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Submission + - Chaos Communication Congress : X11/X.Org Security In Bad Shape (phoronix.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 31, 2013 @04:56PM

An anonymous reader writes: A presentation at the Chaos Communication Congress (CCC), riled upon the X11 Server security with being "worse than it looks", "sheer terror", and the presenter having found more than 120 bugs in a few months of security research and not being close to being done in his work. Upstream X.Org developers have begun to call most of his claims valid. The presentation by Ilja van Sprunde is available for streaming.

Submission + - APPLE: We Had No Idea The NSA Has A Way To Spy On Your iPhone Read more: http:/ (businessinsider.com)

Submitted by aissixtir on Tuesday December 31, 2013 @02:55PM

aissixtir writes: Today, Apple responded denying that the company has ever worked with the NSA to provide such access to its products, including iPhones.

Submission + - Finnish HIV vaccine testing to begin (yle.fi)

Submitted by ultranova on Tuesday December 31, 2013 @11:41AM

ultranova writes: FIT Biotech, based on Tampere, Finland, has developed a vaccine it claims will cut the cost of HIV treatment to 1/10th of its current price and might eliminate the virus entirely. The vaccine is based on genetic engineering and will enter clinical human trials next year.

Submission + - Unlawful Interception - Nicholas Percoco (youtube.com)

Submitted by aissixtir on Sunday December 29, 2013 @02:03AM

Comment Google has expanded (Score 1) 210

by aissixtir on Thursday December 26, 2013 @06:26AM (#45786785) Attached to: Could an Erasable Internet Kill Google?

That would be right if Google was how it was at the start. However Google is not how it once was as it is no more just a search engine. However, sure the laws in a country can change. That does not stop Google from moving its will-be-"illegal" server in a country where there will be no problem.

Comment Not the right question (Score 1) 126

by aissixtir on Wednesday December 25, 2013 @08:31AM (#45781419) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: How Long Will the Internet Remember Us?

I think the question is the wrong question to ask. The right question would be for how long we, the data owners, will allow the internet to store more of our data.

Comment common sense (Score 1) 194

by aissixtir on Sunday December 22, 2013 @01:55PM (#45760801) Attached to: Privacy Advocate Jacob Appelbaum Reports Break-In Of Berlin Apartment

many agencies would be interested in those files...

Submission + - IT Lawyer: Where to start? 1

Submitted by aissixtir on Sunday December 22, 2013 @03:02AM

aissixtir writes: I know the IT Law industry is still small and it is mostly related to IP and security.

However other than Google, Microsoft. What are some other places to apply to?

Submission + - He knows what his stolen computer is doing. (yle.fi)

Submitted by aissixtir on Monday April 08, 2013 @05:00PM

aissixtir writes: A finnish guy had his Mac stolen. Nevertheless, he had his setting setup so whenever it is connected online, to send him an email amongst with several info. He actually managed to locate his computer outside his country. But he is still not sure whether the police can do something

Comment I did it! (Score 1) 73

by aissixtir on Friday March 15, 2013 @08:20PM (#43187645) Attached to: Cyber Squatters Grab Up More Than 600 'Pope Francis' Domain Names

Proudly I am one of them

Submission + - End of Time (Unix) (youtube.com)

Submitted by aissixtir on Tuesday January 29, 2013 @08:14AM

aissixtir writes: Unix comes to an end... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJQ691PTKsA

Submission + - why do we need privacy? 1

Submitted by aissixtir on Monday January 21, 2013 @03:36PM

aissixtir writes: I am starting a new module this semester and it has to do about privacy. Even though I "want" privacy, I do not know why. Do I really care if they know the time I go to the toilet or my interests, or even where I go?
And then do I really care of what you are doing?

Submission + - What makes an old computer have worse performance than the same brand new?

Submitted by aissixtir on Sunday January 20, 2013 @06:25PM

aissixtir writes: Both computer have the same specifications. Nevertheless, the old one will most likely have issues even if it is not broken or something.

Submission + - Assassination failed (dailymail.co.uk)

Submitted by aissixtir on Sunday January 20, 2013 @11:53AM

aissixtir writes: It seems some kind of politician was going to be assassinated but the killer failed... *facepalm*

Comment HOW DO YOU CHANGE THE LAW? (Score 1) 287

by aissixtir on Saturday January 19, 2013 @01:06PM (#42634077) Attached to: JSTOR an Entitlement For US DoJ's Ortiz & Holder

It`s not the fault of those who enforce the law. The weight falls on our shoulder because we activily participate into the political arena 1 day every few years to vote for an incompetent guy and then we sit back in front of our laptop watching movies until the next elections. When was the last time you did anything to change something?!? WHEN ?

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