How the Government Is Waging Crypto War 2.0
According to a senior attorney at the EFF, those who don’t know their history are already repeating it. Continue reading How the Government Is Waging Crypto War 2.0
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Malware from Kazakhstan
EFF has the story of malware from the Kazakhstan government against "journalists and political activists critical of Kazakhstan’s authoritarian government, along with their family members, lawyers, and associates."… Continue reading Malware from Kazakhstan
‘Mayhem’ Wins $2M In DARPA’s AI Hacking Contest, Draws EFF Scrutiny
Here’s the highlight reel from the DARPA-sponsored “Cyber Grand Challenge” competition. Slashdot reader alphadogg writes:
Cyber-reasoning platform Mayhem pulled down the $2 million first prize in a competition…that pitted entrants against each other… Continue reading ‘Mayhem’ Wins $2M In DARPA’s AI Hacking Contest, Draws EFF Scrutiny
Kazakhstan govt targeted journalists, political activists with spyware
Journalists and political activists critical of Kazakhstan’s authoritarian government, along with their family members, lawyers, and associates, have been targets of an online phishing and spyware campaign believed to be carried out on behalf of the government of Kazakhstan, according to a new report by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). Malware was sent to Irina Petrushova and Alexander Petrushov, publishers of the independent newspaper Respublika, which was forced by the government of Kazakhstan to stop … More → Continue reading Kazakhstan govt targeted journalists, political activists with spyware
Malware Linked To Government of Kazakhstan Targets Journalists, Political Activists and Lawyers, Says Report
An anonymous reader quotes a report from EFF: Journalists and political activists critical of Kazakhstan’s authoritarian government, along with their family members, lawyers, and associates, have been targets of an online phishing and malware campaign … Continue reading Malware Linked To Government of Kazakhstan Targets Journalists, Political Activists and Lawyers, Says Report
Cory Doctorow Rails Against Technological Nihilism; Wants You to Have Hope
I was skeptical about a two hour block allotted for Cory Doctrow’s keynote address at HOPE XI. I’ve been to Operas that are shorter than that and it’s hard to imagine he could keep a huge audience engaged for that long. I was incredibly wrong — this was a barnburner of a talk. Here is where some would make a joke about breaking out the rainbows and puppies. But this isn’t a joke. I think Cory’s talk helped me understand why I’ve been feeling down about our not-so-bright digital future and unearthed a foundation upon which hope can grow.
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EFF Files Lawsuit Challenging DMCA’s Restrictions on Security Researchers
EFF says security researchers are impinged by DMCA laws that prevent reverse engineering software to find security flaws. Continue reading EFF Files Lawsuit Challenging DMCA’s Restrictions on Security Researchers
Bunnie and EFF Sue US Goverment over DMCA 1201
This morning Bunnie Huang wrote about his reasons for suing the US Government over Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).
The DMCA was enacted in 1996 and put in place far-reaching protections for copyright owners. Many, myself included, think these protections became far-overreaching. The DMCA, specifically section 1201 of the act which is known as the anti-circumvention provision, prohibits any action that goes around mechanisms designed to protect copyrighted material. So much has changed since ’96 — software is now in every device and that means section 1201 extends to almost all electronics sold today.
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Here’s Twitter’s Response to the Racist Harassment of Leslie Jones
Once again, it’s taken a celebrity to show just how bad Twitter’s anti-harassment tools are for everyone. Continue reading Here’s Twitter’s Response to the Racist Harassment of Leslie Jones
Digital Rights Advocates Call for Investigation Around W3C’s DRM Extension
Digital rights advocates are again pleading with the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to reconsider standardizing DRM in Encrypted Media Extensions, a draft specification that would ultimately feed into HTML 5.
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