BBC News – The dark web: Guns and drugs for sale on the internet\’s secret black market – StumbleUpon. So I can see why people would want to have drugs be untraceable. It is more concerning for me the potential to harm others with guns and other weapons. Why do we want that which harms us as a society?
Passware claims FireVault 2 can be cracked in under an hour, sells you the software to prove it — Engadget. So this isn’t a big surprise. What is surprising to me is if you have physical access to the machine, why not use the easier route to unlock it?
What to Do When Someone Steals Your Blog Post | Blogging Basics 101 – StumbleUpon. I have never looked to see if my content is copied. I doubt it, but who knows? Anyway, it’s not worth trying to police it to me. Unless it was a very popular site that was getting money/ad revenue and didn’t credit me.
7 Signs of a Facebook Scam – StumbleUpon. This is a good general warning sign of any scam. It is nice to see people are becoming more conscious about this.
15 Worst Internet Privacy Scandals of All Time PCWorld – StumbleUpon. This link has some interesting stories. It is amazing to me that people engage in this kind of immature behavior. What do they seek to gain from it?
Pirate Bay to abandon .torrent files for magnet links. This just goes to show that the more you try to limit access to information, the more defenses get built to protect it. Now instead of needing a server, it can be run on a usb stick. Looks like free files will always have a future. Should we pay for things we find useful? Yes, and I do. It is also true that many people cannot pay things. In the US we currently have 50 million people in poverty. Does that mean we condemn them to a questionable existence?
Wifi \’Protected Setup\’: not that protected at all | TG Daily – StumbleUpon. No surprise here. Anytime you make things easier you compromise the security of the product.
$500 Amazon Gift Card Survey Scam Hits Facebook | Technology News, Computer Security – Hyphenet Blog. Lots of signal to noise when you have major social services. I remember when MySpace got invaded by profiteers as well. Or should I call them Frengi?
