TorrentFreak: UK Gov Opens Consultation on Netflix-Style Geo-Blocking
The UK government has launched a public consultation on the EU's proposals to ban Netflix-style geo-blocking. The government says it wants its citizens to be able to access legally purchased content...
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Медийно право : Обещаха правила, получихме пак същото
Практиките за контрол върху медиите се развиват и обогатяват, някои се възпроизвеждат. В този контекст Народното събрание прие на второ четене Закона за обществените поръчки с вносител Министерския...
View ArticleSchneier on Security: El Chapo’s Opsec
I've already written about Sean Penn's opsec while communicating with El Chapo. Here's the technique of mirroring, explained: El chapo then switched to a complex system of using BBM (Blackberry's...
View ArticleRaspberry Pi: Experiment with the Sense HAT in the new MagPi Essentials book
While it might be a bit expensive to buy the equipment you need to get yourself into space, the Sense HAT – two of which are currently on the International Space Station as part of the Astro Pi...
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Linux How-Tos and Linux Tutorials: Linux Foundation Certified Engineer:...
The Linux Foundation offers many resources for developers, users, and administrators of Linux systems, including its Linux Certification Program. This program is designed to give you a way to...
View ArticleLWN.net: Thursday’s security advisories
Arch Linux has updated bind (two vulnerabilities) and libdwarf (information leak). Fedora has updated kernel (F23: two vulnerabilities) and prosody (F23; F22: two vulnerabilities). Mageia has updated...
View ArticleTorrentFreak: Piracy Can Boost Digital Music Sales, Research Shows
A new academic paper published by the Economics Department of Queen's University examines the link between BitTorrent downloads and music album sales. The study shows that depending on the...
View ArticleLauren Weinstein's Blog: Action Item: Protecting Ourselves from Encryption...
Yesterday, in "The Politicians' Encryption Backdoor Fantasies Continue -- and Legislating Pi" ( http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/001147.html ), I discussed moves in the U.S. Senate to convene a...
View ArticleAWS Official Blog: New – AWS Certificate Manager – Deploy SSL/TLS-Based Apps...
I am fascinated by things that are simple on the surface and complex underneath! For example, consider the popular padlock icon that is used to signify that traffic to and from a web site is encrypted:...
View ArticleAWS Security Blog: Now Available: AWS Certificate Manager
Secure Sockets Layer/Transport Layer Security (SSL/TLS) is a must-have whenever sensitive data is moved to and from a website. For example, sites that need to meet compliance requirements such as...
View ArticleAWS Official Blog: AWS – Ready to Weather the Storm
As people across the Northeastern United States are stocking up their pantries and preparing their disaster supplies kits, AWS is also preparing for winter snow storms and the subsequent hurricane...
View ArticleLWN.net: Rust 1.6 released
Version 1.6 of the Rust programming language has been released. "The largest new feature in 1.6 is that libcore is now stable! Rust’s standard library is two-tiered: there’s a small core library,...
View ArticleBackblaze Blog | The Life of a Cloud Backup Company: Storage Pod 5.0 Hack:...
In November we introduced and open sourced the design to Storage Pod 5.0. Extensively redesigned using our Agile hardware design process, Storage Pod 5.0 was the least expensive storage solution we’ve...
View ArticleThe diaspora* blog: diaspora* security release 0.5.6.1
We just released diaspora* version 0.5.6.1 which fixes Nokogiri CVE-2015-7499 fixes unsafe "Remember me" cookies in Devise Updating Please update as soon as possible. Update instructions are available...
View Articlexkcd.com: Possible Undiscovered Planets
This post was syndicated from: xkcd.com and was written by: xkcd.com. Original post: at xkcd.com
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Linux How-Tos and Linux Tutorials: N1 Email Client — A User-Friendly Option
If you’ve paid close enough attention to the news, you know that the Mozilla Foundation has cut the cord to Thunderbird. Considering that, for years, Thunderbird has been the most user-friendly desktop...
View ArticleTorrentFreak: Pirate Sites Decrease in Numbers, Increase in Strength
The main lawyer and public face of Pirate Bay nemesis Rights Alliance says that the file-sharing landscape in Sweden has shifted. Henrik Pontén says that while down significantly in numbers, the...
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Медийно право : За пре-подаването: с благодарност
Семестърът завършва, в началото на 2016 искам да напиша за хората, които се отзоваха на поканата да участват в нашите обсъждания и гостуваха на студентите от бакалавърската програма по Европеистика...
View ArticleДни: Заразно
И след като цялото семейство изкара смотания грип, well, най-накрая и до ме стигна вирусЪТ. Две седмици по-късно, да, ама да не съм капо… Надявам се само, че след като е минала през пет души близка...
View ArticleSchneier on Security: Security Trade-offs in the Longbow vs. Crossbow Decision
Interesting research: Douglas W. Allen and Peter T. Leeson, "Institutionally Constrained Technology Adoption: Resolving the Longbow Puzzle," Journal of Law and Economics, v. 58, Aug 2015. Abstract: For...
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