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Internet-Connected Home PCs Not Private Says US Court
Home computer users should have no expectation of privacy if their system is connected to the internet, a federal judge from the Eastern District of Virginia has ruled. The ruling concerns the FBI’s infiltration of PlayPen, a hidden Tor service that facilitated the exploitation of children, and subsequent complaints from…
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WordPress Enables Free HTTPS Connections to Custom Domains
WordPress is a free, open source content management system, typically used for blogs and quick makeshift websites. While it’s nice to have your own content, you want to make sure that its safe and secure, something which the “Lets Encrypt” project hopes to improve upon, a project that WordPress have…
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T-Mobiles Binge On Service Throttles Connections To Video Sites
T-Mobile recently announced a new service in which customers would be allowed to stream unlimited video without it counting against their data limits. The problem being, those videos can only come from select partners. Now it looks like agreeing to this new service slows down every other video you wish to…
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Controversial CISA Cybersecurity Bill Passed by US Senate
The CISA bill that allows the US Government to collect personal data without a warrant has been voted in by the Senate by 74 votes to 21, and without amendments that would protect the privacy rights of US citizens. CISA, according to the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a vocal opponent of…
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Who Has Your Digital Back: 24 Major Tech Companies Analysed
Ever since the NSA clothed assassin Edward Snowden released a cache of documents, (I am not an all government sympathizer and I admire the steps which Mr Snowden took to place this information into the public domain) there has been a greater emphasis on how companies handle your private data.…
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It is Now Illegal For UK Music Lovers to Rip CDs They Already Own
Legally own a CD and want to burn a second copy for your car? Own a film on Blu-Ray but want to rip a copy to watch on your tablet during a plane flight? Want to extend the use of media you legally purchased for your own, private use by…
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Hammer Comes Down on the Podcasting Patent Troll Personal Audio
The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) just invalidated claims made by Personal Audio, the long time podcast patent troll. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) led the fight against the troll and prevailed this week after years of struggle in the podcasting field. Personal Audio was making claims that its…
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Publishers Want to Make Old Game Archiving Illegal
The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) wants archiving of abandoned video games, such as Internet Archive’s ever-growing library, illegal, calling the practice “hacking”, which is “associated with piracy”. The ESA’s statement follows a move by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) to have abandoned games exempted from the Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s…
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Microsoft Says “NO” to FBI Request Regarding Customer Data
Microsoft reportedly revealed to the public that its privacy policy has priority and it is not willing to make any exceptions. Such is the case where the company allegedly received a letter from the FBI, a so-called National Security Letter or NSL, stating to release some confidential information about one…
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The Humble Store: Epic Daily Deals
Humble Bundle gives us deal after deal. They started out small with Humble Bundles, giving us deals on independent games, music and even books. As they grew they started giving us bundles from large game producers, such as THQ, and Origin, and even Warner Bros. Then they brought us the…
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Humble Weekly Sale: Klei Entertainment – Week of June 27th
Klei Entertainment has joined the rankings of other great developers and the Humble Bundle Weekly Sale. Klei Entertainment has brought us several games over the years, unfortunately it seems as if they will only be hosting three of their games for the weeks bundle. These three divine games include Shank…
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Humble Weekly Sale: 11 Bit Studios – Week of June 13th
For the past few weeks Humble Bundle brings us a new Weekly Bundle! This week is the same as the others, bringing us an awesome bundle of games for a low great price. This week’s bundle brings us several games, unfortunately we are only able to redeem one on Steam,…
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UPDATE: The Humble Indie Bundle 8
Last week I published an article about Humble Bundles eight installment of their Indie Bundle. Where, you were able to get 7 great games for one low price. The bundle includes 5 games, and you get to pay what you want. If you pay at least one dollar you will get steam…
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