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Don't use SaaSS to do your computing tasks

dimanche 15 septembre 2013 à 14:00

Although Amy Webb intended not to post any photos of her daughter, she made the mistake of using SaaSS to edit photos, and they eventually leaked out.

The lesson is, don't use SaaSS to do your computing tasks (such as photo editing).

Invasion of privacy from E-Z Pass toll payment RFIDs

dimanche 15 septembre 2013 à 14:00

E-Z Pass toll payment RFIDs get read at lots of places other than toll booths, for a scheme to measure traffic flow.

Ironically, the readers in this scheme are (according to the reports) designed not to save any personal data — an example for all digital systems (assuming the reports are telling the truth). The invasion of privacy from E-Z Pass comes when it is used to pay tolls. The information about people's movements that this records is available not only to the government but to anyone that wants to sue.

AT&T threatens to cut off ISP services to people accused sharing

dimanche 15 septembre 2013 à 14:00

AT&T threatens to cut off ISP services to people if they are accused of forbidden sharing.

It is a shame that this article repeats the propaganda term "pirate" for people who share copies.

Use of torture in US prisons

dimanche 15 septembre 2013 à 14:00

Torture: The Use of Solitary Confinement in U.S. Prisons.

Force-feeding hunger strikers is torture too.

Urgent: Override veto of bill requiring higher wages from large companies

dimanche 15 septembre 2013 à 14:00

Everyone: call on the Washington, DC, city council to override the mayor's veto of the bill requiring large companies to pay higher wages.