Weekly Axis Of Easy #44 In this issue: Documentary: Do You Trust This Computer? Google employees revolt over military drone program US Feds seize Backpage.com domain Rogue network of cellphone snoopers discovered in Washington DC DHS building database to monitor media influencers More Facebook shenanigans: health records, political contributions & pay-for-privacy Telus jumps on Canadian […]
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Critical Drupal Vulnerability Allows Remote Code Execution
Weekly Axis Of Easy #43 In this issue: Critical Drupal vulnerability allows remote code execution Facebook funding anti-privacy efforts while apologizing for privacy violations US Gov to gain access to social media of all visa applicants Under Armour data breach affects 150 million MyFitnessPal users Criminal group who executed 1 Billion euro cybertheft arrested in […]
Satoshi Nakamoto was an easyDNS customer, and we know who it is…
I know, it seems crazy, and it was pure fluke that enabled me to connect the dots on this. Background Back in December, 2010 Wikileaks was under a payment blockade, wherein US political figures acted extra-judiciously against the whistleblower site by convincing Paypal and VISA, etc to stop processing donations for them. It was at […]
Should We Delete Our Facebook Page?
Weekly Axis Of Easy #42 In this issue: Should you delete your Facebook page? Uber self-driving car kills pedestrian Confessions of a Data Hitman US Congress slips CLOUD surveillance provision into spending bill CBC backs Bell’s Web content blocking initiative City of Atlanta crippled by ransomware attack Should you delete your Facebook page? The Facebook […]
Should You Delete Your Facebook Page?
In 1994 Wired magazine ran a short story entitled “Hack the spew” . This was back when Wired was actually cutting edge and not the insufferable Silicon Valley stroke job it became after Conde Naste acquired it. In it our antihero “Stark” finds himself inexplicably recruited as a kind of data scout, looking for viable consumer trends […]
Who Is Cambridge Analytica?
Weekly Axis Of Easy #41 In this issue: Who is Cambridge Analytica? EFF Warns CLOUD Act end-runs 4th Amendment Same as it ever was: Flash player needs patching. Again. Web inventor says it’s time to regulate Big Tech New Orleans tries its hand at tech powered “pre-crime” Sierra Leone runs world’s first election using blockchain […]
