Category: Computer Security

“This is No Longer Fiction” – The Era of Automatic Facial Recognition and Surveillance Is Here | Liberty Blitzkrieg

Whenever cryptographer and computer security specialist Bruce Schneier issues a warning about something, I pay close attention. What follows are excerpts from a recent piece he wrote for >>>

Posted: October 19, 2015 in Computer, Security

Investigators Confirm Hazardous Waste Findings Near Exide Facility

A small army of environmental investigators from the State Department of Toxic Substances descended on a Boyle Heights community near the former Exide Battery-Recycling Facility >>>

Posted: October 19, 2015 in Biological, Chemistry, Energy, Environmental

Antibody test could detect Alzheimer’s at preventable stage

A new test for antibodies could make it possible to detect Alzheimer’s and other diseases at a stage early enough to preempt, delay or prevent >>>

Posted: October 18, 2015 in Biological

New solar phenomenon discovered: large-scale waves accompanied by particles emissions rich in helium-3

Source: New solar phenomenon discovered: large-scale waves accompanied by particles emissions rich in helium-3

Posted: October 18, 2015 in Space

Secret Code in Color Printers Lets Government Track You | Electronic Frontier Foundation

San Francisco – A research team led by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) recently broke the code behind tiny tracking dots that some color laser >>>

Posted: October 18, 2015 in Computer, Editorial, Security

Code injection: A new low for ISPs | InfoWorld

Beyond underhanded, Comcast and other carriers are inserting their own ads and notifications into their customers’ data streams Source: Code injection: A new low for >>>

Posted: October 18, 2015 in Computer, Internet, Security

Does fungus cause Alzheimer’s?

Traces of fungus have been discovered in the brains of Alzheimer’s sufferers, researchers said Thursday, relaunching the question: might the disease be caused by an >>>

Posted: October 18, 2015 in Biological

FCC Should Mandate Open Source Router Firmware And Fast Security Updates, Say Internet Experts

Over 260 security and network experts, including the co-inventor of the Internet, Vint Cerf, sent an open letter to the FCC asking it to mandate >>>

Posted: October 18, 2015 in Computer, Security, Software

Fuming Bernie supporters: Why is CNN deleting our comments?

Posted: October 18, 2015 in Computer, Editorial, Internet, Security

How NSA successfully Broke Trillions of Encrypted Connections

Posted: October 17, 2015 in Computer, Editorial, Security