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Man Falsely Convicted of Hacking
Yesterday, I posted a piece about the anguish of a Googler being banned from all Google services. Now imagine yourself in the shoes of a falsely convicted ‘hacker’. This is the same hacking statute...
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EULA and the Advantage of Free Apps
End User License Agreement – close-up (Photo credit: Brett L.) EULA – acronym for End-user license agreement This EULA Will Make You Rethink Every App and Online Service You Use ‘…Without the public...
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Most Controversial Facebook Post Yet
20 Years in Prison for a Facebook Post? And just yesterday, my post was The Danger with Facebook Pages ‘On May 1st, Cam allegedly posted some lyrics to a rap he was writing on Facebook. It contained a...
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How One False Facebook Post Can Ruin Your Life
Facebook logo (Photo credit: Wikipedia) False Viral Facebook Post Accuses Man of Being a Child Molester It doesn’t help that Chad have face tattoos ‘Chad Lesko of Ohio was walking in a Toledo park when...
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Ohio Bans Internet Cafes
The entrance to an internet cafe in Florence, Italy. A sign posted on the door states that users, under Italian law (Law No. 155 of 31 July 2005) are required to provide valid identification before...
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US Adoption Traffic Crimes Exposed
Americans use the Internet to abandon children adopted from overseas Russia has earlier warned its citizens against adoption in the US ‘Nicole and Calvin Eason, an Illinois couple in their 30s, saw the...
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iPhone Fingerprint ID vs Right Against Self Incrimination
Apple’s Fingerprint ID May Mean You Can’t ‘Take the Fifth’ ‘Biometric authentication may make it easier for normal, everyday users to protect the data on their phones. But as wonderful as technological...
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Make Sure Your Heirs Will Inherit your Digital Assets
Digital assets could be lost to heirs unless they are part of an estate plan ‘Many digital assets are owned through a license that is limited to the account-holder and nontransferable. The license may...
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Life of Constant Connectivity
Life of Constant Connectivity Are you on the verge of digital addiction? ‘“Pushback is an expression of those who have access and use of communication technologies, but who decide to resist, drop off,...
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Is the Internet a “US colony” Now?
F-Secure’s chief research officer Mikko Hypponen argued that the internet had “become a US colony” at the expense of democracy. “We’re back in the age of colonisation,” he said. Bruce Schneier of The...
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Secret Signage of Criminals
But you can use it too. It works by printing messages in negative type which criminals can read using a positive overlay iPhone app. ‘Here at It’s Nice That we get to see graphic design aimed at...
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Ali Baba and Touch Tech
Is technology proving Ali Baba’s magic lamp is becoming reality? Just touch or rub the lamp and your wish is granted. Here’s the latest touch-tech File-Transferring Chip Converts Fingers Into A USB...
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Wikipedians Get Funny
The Lamest Wikipedia Edit Wars ‘Occasionally, even experienced Wikipedians lose their heads and devote every waking moment to edit warring over the most trivial thing. This page documents our lamest...
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Will you still trust DNA tests after this?
Kira Peikoff had her DNA Picture Taken, With Varying Results She set out to test the tests: Could three of them agree on me? ‘The answers were eye-opening — and I received them just as one of the...
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Will Big Data Make Free Will Irrelevant?
The Net is flooded with online articles about Big Data I started to think the issue is just being used for publicity and propaganda—until I read this piece relating Big Data to free will What does it...
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Music Lyrics as Criminal Evidence
Rap Lyrics on Trial ‘Next week, the Supreme Court of New Jersey will hear a case that could help decide just that. At issue is a prosecutor’s extensive use of rap lyrics, composed by a man named Vonte...
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Judges approve censorship—Net neutrality is dead
‘Today, 3 judges sided with Verizon and struck down net neutrality. Starting right now, your Internet service provider can censor, throttle, and block content however they want, while corporate...
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Will Windows XP Ever be Terminated?
Since 2009, Microsoft (MS) had been threatening to end support (start killing it) for XP and instead of carrying out the threat, it extends updates for Windows XP security products until July 14, 2015....
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European Union Preparing a Net Neutrality Law
European civil rights groups join forces to defend net neutrality ‘European Internet users could risk being charged extra money for accessing online services like Facebook, Wikipedia, YouTube, Skype...
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Why You Should Care About Net Neutrality
CNET’s Maggie Reardon explains what the ruling means to the average consumer — and why it really, really matters. ‘The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday struck down...
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