Dark Roasted Blend: Flying Penguins (5)
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LinkScroll down for today's pictures & links.Flying Penguins...unlike any other penguins! They fly, as long as they stay fit - urlToday's pictures & links:The Proper Map of EuropeDon't take it seriously, of course.(image via)------------A Baby Pygmy HippopotamusPygmy (or dwarf) hippos look mighty adorable as babies... judge for yourself:(original unknown)(image credit: AFP / Getty Images)(original unknown)They're... essentially happy:(image credit: Xavier Fargas)The species are endangered, currently there is only 3,000 left in the world. Pygmy Hippo even ...
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Kurt said:
Check out the penguins! W0ot!
Wall Street Journal: Protecting Your Privacy When Job Hunting (1)
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The Wall Street Journal’s career adviser has an interesting discussion on how to safeguard your privacy while searching for a new job. You are correct to be concerned that a job search might no longer be a private affair, especially when executed on the Internet. In the early days of digital job hunting, many job seekers’ [...]
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Logical Extremes said:
"You are correct to be concerned that a job search might no longer be a private affair, especially when executed on the Internet."
Border Agents Begin Using “Long-Range” RFID Scanners on ID Cards (3)
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USA Today has a story on the new long-range RFID scanners reading ID cards as individuals drive toward the border. “By the time a car stops at the Customs booth, the agent will have the photos and information of everyone in the car. If a name is on a watch list or database, the person will [...]
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Logical Extremes said:
"USA Today has a story on the new long-range RFID scanners reading ID cards as individuals drive toward the border... DHS claims that the unsecured wireless transmissions will make border crossing more efficient, but why is Homeland Security choosing speed over security.As we’ve explained before, there are numerous privacy and civil liberty problems connected with using RFID tags in identification documents. Off-the-shelf readers can easily skim the data..."
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Todd Albertson said:
It always is a slippery slope with surveillance. When the new passports were being issued, we were assured that nothing like this could ever happen...
Government Can Determine Location of Cell Phones without Telco Help (15)
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Interesting: Triggerfish, also known as cell-site simulators or digital analyzers, are nothing new: the technology was used in the 1990s to hunt down renowned hacker Kevin Mitnick. By posing as a cell tower, triggerfish trick nearby cell phones into transmitting their serial numbers, phone numbers, and other data to law enforcement. Most previous descriptions of the technology, however, suggested that...
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soulcookie said:
Whoa.
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Jason Adam Young said:
I don't know whether to be fascinated or annoyed - I think I lean toward fascinated.
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Logical Extremes said:
"Triggerfish, also known as cell-site simulators or digital analyzers... By posing as a cell tower, triggerfish trick nearby cell phones into transmitting their serial numbers, phone numbers, and other data to law enforcement... In a post on the progressive blog Daily Kos, ACLU spokesperson Rachel Myers drew attention to language in several of those documents implying that triggerfish have broader application than previously believed."
De Beers Tries to Take Down NYT Spoof Site (9)
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On November 12, 2008, a group of artists and activists unveiled a brilliant spoof of the New York Times, widely distributed to readers in New York and Los Angeles. This "July 4, 2009" version of the Times — which the real New York Times described as a "Grade-A caper" — boldly announced the end of the Iraq War, the nationalization of major oil conglomerates, the elimination of tuition at public universities, and the indictment of ...
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ymmat said:
Go look at the parody and actually click through it a bit.
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Logical Extremes said:
"Not surprisingly, the corporate targets of the parody were not pleased. Now, in what is becoming an all-too-familiar trend, one of those corporations has attempted to shut down the site by putting pressure on what is often the weakest link in the online speech chain: the domain name registrar. Stymied by the First Amendment and other legal impediments, those who don't appreciate critical commentary and other "objectionable" online content have found intermediaries — providers of indispensable technical services like domain name registration and web hosting — much easier to intimidate."
24 Kooky, Crazy and Creative Clock Design [+PICS] (38)
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We are governed by it. We never seem to have enough of it. We have even grown accustomed to having an item of furniture that precisely reminds us of it (and, more recently, having it strapped to our arms). Our love affair with clocks isn’t set to end soon - especially when we are really starting to play with the creative possibilities, as these 24 examples illustrate. (Images via: iO) Marketed as the first clock ...
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Gen said:
because I know some people have conversations about such things.
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db said:
I don't know if it's just because my grandpa was a watchmaker, but I love clocks and watches. Some of these are really really awesome!
A "Grey Hat" Guide for Security Researchers (4)
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In counseling computer security researchers, I have found the law to be a real obstacle to solving vulnerabilities. The muddy nature of the laws that regulate computers and code, coupled with a series of abusive lawsuits, gives researchers real reason to worry that they might be sued if they publish their research or go straight to the affected vendor. By reporting the security flaw, the researcher reveals that she may have committed unlawful activity, which ...
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Logical Extremes said:
"The muddy nature of the laws that regulate computers and code, coupled with a series of abusive lawsuits, gives researchers real reason to worry that they might be sued if they publish their research or go straight to the affected vendor. By reporting the security flaw, the researcher reveals that she may have committed unlawful activity, which might invite a lawsuit or criminal investigation. On the other hand, withholding information means a potentially serious security flaw may go unremedied."
The Future of Ephemeral Conversation (44)
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When he becomes president, Barack Obama will have to give up his BlackBerry. Aides are concerned that his unofficial conversations would become part of the presidential record, subject to subpoena and eventually made public as part of the country's historical record. This reality of the information age might be particularly stark for the president, but it's no less true for all of us. Conversation used to be ephemeral. Whether face-to-face or by phone, we could ...
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Logical Extremes said:
"But as technology makes our conversations less ephemeral, we need laws to step in and safeguard ephemeral conversation. We need a comprehensive data privacy law, protecting our data and communications regardless of where it is stored or how it is processed. We need laws forcing companies to keep it private and delete it as soon as it is no longer needed. Laws requiring ISPs to store e-mails and other personal communications are exactly what we don't need. Rules pertaining to government need to be different, because of the power differential. Subjecting the president's communications to eventual public review increases liberty because it reduces the government's power with respect to the people. Subjecting our communications to government review decreases liberty because it reduces our power with respect to the government."
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Robert Postill said:
The classic security blogger Bruce Schneier just made the call for better privacy laws. I'm with Bruce and I'm all the more interested in that happening in the US given the amount of our data that flows across US networks.
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kris. nuttycombe said:
"Until our CEOs blog, our Congressmen Twitter, and our world leaders send each other LOLcats – until we have a Presidential election where both candidates have a complete history on social networking sites from before they were teenagers– we aren't fully an information age society."
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past said:
I've been having this conversation with friends a lot lately. It's nice to see Bruce Schneier take the words off my mind and put them on Wall Street Journal. I won't sue this time.
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Rick Dillon said:
Brilliant.
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tumbleweed said:
I keep IM logs because I find them useful. When I remember, I gpg-encrypt the archives. We all keep e-mail these days. Hmm.
SearchWiki: Boon for Google, Bust for Privacy (1)
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Google recently launched SearchWiki, allowing users logged into their Google Account to customize their search results by re-ranking, deleting, adding, and commenting on search results. Google states this is an effort to improve user experience, and I’m sure some will benefit from being able to customize and annotate (to some extent) their search results. I suspect, however, that Google true motivation is to (a) counter any perceived threat from Wikia Search, and, (b) take advantage ...
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Logical Extremes said:
"Considering Google’s zero-day rollout of SearchWiki into their main search property, the lack of HCI and Privacy consideration that went into the product is shocking. There’s no opt-out. All comments are forced public. There’s no way to change your handle. There’s no way to leave yourself a privacy-enhancing private note. Instead of rolling this feature out fully-baked (opt-in/out, with critical functionality), Google has rolled a half-baked product to all users and forced them through this curious funnel."
Why Obama should ditch YouTube (2)
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Update at 9:30 a.m. PST: Video audience figures have been updated. President-elect Barack Obama has now posted his second weekly address to YouTube, and it has already gotten more than 411,000 views. A week ago, I criticized the use of YouTube by Obama's transition team, calling it a no-bid giveaway to the Google-owned video-sharing site. The solution I called for then--the adoption of BitTorrent as the official distribution platform for Change.gov--was, admittedly, a pipe dream. ...
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Logical Extremes said:
"In this post, I'll explain why the government needs to step up and host its own videos and why it is simply improper to rely on YouTube to foot the bandwidth bill for Obama's messages to the people. I will also make the case that the use of YouTube and Google Analytics by the Obama transition team violates the privacy of Web site visitors and possibly even violates federal rules banning the use of permanent tracking cookies on government sites."
Worlds Firsts - Oddee.com (6)
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From the world’s first Novel (1007 AC) to the first Digital Camera (1975) and the first Motel (1925).
Speed Cups Stacking (6)
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LinkScroll down for today's pictures & links.Speed Stacking of CupsThese kids know their routine. Mesmerizing. urlToday's pictures & links:Deadly Surveillance(original unknown)------------Very Narrow House in TokyoStill wide enough to provide car parking... and a balcony:(images via tokyo times)------------Seen all over CERN recentlyLarge Hadron Collider will remain shut until middle of next year - info.------------Sculptures Made of Bullets and GunsHaving somewhat religious themes... See more here(original unknown)------------Hang on to your lunch(original unknown)------------Mixed fresh links for today:Is Earth ...
