YoungJules - Slashdot User

Comment Little late but... (Score 2, Interesting) 437

by YoungJules on Wednesday June 17, 2009 @06:18AM (#28359383) Attached to: Opera 10.0 Released, With Integrated Web Server Functionality

... isn't this just what the Iranians are looking for? This kind of democratic peer to peer communication removes the need to rely on central social networking sites and puts the internet back in the hands of the people.

Submission + - Wrong link? Go to jail! (com.com)

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YoungJules

on Wednesday May 21, 2008 @05:33AM

YoungJules writes: "In his blog on TechRepublic, John Sheesley points to yet another online danger lurking out there. This time it's not net perverts, spyware, trojans, or even getting press-ganged into working for a bot network... but the FBI! Seems they can't catch enough perverts without setting up a few dodgy sites themselves to trap the unwary. The consequences could be devastating for the innocent web-surfer caught up in this manner. It would be damaging enough to someone's personal reputation to be charged with child pornography offences but if the 'offence' takes place from a work location, the implications for the company involved don't bear thinking about! Seizure of pcs, personal data, documentation, servers... all for clicking on a link helpfully provided by the FBI."

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