by Joseph Forbes | Mar 24, 2013 | LAW, NERD NEWS, PIRACY, POLITICAL, PRIVACY, TECHNOLOGY
from the we-don’t-have-Nixon-to-kick-around-anymore dept. After the Watergate scandal taught Richard Nixon the consequences of recording White House conversations, none of his successors has dared to do it. But Nixon wasn’t the first. He got the idea from...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 23, 2013 | DATA, LAW, NERD NEWS, PIRACY, POLITICAL, TECHNOLOGY
from the still-hungover-from-sopa dept. Slashdotters may remember the launch of the Internet Defense League, a network for website owners that would allow for the replication of a media campaign similar to the one that took down SOPA. Now it plans to spring into...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 21, 2013 | HARDWARE, MONEY, NERD NEWS, PIRACY, TECHNOLOGY
from the annoying-as-many-people-as-possible dept. Ian Hickson, author and maintainer of the HTML5 specification, comments about the real reasons for DRM. They’re not what you might think. Ian nails it in my opinion. He wrote, ‘The purpose of DRM is not to...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 21, 2013 | Blog Entry, DATA, ENTERTIANMENT, HAPPINESS, LAW, MONEY, NERD NEWS, PIRACY, POLITICAL, PRIVACY, TECHNOLOGY
One of the most enduring questions in the history of online file-sharing asks whether something bad will come from downloading and/or sharing a particular product. Will the the recording and movie industries come knocking? Will the police or even the FBI take an...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 18, 2013 | Blog Entry, DATA, INTERNET, LAW, NERD NEWS, PIRACY, POLITICAL, PRIVACY, SECURITY, TECHNOLOGY
Could impact how information is shared and what powers government has in collecting your digital files Last year after an outpouring of opposition, Internet advocates logged a victory when they defeated the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Now there are...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 17, 2013 | Blog Entry, DATA, HACKING, HARDWARE, INTERNET, Malware Reports, NERD NEWS, PIRACY, POLITICAL, SECURITY, Technicals, TECHNOLOGY
from the slavery-is-freedom dept. In an op-ed piece over at Technology Review, Bruce Schneier says that the cyber espionage between the U.S., China, and other nations, has been rampant for the past decade. But he also worries that the media frenzy over recent attacks...
