2, 2015 in Computer, Security

Microsoft’s Software Is Malware – GNU Project – Free Software Foundation

Source: Microsoft’s Software Is Malware – GNU Project – Free Software Foundation

Posted: September 1, 2015 in Computer, Security

Adobe Flash is finally dead

Adobe Flash, the world’s most hated software, is finally dying. Technically, it’s been on its way out for years, but today it received one of >>>

Posted: September 1, 2015 in Computer, Security

China cracksdown on market rumours with mass arrests

Almost 200 people have been punished for offences including spreading rumours, the Chinese authorities said, blaming individuals including brokers and journalists for recent stock market >>>

Posted: August 31, 2015 in Computer, Editorial, Internet, Security

Microsoft Starts Collecting User Data from Windows 7 and Windows 8 PCs – Softpedia

The Windows 10 privacy saga moves to older OS versions Source: Microsoft Starts Collecting User Data from Windows 7 and Windows 8 PCs – Softpedia

Posted: August 30, 2015 in Computer, Security

Ubuntu Privacy Issues Eerily Similar To Windows 10

It turns out, although the Canonical Privacy Policy is no where near as bad as the Microsoft Privacy Policy, it is still pretty scary. Source: >>>

Posted: August 27, 2015 in Computer, Security

Twitter shuts down 30 sites dedicated to saving politicians’ deleted tweets

Source: Twitter shuts down 30 sites dedicated to saving politicians’ deleted tweets

Posted: August 24, 2015 in Computer, Editorial, Security, Social

Feds Keep Magically Finding Documents They Insisted Didn’t Previously Exist | Techdirt

Source: Feds Keep Magically Finding Documents They Insisted Didn’t Previously Exist | Techdirt

Posted: August 22, 2015 in Computer, Editorial, Security

Amazon joins in on killing Flash, stops accepting Flash ads | News | Geek.com

Adobe’s Flash plugin might have had its place on the web years ago, but the last few years have been marked by a move away >>>

Posted: August 21, 2015 in Computer, Security, Software

Web.com Hacked – 93,000 Credit Card Numbers Accessed

Florida based web hosting company Web.com announced on Tuesday that it had suffered a data breach with credit card and personal information accessed. Source: Web.com >>>

Posted: August 20, 2015 in Computer, Security