Archive for 2011/04/20

European Space Agency plays down hack impact

Posted: 2011/04/20 in Education / Awareness, Network Security, Privacy / Data Protection

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/04/18/esa_hack_follow_up/

Dutch Public Prosecutor: Encryption should be banned. Chatting about child abuse should be illegal

Posted: 2011/04/20 in Education / Awareness, Enforcement, Privacy / Data Protection, Public Policy

Dutch language news article: http://tweakers.net/nieuws/73966/justitie-encryptie-moet-worden-verboden.html

Dutch Senate prevents Dutch Secret Service from accessing databases at financial institutions

Posted: 2011/04/20 in Education / Awareness, Privacy / Data Protection, Public Policy

Dutch language news article: http://tweakers.net/nieuws/73989/financiele-instellingen-niet-verplicht-aivd-toe-te-laten-tot-databases.html

Digital Agenda: Commission underlines commitment to ensure open internet principles applied in practice

Posted: 2011/04/20 in Education / Awareness, Public Policy

http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/11/486&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

Digital Agenda: technical rules agreed for using 4G wireless broadband devices on GSM frequencies

Posted: 2011/04/20 in Education / Awareness, Mobile tech, Public Policy

http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/11/480&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

Yahoo Will Keep Search Queries for 18 Months

Posted: 2011/04/20 in Education / Awareness, Stats / reports

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/18/yahoo-will-keep-search-queries-for-18-months/

Dutch generate 3.2 PetaByte of mobile data. In 6 months

Posted: 2011/04/20 in Education / Awareness, Mobile tech, Stats / reports

Dutch language news article: http://tweakers.net/nieuws/73950/nederlanders-verstookten-3-komma-2pb-aan-mobiele-data-in-zes-maanden.html

FaceBook: A New Suite of Safety Tools

Posted: 2011/04/20 in Education / Awareness, Network Security, Privacy / Data Protection

http://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=10150153272607131

HBGary’s Open Letter to HBGary’s Customers and Cyber Defense Marketplace

Posted: 2011/04/20 in Education / Awareness, Privacy / Data Protection

http://www.hbgary.com/open-letter-from-hbgary

The world’s first portable, hardware encrypted drive with PIN code access and capacities of up to 3TB

Posted: 2011/04/20 in Education / Awareness, New Business Models, Privacy / Data Protection, Tech Evolution

http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=30106

Verizon’s Data Breach Investigations Report 2011

Posted: 2011/04/20 in Education / Awareness, Network Security, Privacy / Data Protection, Stats / reports

http://www.verizonbusiness.com/resources/reports/rp_data-breach-investigations-report-2011_en_xg.pdf

An open letter to Facebook about safety and privacy

Posted: 2011/04/20 in Education / Awareness, Privacy / Data Protection

‘Why doesn’t Facebook do more to protect us?’

We have identified three simple steps you can take to better protect your users

http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/04/18/facebook-open-letter/

Google collected data in relation to 3.6 million routers in The Netherlands, including MAC addresses, geo-location data and payload data (e-mail addresses, medical data and financial transactions). Now risking a 1 million euro fine

Posted: 2011/04/20 in Education / Awareness, Google, Privacy / Data Protection

As those data sets can reveal information about the owner of the router, it labels them ‘personal details’.

The Dutch Data Protection Authority orders Google to:

- inform all those involved within a period of 3 months;
- offer an opt-out option to all those involved within a period of three months;

If Google does not comply it will have to pay a fine of 1 million euros (maximum). Google has to destroy all payload data within 4 weeks.

(my summary and translation)

Dutch language news article: http://www.security.nl/artikel/36847/1/Google_verzamelde_gegevens_3%2C6_miljoen_routers.html

al-Qaeda’s Cypher Manual

Posted: 2011/04/20 in Education / Awareness

http://www.scribd.com/doc/53281311/al-Qaeda-s-Cypher-Manual

And that’s what the LinkedIn messages do. They pop up and tell me, Hey dude, you should really join our club, because some day you’re going to need our help

Posted: 2011/04/20 in Education / Awareness

They terrorize with subtext

http://gizmodo.com/#!5793077/the-terror-of-linkedin

Air Traffic Controllers Go From Napping to Movie Watching

Posted: 2011/04/20 in Education / Awareness

http://gizmodo.com/#!5793477/air-traffic-controllers-now-wide-awake-watching-sam-jackson-movies

The Royal Wedding Will be Televised…Live on YouTube

Posted: 2011/04/20 in Education / Awareness, Google, New Business Models, Tech Evolution

http://gizmodo.com/#!5793432/the-royal-wedding-will-be-televisedlive-on-youtube

Video games actually compel individuals to consume more food – even if they are not hungry

Posted: 2011/04/20 in Education / Awareness, Stats / reports

http://gizmodo.com/#!5793423/study-video-games-make-you-eat-more

NBC’s Royal Wedding App Is the Best Way To Keep Up With That Royal Wedding Thing

Posted: 2011/04/20 in Education / Awareness, New Business Models

http://gizmodo.com/#!5793046/nbcs-royal-wedding-app-is-the-best-way-to-keep-up-with-that-royal-wedding-thing

Facebook, much like Twitter, has a lot that sucks about it. And yet, Facebook is a spectacular tool

Posted: 2011/04/20 in Education / Awareness

Even Hitler had friends

http://gizmodo.com/#!5792570/if-youre-not-on-facebook-its-time-to-get-over-yourself

This Is Lifehacker’s Evil Episode: Cracking Windows Passwords, Padlocks, and Wi-Fi

Posted: 2011/04/20 in Education / Awareness, Network Security, Privacy / Data Protection

http://gizmodo.com/#!5793025/this-is-lifehackers-evil-episode-cracking-windows-passwords-padlocks-and-wi+fi

Sony’s Crackle App Streams Movies and TV Shows to Your iPhone and iPad for Free

Posted: 2011/04/20 in Education / Awareness, New Business Models, Tech Evolution

http://gizmodo.com/#!5793521/sonys-crackle-app-streams-movies-and-tv-shows-to-your-iphone-and-ipad-for-free

Any video you upload to YouTube will be transcoded into Google’s WebM codec

Posted: 2011/04/20 in Education / Awareness, Tech Evolution

http://gizmodo.com/#!5793944/youtube-changes-its-video-codec-to-webm

Skype’s Android App Now Does VoIP Calling Over 3G

Posted: 2011/04/20 in Education / Awareness, Tech Evolution

http://gizmodo.com/#!5793876/skypes-android-app-now-does-voip-calling-over-3g

Your iPhone Is Secretly Tracking Everywhere You’ve Been

Posted: 2011/04/20 in Education / Awareness, Privacy / Data Protection

http://gizmodo.com/#!5793925/your-iphone-is-secretly-tracking-everywhere-youve-been

eBay acquires geolocation service Where

Posted: 2011/04/20 in Education / Awareness, Tech Evolution

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-20055662-36.html

Startup America gets Microsoft, Google, HP support: More than 15 companies are kicking in a total of $400 million in money, services, and training for the White House-backed effort to help entrepreneurs get off the ground

Posted: 2011/04/20 in Education / Awareness, New Business Models, Public Policy, Tech Evolution

http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-20055621-76.html

PacketSentry Virtual Probe monitors and controls access to sensitive data

Posted: 2011/04/20 in Education / Awareness, Privacy / Data Protection

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/virtualization/packetsentry-virtual-probe-monitors-and-controls-access-to-sensitive-data/2989

What would you rather lose: Your TV, Internet or phone?

Posted: 2011/04/20 in Education / Awareness, Stats / reports

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/igeneration/what-would-you-rather-lose-your-tv-internet-or-phone/9571

Judge In Google WiFiSpy Case Trying To Determine If Packet Sniffing Open Networks Is An Illegal Wiretap

Posted: 2011/04/20 in Education / Awareness, Google, Litigation, Network Security, Privacy / Data Protection

http://www.techdirt.com/blog/wireless/articles/20110418/15424813942/judge-google-wifispy-case-trying-to-determine-if-packet-sniffing-open-networks-is-illegal-wiretap.shtml

The Pirate Party Not Pirate-y Enough For You? Maybe You Need Kopimism, The Official Pirate Religion

Posted: 2011/04/20 in Education / Awareness

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110414/17253913899/pirate-party-not-pirate-y-enough-you-maybe-you-need-kopimism-official-pirate-religion.shtml

Senator Chuck Schumer recently recommended Katherine B. Forrest to serve as a judge in the SDNY district court. Among Forrest’s recent cases? Representing the major record labels in their lawsuit against Limewire

Posted: 2011/04/20 in Education / Awareness

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110415/00333013902/riaa-lawyer-limewire-lawsuit-recommended-as-federal-judge.shtml

Apparently banks and other financial institutions are scrambling to figure out how to freeze assets of Gadhafi and others because they’re not sure what names the accounts are really under

Posted: 2011/04/20 in Education / Awareness

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110419/12065013963/banks-cant-figure-out-how-to-spell-gadhafi-so-they-cant-freeze-his-assets.shtml

Judge Not Allowed To Hide Google’s Report About Shutting Down Gmail Account Per Judge’s Order

Posted: 2011/04/20 in Education / Awareness, Litigation

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110418/23312313951/judge-not-allowed-to-hide-googles-report-about-shutting-down-gmail-account-per-judges-order.shtml

Public Knowledge Offering $1,000 For Creating A Better ‘Copyright School’ Video Than YouTube’s

Posted: 2011/04/20 in Copyright, Education / Awareness

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110419/02161013958/public-knowledge-offering-1000-creating-better-copyright-school-video-than-youtubes.shtml

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