[Infowarrior] - OpEd: Attacking Libya - and the dictionary

Attacking Libya - and the dictionary By Jonathan Schell http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/MF23Ak01.html The Barack Obama administration has come up with a remarkable justification for going to war against Libya without the congressional approval required by the constitution and the War

[Infowarrior] - iCloud stops routing Apple e-mail when 5GB limit is reached

iCloud stops routing Apple e-mail when 5GB limit is reached By Casey Johnston | Published about 17 hours ago http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2011/06/e-mail-service-through-icloud-stops-when-5gb-limit-is-reached.ars A screenshot of the upcoming iCloud storage service from Apple shows that if y

[Infowarrior] - Pentagon gets cyberwar guidelines

Pentagon gets cyberwar guidelines Jun 22, 6:44 AM (ET) LOLITA C. BALDOR http://apnews.myway.com/article/20110622/D9O0SERG0.html WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama has signed executive orders that lay out how far military commanders around the globe can go in using cyberattacks and other

[Infowarrior] - Top-secret clearance checks falsified

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jun/21/top-secret-clearance-checks- falsified/ Top-secret clearance checks falsified Time, money now spent to probe fraud The Washington Times 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, June 21, 2011 Federal authorities responsible for granting security clearances to government

[Infowarrior] - US plan to hold EU passenger data for 15 yrs 'unlawful'

US plan to hold EU passenger data for 15 yrs 'unlawful' http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/06/22/pnr_eu/ Database likely to be used against non-serious crimes By OUT-LAW.COM • Get more from this author Posted in Government, 22nd June 2011 14:20 GMT A reported plan to allow the US to ret

[Infowarrior] - Top ISPs poised to adopt graduated response to piracy

June 22, 2011 5:27 PM PDT Exclusive: Top ISPs poised to adopt graduated response to piracy by Greg Sandoval http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-20073522-261/exclusive-top-isps-poised-to-adopt-graduated-response-to-piracy/ Some of the country's largest Internet service providers are poised to leap

[Infowarrior] - Telstra, Optus to start censoring the web next month

Telstra, Optus to start censoring the web next month • By Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson • From: News Limited newspapers • June 22, 2011 1:00PM http://www.news.com.au/technology/internet-filter/telstra-optus-to-begin-censoring-web-next-month/story-fn5j66db-1226079954138 MOST A

[Infowarrior] - Can ICANN really be necessary?

Can Icann really be necessary? It's a question worth asking as the body that oversees internet domain names will now permit any suffix you want – at a price • Dan Gillmor • guardian.co.uk,Thursday 23 June 2011 18.00 BST http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentis

[Infowarrior] - Challenges to red light cameras span US

Challenges to red light cameras span US Studies touting safety benefits sometimes contradictory, incomplete http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/43521646/ns/us_news-life/ In more than 500 cities and towns in 25 states, silent sentries keep watch over intersections, snapping photos and shooting video o

[Infowarrior] - Twitter plans bolder advertisements

June 23, 2011 6:40 pm Twitter plans bolder advertisements By Tim Bradshaw in Cannes http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/dcd35ed2-9dbc-11e0-b30c-00144feabdc0.html Twitter is looking at introducing advertisements among the short messages that users see in the most active part of the social networkin

[Infowarrior] - RIP Peter "One More Thing..." Falk

'Columbo' actor Peter Falk dies at 83 By Todd Leopold, CNN June 24, 2011 4:02 p.m. EDT http://www.cnn.com/2011/SHOWBIZ/celebrity.news.gossip/06/24/obit.falk/ (CNN) -- Actor Peter Falk, who rose to fame on a shambling manner and a rumpled raincoat as the TV detective Lt. Columbo, has died. He wa

[Infowarrior] - Economist on the dangers of ETFs, ETNs, and more

(Some ETFs I feel are fine -- but the more exotic ones, or the ones back by 'funny math' certainly deserve more scrutiny, I think. -- rick) Exchange-traded funds A fast-growing industry is attracting more regulatory attention Jun 24th 2010 | New york | from the print edition http://www.econom

[Infowarrior] - AP source: KKR, Silver Lake near deal on Go Daddy

(c/o dg) AP source: KKR, Silver Lake near deal on Go Daddy By RACHEL METZ, AP Technology Writer Fri Jun 24, 8:16 pm ET http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110625/ap_on_hi_te/us_godaddy_sale/print SAN FRANCISCO – Go Daddy, the domain-name registration company known for its racy Super Bowl ads, is clos

[Infowarrior] - Singapore: A Stronger Net Security System Is Deployed

(c/o jc) June 24, 2011 A Stronger Net Security System Is Deployed By JOHN MARKOFF http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/25/science/25trust.html A small group of Internet security specialists gathered in Singapore this week to start up a global system to make e-mail and e-commerce more secure, end the

[Infowarrior] - CORRECTION -- Re: Economist on the dangers of ETFs, ETNs, and more

Sorry.the original article I sent was from 2010 and not this week's Economist. The article I meant to send can be found here: Exchange-traded funds Too much of a good thing The risks created by complicating a simple idea Jun 23rd 2011 | from the print edition http://www.economist.com/node/1

[Infowarrior] - Google to End Health Records Service After It Fails to Attract Users

June 24, 2011 Google to End Health Records Service After It Fails to Attract Users By STEVE LOHR https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/25/technology/25health.html Google is giving up on its vision of helping people live healthier lives with online personal health records. When Google Health was intr

[Infowarrior] - Humour: You're Welcome - Hacker Threat

You're Welcome - Hacker Threat John Hodgman does whatever it takes to keep the hackers happy so his Etsy storefront stays safe. http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-june-23-2011/you-re-welcome---hacker-threat ___ Infowarrior mailing list Infowarrior

[Infowarrior] - LulzSec disbanding

Notorious Hacker Group LulzSec Just Announced That It's Finished Joe Weisenthal | Jun. 25, 2011, 7:06 PM | 16,071 | 17 http://www.businessinsider.com/lulzsec-finished-2011-6 LulzSec, the notorious hacker group that's been on a rampage, just announced that it's disbanding. This follows 50 days

[Infowarrior] - Elderly woman asked to remove adult diaper during TSA search

Elderly woman asked to remove adult diaper during TSA search Comments 62 June 25, 2011 12:41:00 PM LAUREN SAGE REINLIE / Florida Freedom Newspapers http://www.newsherald.com/news/mother-94767-search-adult.html A woman has filed a complaint with federal authorities over how her elderly mother wa

[Infowarrior] - U.S. to Provide Guidelines to Bolster Computer Security

June 26, 2011 U.S. to Provide Guidelines to Bolster Computer Security By RIVA RICHMOND http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/27/technology/27secure.html The Homeland Security Department plans to unveil on Monday a new system of guidance intended to help make the software behind many services — be the

[Infowarrior] - Congress hears criticisms of WH cyber proposal

Congress hears criticisms of WH cyber proposal June 27, 2011 - 7:30am By Jared Serbu Reporter Federal News Radio http://www.federalnewsradio.com/?nid=35&sid=2438535 Experts from outside government criticized the White House's legislative proposal for cybersecurity Friday, saying the bill the ad

[Infowarrior] - SCOTUS: Can't Ban Violent Video Game Sales

Court: Calif. can't ban violent video game sales By JESSE J. HOLLAND, Associated Press – 7 mins ago http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_supreme_court_violent_video_games WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court says California cannot ban the rental or sale of violent video games to children. The high court ag

[Infowarrior] - Microsoft May Add Eavesdropping To Skype

(c/o D) Microsoft May Add Eavesdropping To Skype Kurt Bakke in Products on June 26 The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published A Microsoft patent app

[Infowarrior] - Human Errors, Idiocy Fuel Hacking

Human Errors, Idiocy Fuel Hacking By Cliff Edwards, Olga Kharif and Michael Riley - Jun 27, 2011 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/print/2011-06-27/human-errors-fuel-hacking-as-test-shows-nothing-prevents-idiocy.html The U.S. Department of Homeland Security ran a test this year to see how hard it w

[Infowarrior] - New Documents Prove TSA “Mischaracterized” Safety Aspects Of Full Body Scanners

New Documents Prove TSA “Mischaracterized” Safety Aspects Of Full Body Scanners Steve Watson Infowars.com June 27, 2011 http://www.infowars.com/new-documents-prove-tsa-%E2%80%9Cmischaracterized%E2%80%9D-safety-aspects-of-full-body-scanners/ Newly released

[Infowarrior] - Facebook bans KDE application, deletes user photos

Facebook bans KDE application, deletes user photos KDE users burned by Facebook By Joe Brockmeier on Mon, 06/27/11 - 8:56pm. http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/75598 KDE users have gotten a rather unpleasant surprise from Facebook: Not only is the site blocking KDE apps like Gwenview f

[Infowarrior] - Firefox update policy: the enterprise is wrong, not Mozilla

Firefox update policy: the enterprise is wrong, not Mozilla By Peter Bright | Published about 13 hours ago http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2011/06/firefox-update-policy-the-enterprise-is-wrong-not-mozilla.ars/2 Three months ago, Mozilla released the long-awaited Firefox 4. Last week,

[Infowarrior] - Federal Study of Power Grid Might Disrupt The Nation's Clocks

Federal Study of Power Grid Might Disrupt The Nation's Clocks By Rebecca Boyle Posted 06.27.2011 at 4:40 pm 9 Comments http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2011-06/federal-study-save-electricity-might-disrupt-nations-clocks# Power Lines Wikimedia Commons Soon, when you sleep through yo

[Infowarrior] - DARPA chief Regina Dugan: ‘Failure is okay for us’

(The WSJ interview video is @ http://allthingsd.com/20110627/darpas-regina-dugan-takes-it-to-mach-20-the-full-d9-interview-video/) DARPA chief Regina Dugan: ‘Failure is okay for us’ By Emi Kolawole http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/innovations/post/darpa-chief-regina-dugan-failure-is-okay-fo

[Infowarrior] - Capcom tries to kill used video game sales with the one-save game

Capcom tries to kill used video game sales with the one-save game http://dvice.com/archives/2011/06/capcom-tries-to.php Buying used video games is great for gamers who don't want to pay full price for the latest hits. You know who doesn't like used video games? Game publishers. In a very sad tw

[Infowarrior] - John The Ripper Expedites Password Auditing

John The Ripper Expedites Password Auditing By Sean Michael Kerner June 27, 2011 http://www.esecurityplanet.com/features/print.php/3936466 Chances are that if you've tested password security in the last decade, you have heard of John the Ripper. John the Ripper is an open source password cracker

[Infowarrior] - Summary: ZDNet's USA PATRIOT Act series

Summary: ZDNet's USA PATRIOT Act series By Zack Whittaker | April 27, 2011, 8:00am PDT Summary ZDNet’s USA PATRIOT Act series: A summary of four extensively detailed posts, of how the Act can access data held outside the United States. This executive summary recaps a series of posts and a year

[Infowarrior] - Myspace to be sold for $35 million

(c/o JH) Myspace to be sold for $35 million Los Angeles Times | June 29, 2011 | 11:27 a.m. Myspace, formerly the dominant online social network, will be sold to Irvine-based Specific Media for $35 million in cash and stock, a person familiar with the matter said. News Corp., which acquired Mys

[Infowarrior] - RIP Robert Morris

Robert Morris, Pioneer in Computer Security, Dies at 78 By JOHN MARKOFF Published: June 29, 2011 https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/30/technology/30morris.html?_r=1 Robert Morris, a cryptographer who helped developed the Unix computer operating system, which controls an increasing number of the w

[Infowarrior] - OT: You can't make this stuff up

North Korea to Head U.N. Conference on Disarmament http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/north-korea-head-un-conference-disarmament_575920.html What's next? Greece to head the UN's Conference on Global Financial Stability? *headdesk* I don't agree often with stuff found in The Kristol Rag, but

[Infowarrior] - TSA Fail. part whatever

Authorities Investigate Security Breach At JFK Airport After Man Flies To Los Angeles Without Ticket Or ID http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/06/30/authorities-investigate-security-breach-at-jfk-airport-after-man-flies-to-los-angeles-without-ticket/ .. and TSA's response? "He was screened." An

[Infowarrior] - FBI Probes Massive Botnet Computer Infection

FBI Probes Massive Botnet Computer Infection By Michael Riley - Jun 30, 2011 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/print/2011-06-30/fbi-probes-botnet-infecting-millions-of-computers.html International law enforcement agencies are investigating what may be the largest documented botnet, a network of ten

[Infowarrior] - As the Internet evolves, is there a place for spam?

As the Internet evolves, is there a place for spam? Spam volumes are down dramatically, but the scourge of the Internet is smarter and more dangerous than ever http://www.itworld.com/security/178991/internet-evolves-there-place-spam June 30, 2011, 10:30 AM By Robert McMillan Robert Soloway, who

[Infowarrior] - Wikileaks spoofs 'Priceless' ad

Wonder how long before Mastercard starts complaining (again) about trademark infringement??? --rick Wikileaks Spoofs Mastercard Ad In Video Plea For Donations http://gizmodo.com/5817049/wikileaks-spoofs-mastercard-ad-in-video-plea-for-donations ___ Inf

[Infowarrior] - Twitter Is Under Federal Investigation

(I wondered when this would happen for exactly the reasons mentioned in the article. -- rick) Twitter Is Under Federal Investigation Nicholas Carlson and Dan Frommer | Jun. 30, 2011, 2:30 PM | 5,205 | 3 http://www.businessinsider.com/the-ftc-is-investigating-the-way-twitter-is-handling

[Infowarrior] - China's army develops 'online war game'

China's army develops 'online war game' Jun 29, Technology/Internet http://pda.physorg.com/news/2011-06-china-army-online-war-game.html After setting up its own cyber-warfare team, China's military has now developed its first online war game aimed at improving combat skills and battle awarenes

[Infowarrior] - RIAA: LulzSec & Anonymous Show Why We Need PROTECT IP

RIAA: LulzSec & Anonymous Show Why We Need PROTECT IP from the say-what-now? dept http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110630/02172914918/riaa-lulzsec-anonymous-show-why-we-need-protect-ip.shtml Ah, the RIAA will apparently stoop to pretty much any old ridiculous argument to get PROTECT IP passed

[Infowarrior] - Hackers are being radicalised by government policy

Hackers are being radicalised by government policy LulzSec is not an isolated phenomenon – official efforts to control the internet are increasing online radicalisation • Loz Kaye • guardian.co.uk,Tuesday 28 June 2011 11.00 BST http://www.guardian.co.uk/c

[Infowarrior] - Anonymous launches WikiLeaks inspired HackerLeaks site

Anonymous launches WikiLeaks inspired HackerLeaks site Jeff HughesJune 30, 2011 http://www.digitaltrends.com/web/anonymous-launches-wikileaks-inspired-hackerleaks-site/ A new website called HackerLeaks launched by Anonymous wants to fill the vacuum left by WikiLeaks with hacker stolen data.

[Infowarrior] - Apple-Led Group to Buy Nortel Patents for $4.5B

Apple-Led Group to Buy Nortel Patents for $4.5B By Steven Church, Hugo Miller and Tim Culpan - Jul 1, 2011 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/print/2011-07-01/nortel-sells-patent-portfolio-for-4-5-billion-to-group.html Apple Inc. (AAPL) and five bidding partners agreed to buy Nortel Networks Corp.’s

[Infowarrior] - 2010 Wiretap Report Shows Increase in Authorized Intercepts

(via cryptome) 2010 Wiretap Report Shows Increase in Authorized Intercepts June 30, 2011 Federal and state applications for orders authorizing or approving the interception of wire, oral or electronic communications increased 34 percent in 2010, compared to the number reported in 2009. The in

[Infowarrior] - Google Loses Bid to Dismiss Street View Suit Over Privacy-Violation Claims

Google Loses Bid to Dismiss Street View Suit Over Privacy-Violation Claims By Joel Rosenblatt - Jun 30, 2011 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/print/2011-06-30/google-loses-bid-to-dismiss-street-view-suit-over-privacy-violation-claims.html Google Inc. must face a lawsuit claiming its data collection

[Infowarrior] - Google in preliminary talks to buy Hulu

Google Inc. in preliminary talks to buy Hulu July 1, 2011 | 9:40 am http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2011/06/google-in-preliminary-talks-to-buy-hulu-.html Google Inc. is in preliminary talks to buy online video pioneer Hulu, people familiar with the situation said. Hul

[Infowarrior] - Righthaven Lawyer to Judge: I Swear My Browser Ate My Homework

Lawyer to Judge: I Swear My Browser Ate My Homework • By David Kravets • July 1, 2011 | • 2:46 pm | • Categories: The Courts, The Ridiculous http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/07/righthaven_browser A lawyer for copyright troll Righthaven is declaring und

[Infowarrior] - 76-year-old Army medic on 4th tour in war zones

76-year-old Army medic on 4th tour in war zones By Mandy Clark http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/07/03/eveningnews/main20076580.shtml Finally this evening, the last draftee is set to retire from the army this summer at the age of 58. Command Sergeant-Major Jeff Mellinger was drafted back in

[Infowarrior] - US claims all .com and .net websites are in its jurisdiction

US claims all .com and .net websites are in its jurisdiction Sees an Internet without borders By Lawrence Latif Mon Jul 04 2011, 15:53 http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2083906/claims-com-net-websites-jurisdiction THE US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) wa

[Infowarrior] - Cisco Poised To Help China Keep An Eye On Its Citizens

Wall Street Journal July 5, 2011 Censorship Inc. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304778304576377141077267316.html Cisco Poised To Help China Keep An Eye On Its Citizens By LORETTA CHAO in Beijing and DON CLARK in San Francisco Western companies including Cisco Systems Inc. are p

[Infowarrior] - Hackers Select a New Target: Other Hackers

https://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/05/technology/05hack.html?_r=1&hp=&pagewanted=print July 4, 2011 Hackers Select a New Target: Other Hackers By SOMINI SENGUPTA and NICK BILTON The hackers, calling themselves the A-Team, assembled a trove of private information and put it online for all to see:

[Infowarrior] - Popular FTP package download tarball poisoned

Popular FTP package download tarball poisoned By John Leyden • Get more from this author Posted in Malware, 5th July 2011 11:23 GMT http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/07/05/ftp_backdoor_shenanigans/ A backdoor has been discovered in the source code of a widely used FTP package. Version 2.3.4 of

[Infowarrior] - Woman Escorted Off US Air Flight For Snapping Photo

I'm not sure what's worse: knowing that you can be called a 'security threat' for anything and instantly be judged so regardless of the circumstance, or that US Airways continues to be the most hated companies in the States. (I know which is worse, I'm still getting caffeinated.) Welcome to

[Infowarrior] - Swiss party makes dislike of PowerPoint a political issue

Swiss party makes dislike of PowerPoint a political issue Switzerland's Anti-PowerPoint Party wants a referendum on banning the use of presentation software • Peter Sayer (IDG News Service) • 05 July, 2011 04:57 http://www.cio.com.au/article/392397/ Many people dislike PowerPoin

[Infowarrior] - MS admits Patriot Act can access EU-based cloud data

Microsoft admits Patriot Act can access EU-based cloud data By Zack Whittaker | June 28, 2011, 8:10am PDT http://www.zdnet.com/blog/igeneration/microsoft-admits-patriot-act-can-access-eu-based-cloud-data/11225 Microsoft’s UK head admitted today that no cloud data is safe from the Patriot Act —

[Infowarrior] - NIST cybersecurity standards would apply to Defense contractors under proposed rule

NIST cybersecurity standards would apply to Defense contractors under proposed rule July 4, 2011 — 6:02pm ET | By David Perera http://www.fiercegovernmentit.com/story/nist-cybersecurity-standards-would-apply-defense-contractors-under-proposed/2011-07-04 Certain Defense Department contractors i

[Infowarrior] - Apple users complain over MobileMe 'censorware'

Apple users complain over MobileMe 'censorware' By John Leyden • Get more from this author Posted in Security, 6th July 2011 08:00 GMT http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/07/06/mobileme_censorware_row/ Apple has reportedly begun the filtering of outbound messages sent via its MobileMe service.

[Infowarrior] - The Latest Attempt By The Obama Administration To Punish Whistleblowers

The Latest Attempt By The Obama Administration To Punish Whistleblowers from the thomas-drake,-part-II dept http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110702/00451614941/latest-attempt-obama-administration-to-punish-whistleblowers.shtml Earlier this year, we noted Daniel Ellsberg's comments about how very

[Infowarrior] - Court Should Not Recognize “Good Leaks,” Govt Says

Court Should Not Recognize “Good Leaks,” Govt Says http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2011/07/no_good_leaks.html http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/?p=5360 To admit the possibility of a “good leak” of classified information would undermine the entire classification system, government attorneys told a

[Infowarrior] - Drivers Stopping Means Miami Red-Light Cameras Fail to Yield Promised Cash

Drivers Stopping Means Miami Red-Light Cameras Fail to Yield Promised Cash By Christopher Palmeri and Simone Baribeau - Jul 6, 2011 12:01 AM ET http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-07-06/drivers-stopping-means-miami-red-light-cameras-fail-to-yield-promised-cash.html July 6 (Bloomberg) -- Los Angel

[Infowarrior] - DHS Alert on Movie Plot Airport Threat

Methinks DHS finally saw "The Dark Knight" . either that or they need something to distract people about the horrible economy. -- rick http://www.businessinsider.com/us-warns-terrorists-may-try-to-surgically-implant-explosives-in-humans-2011-7 U.S. Warns Terrorists May Try To Surgically

[Infowarrior] - OT: History of American Flight

The History of American Flight -- http://abstrusegoose.com/377 Sad thing is, I think the artist is 100% correct in his prediction. How sad. -- rick ___ Infowarrior mailing list Infowarrior@attrition.org https://attrition.org/mailman/listinfo/info

[Infowarrior] - It's Back: WIPO Broadcasting Treaty Returns From The Grave

July 6th, 2011 It's Back: WIPO Broadcasting Treaty Returns From The Grave News Update by Gwen Hinze Co-authored by Richard Esguerra https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/07/its-back-wipo-broadcasting-treaty-returns-grave Longtime readers will remember the WIPO Broadcasting Treaty, which EFF

[Infowarrior] - The Great Recession, Part II

(c/o JC) The Great Recession, Part II The world could be headed for another economic disaster if we continue to listen to free-market ideologues. http://www.slate.com/id/2298580/ ___ Infowarrior mailing list Infowarrior@attrition.org https://attrition.

[Infowarrior] - TSA doesn't like 'poofy' hair

TSA to woman: 'We're going to have to examine your hair' by ALLEN SCHAUFFLER / KING 5 News Bio | Email | Follow: @schauff | Follow: @schauff Posted on July 6, 2011 at 5:36 PM Updated yesterday at 5:36 PM http://www.king5.com/news/local/TSA-to-woman-Were-going-to-have-to-examine-your-hair-125112

[Infowarrior] - Congress Tries To Hide Massive Data Retention Law By Pretending It's An Anti-Child Porn Law

Congress Tries To Hide Massive Data Retention Law By Pretending It's An Anti-Child Porn Law from the oh-come-on dept http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110707/04402514995/congress-tries-to-hide-massive-data-retention-law-pretending-its-anti-child-porn-law.shtml We all know the cynical and obnox

[Infowarrior] - RIAA Accounting: How To Sell 1 Million Albums And Still Owe $500, 000

RIAA Accounting: How To Sell 1 Million Albums And Still Owe $500,000 from the who's-ripping-off-whom-again? dept http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110707/03264014993/riaa-accounting-how-to-sell-1-million-albums-still-owe-50.shtml Last year, we had a post on RIAA accounting, detailing how la

[Infowarrior] - Dropbox Revises its TOS

... in light of the recent broo-haa-haa over their alleged claim of ownership over customer information. See: http://blog.dropbox.com/?p=867 for more information. -- rick ___ Infowarrior mailing list Infowarrior@attrition.org https://attrition.org/mai

[Infowarrior] - MPAA, RIAA Team Up With ISPs to ‘Alert’ Pirates

MPAA, RIAA Team Up With ISPs to ‘Alert’ Pirates http://torrentfreak.com/mpaa-riaa-team-up-with-isps-to-curb-piracy-110707/ A breakthrough coalition of the MPAA, RIAA and other copyright holders have signed an agreement with AT&T, Cablevision, Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Verizon to curb pirac

[Infowarrior] - "Digital Pearl Harbor" talk is back in Congress

Here we go again. *headdesk*--- rick A gold standard in cyber-defense By Joe Lieberman, Susan Collins and Tom Carper, Thursday, July 7, 8:01 PM http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-gold-standard-in-cyber-defense/2011/07/01/gIQAjsZk2H_print.html The history of Internet security is b

[Infowarrior] - Policy and Internet: Special Issue on Cybercrime

Policy and Internet: Special Issue on Cybercrime http://www.psocommons.org/policyandinternet/vol3/iss2/ Cybercrime Introduction Cybercrime is a pressing and prevalent problem for the information society. It carries with it a considerable set of associated risks for individuals, business and

[Infowarrior] - RIAA Starts Going After BitTorrent Sites

RIAA Starts Going After BitTorrent Sites • Ernesto • 8/07/2011 http://torrentfreak.com/riaa-starts-going-after-bittorrent-sites-110708/ For years BitTorrent sites have remained untouched by the RIAA’s legal battles, but recent court filings indicate that this may change. After s

[Infowarrior] - ISP Copyright Alert System Fact Sheet and FAQ

Center for Copyright Information ISP Copyright Alert System Fact Sheet and FAQ July 8, 2011 in Corporate These are the Fact Sheets and FAQs provided by the Center for Copyright Information regarding their ISP Copyright Alert System, under which a number of ISPs, including Verizon Communications

[Infowarrior] - CBS fakes July 4 footage

I may be wrong, but I think this isn't hte first time they've beeb caught doing this kind of video fakery at public events. -- rick Boston gets a nonreality show CBS broadcasts impossible views of 4th fireworks By James H. Burnett III Globe Staff / July 8, 2011 http://www.boston.com/ae/tv/a

[Infowarrior] - U.S. official says pre-infected computer tech entering country

http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_new...ntering-country U.S. official says pre-infected computer tech entering country By M. Alex Johnson, msnbc.com reporter Confirming years of warnings from government and private security experts, a top Homeland Security official has acknowledged that computer h

[Infowarrior] - The six ways you can appeal new copyright "mitigation measures"

The six ways you can appeal new copyright "mitigation measures" By Nate Anderson | Published about 5 hours ago http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/07/the-six-ways-you-can-appeal-the-new-copyright-alerts.ars Under the new voluntary antipiracy regime agreed to this week by Internet

[Infowarrior] - 3, 2, 1, and the Last Shuttle Leaves an Era Behind

3, 2, 1, and the Last Shuttle Leaves an Era Behind By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD https://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/09/science/space/09wilford.html?hp=&pagewanted=print KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — There was a time, some of us remember, when a countdown at Canaveral stopped the world in its tracks. On tel

[Infowarrior] - OT: Why is Perpetual War Like Simvastatin?

Op-ed comments below from a very good friend, retired from a senior and very influential DOD career, now toddling around the Med on a sailboat in his happy retirement. --- rick < - > Null Hypothesis: Perpetual War protects the MICC against the buildup of political plaque threatening to clog

[Infowarrior] - Grad Student Challenges Laptop Seizure at Border

Can I say how proud I am of my government for doing their damndest to terrorise us under the guise of "homeland security?" --- rick Student Challenges Laptop Seizure at Border By Tiffany Kary - Jul 9, 2011 12:01 AM ET http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-07-08/customs-seizure-of-laptop-at-u-s-bo

[Infowarrior] - Julian Assange and the new wave

A special report on the news industry: WikiLeaks and other newcomers Julian Assange and the new wave A host of non-profit actors have entered the news business, blurring the line between journalism and activism Jul 7th 2011 | from the print edition http://www.economist.com/node/18904166/print

[Infowarrior] - Short-termism and the risk of another financial crisis

Short-termism and the risk of another financial crisis By Sheila C. Bair, Published: July 8 http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/our-focus-on-the-short-term-is-holding-the-economy-back/2011/07/06/gIQAw3cI4H_story.html The nation is still struggling with the effects of the most serious financia

[Infowarrior] - German Federal Police servers compromised

German Federal Police servers compromised http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/German-Federal-Police-servers-compromised-1276115.html A group calling itself NN-Crew says it has broken into a server used by Germany's Federal Police and stolen a large amount of data used to GPS-track suspect

[Infowarrior] - ISP flip-flops: why do they now support "six strikes" plan?

ISP flip-flops: why do they now support "six strikes" plan? By Timothy B. Lee | Published about 3 hours ago http://arstechnica.com/telecom/news/2011/07/why-did-telcos-flip-flop-and-support-six-strikes-plan.ars Why did three of the nation's largest network providers—Comcast, AT&T, and Ver

[Infowarrior] - Reports: DHS, IRS Databases At Risk

Reports: DHS, IRS Databases At Risk Protected critical infrastructure information at risk in DHS data stores, IG report says Jul 08, 2011 | 04:12 PM | 0 Comments By Ericka Chickowski, Contributing Writer http://www.darkreading.com/database-security/167901020/security/vulnerabilities/231001255/r

[Infowarrior] - TSA’s Forced Indignities Don’t Make Us Safer

TSA’s Forced Indignities Don’t Make Us Safer: Jeffrey Goldberg By Jeffrey Goldberg Jul 11, 2011 12:01 AM ET Jeffrey Goldberg, a national correspondent for the Atlantic, is the author of "Prisoners: A Story of Friendship and Terror." He was formerly a Washington correspondent and a Middle East c

[Infowarrior] - How Digital Detectives Deciphered Stuxnet, the Most Menacing Malware in History

How Digital Detectives Deciphered Stuxnet, the Most Menacing Malware in History • By Kim Zetter • July 11, 2011 It was January 2010, and investigators with the International Atomic Energy Agency had just completed an inspection at the uranium enrichment plant outside Natanz in central Iran, wh

[Infowarrior] - Booz Allen hacked

July 11, 2011 12:24 PM PDT Hackers claim they exposed Booz Allen Hamilton data by Elinor Mills http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20078498-245/hackers-claim-they-exposed-booz-allen-hamilton-data/ Hackers flying the AntiSec banner claimed today that they compromised a server at consulting firm

[Infowarrior] - Judge Drops Key Claim In MPAA's Case Agaisnt Hotfile: Cyberlocker Didn't Directly Infringe

Judge Drops Key Claim In MPAA's Case Agaisnt Hotfile: Cyberlocker Didn't Directly Infringe from the a-good-start dept http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110711/10591815046/judge-drops-key-claim-mpaas-case-agaisnt-hotfile-cyberlocker-didnt-directly-infringe.shtml The MPAA has recently decided th

[Infowarrior] - Congress Condemns Belarus For Doing A Bunch Of Things It Wants To Do

Congress Condemns Belarus For Doing A Bunch Of Things It Wants To Do from the seriously? dept http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110708/16455715027/congress-condemns-belarus-doing-bunch-things-it-wants-to-do.shtml Recently, the House of Representatives passed a resolution condemning Belarus for

[Infowarrior] - DOJ: We can force you to decrypt that laptop

(c/o d) July 11, 2011 12:07 AM PDT DOJ: We can force you to decrypt that laptop by Declan McCullagh http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-20078312-281/doj-we-can-force-you-to-decrypt-that-laptop/ The Colorado prosecution of a woman accused of a mortgage scam will test whether the government can p

[Infowarrior] - Germany Probing Disappearance of Spy Agency Blueprint

Germany Probing Disappearance of Spy Agency Blueprint By Patrick Donahue - Jul 11, 2011 11:34 AM ET http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-07-11/germany-investigating-disappearance-of-spy-agency-headquarters-blueprints.html (Corrects spelling of USB in fifth paragraph.) Germany said it’s investigat

[Infowarrior] - Spin This: Cisco To Fire 10,000

(c/o lyger) Spin This: Cisco To Fire 10,000 A year after the outgoing secretary of the treasury top ticked the economy and ushered in QE 2 with his abysmal NYT op-ed "Welcome to the Recovery" it is only appropriate that we get news that Cisco is preparing to fire 10,000, or 14% of its entire w

[Infowarrior] - DOD to Announce First Cyberspace Strategy

DOD to Announce First Cyberspace Strategy http://www.defense.gov/advisories/advisory.aspx?advisoryid=3367 Deputy Secretary of Defense William J. Lynn III will announce the Department of Defense Strategy for Operating in Cyberspace (DSOC) on Thursday July 14 at 1 p.m. EDT at the Nat

[Infowarrior] - U.S., Russia Forge Cybersecurity Pact

http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/security/231001440 U.S., Russia Forge Cybersecurity Pact The two countries plan to regularly share information and improve communication on security, as part of Obama administration plan. By Elizabeth Montalbano InformationWeek July 12, 2011 02:01

[Infowarrior] - Europe Tries to Curb U.S. Role in Tracking Terrorists’ Funds

Europe Tries to Curb U.S. Role in Tracking Terrorists’ Funds By JAMES KANTER Published: July 13, 2011 https://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/14/world/europe/14terror.html?_r=1&hp BRUSSELS — The European Commission on Wednesday presented proposals for tracking the finances of terrorists in Europe tha

infowarrior@attrition.org

Via KM. Begin forwarded message: > Ran across this after the article Declan wrote about the story. He has > followed up with a Q & A with the lawyer defending the lady in question. > > Encryption defense attorney fights DOJ demands (Q&A) > CNET NEWS | JULY 13, 2011 > http://pulse.me/s/EOQM >

[Infowarrior] - Bernanke: Fed May Launch New Round of Stimulus

Bernanke: Fed May Launch New Round of Stimulus ECONOMY, FED, BERNANKE, Posted By: Jeff Cox | CNBC.com Staff Writer CNBC.com | 13 Jul 2011 | 10:40 AM ET http://www.cnbc.com/id/43739458 Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress Wednesday that a new stimulus program is in the works that

[Infowarrior] - Feds on Domain Seizures: If We Give It Back, They'll Infringe Again

(c/o JH) Feds Respond To Rojadirecta's Challenge To Domain Seizures: If We Give It Back, They'll Infringe Again from the do-they-not-understand-the-internet dept Last month, we were the first to report on the fact that the Spanish company Puerto 80 had petitioned the US governmentto have it re

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