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Firefox users left feeling vulnerable as judge keeps Tor hack under wraps

Posted on May 19, 2016 by Alison Booth

Millions of users of Mozilla’s Firefox web browser may be at risk, thanks to a ruling handed out by a federal judge on Monday Continue reading Firefox users left feeling vulnerable as judge keeps Tor hack under wraps→

Posted in fbi, Firefox, Playpen, tor, Vulnerability, Web Browsers

Ewe must be joking! Police blur lambs’ faces to protect their identity

Posted on May 12, 2016 by Alison Booth

The officers of West Midlands Police take protecting the victims of crime seriously; especially when they’re no more than a few months old. Continue reading Ewe must be joking! Police blur lambs’ faces to protect their identity→

Posted in Data Protection, lambs, Law & order, privacy, puntastic, sheep rustling, West Midlands Police

Judge dismisses police attempt to get Lauri Love’s encryption keys

Posted on May 11, 2016 by Alison Booth

The Police have failed in their second attempt to get hacktivist Lauri Love to hand over encryption keys for six devices seized in 2013. Continue reading Judge dismisses police attempt to get Lauri Love’s encryption keys→

Posted in backdoors, Cryptography, encryption, Lauri Love, Law & order, NCA

Opera adds a (sort of) VPN to its browser

Posted on April 25, 2016 by Alison Booth

In an effort to improve security, Opera has baked a free VPN (Virtual Private Network) into the latest version of its browser. Continue reading Opera adds a (sort of) VPN to its browser→

Posted in Opera, Organisations, privacy, proxy, VPN, Web Browsers

Adblockers are “censorship” says ad-tech company

Posted on April 20, 2016 by Alison Booth

Recent research by ad-tech company Oriel has found that adblockers are doing more than simply blocking ads and have accused them of “interfering, changing and potentially censoring web content” Continue reading Adblockers are “censorship” says ad-tech company→

Posted in ad blocker, ad blocking, Adblocker, Censorship, malvertising, Oriel, Security threats

Woz on autonomous weapons: “I don’t think it’s a good idea. I don’t think we can stop it.”

Posted on April 19, 2016 by Alison Booth

Steve Wozniak is concerned about the real world killer robots that are all but with us: Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems (LAWS). Continue reading Woz on autonomous weapons: “I don’t think it’s a good idea. I don’t think we can stop it.”→

Posted in ai, Artificial Intelligence, autonomous weapons, Steve Wozniak, Woz

The Guardian lifts the lid on its trolls and abusive comments

Posted on April 14, 2016 by Alison Booth

The Guardian has shared the results of its research into the 70 million comments – the results are shocking but won’t come as a huge surprise to anyone familiar with the state of online discourse. Continue reading The Guardian lifts the lid on its trolls and abusive comments→

Posted in abuse, comments, Guardian, privacy, trolling

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