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Comment 7 people who hold the keys to the internet (Score 1) 134

by auric_dude on Saturday April 11, 2015 @06:28PM (#49454897) Attached to: U.S. Gov't Grapples With Clash Between Privacy, Security

The idea could work. Meet the seven people who hold the keys to worldwide internet security http://www.theguardian.com/tec...

Comment Re:Here's what you tell your potential boss (Score 1) 394

by auric_dude on Thursday April 02, 2015 @03:04PM (#49393299) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Living Without Social Media In 2015?

Good luck with that.

Comment Re:civil vs criminal (Score 1) 87

by auric_dude on Wednesday April 01, 2015 @07:58AM (#49385101) Attached to: UK IP Chief Wants ISPs To Police Piracy Proactively

City Of London Police PIPCU https://www.cityoflondon.polic... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

Comment Re:meh. (Score 3, Informative) 48

by auric_dude on Tuesday March 31, 2015 @10:16AM (#49378859) Attached to: X-37B To Fly Again

ZZ Top had the right idea all those years ago https://upload.wikimedia.org/w...

Comment One more view. (Score 0) 365

by auric_dude on Friday March 27, 2015 @07:30PM (#49358445) Attached to: Ellen Pao Loses Silicon Valley Gender Bias Case Against Kleiner Perkins

Jury: Kleiner Perkins not liable for Pao’s gender discrimination claims [Updated] Trial highlighted Silicon Valley's male-dominated tech and investment culture. via http://arstechnica.com/tech-po...

Comment Bank Of England looking at this for a while (Score 2) 43

by auric_dude on Thursday March 26, 2015 @05:23AM (#49342889) Attached to: UK Setting Itself Up To Be More Friendly To Bitcoin Startups

News Release - Quarterly Bulletin pre-release articles: âInnovations in payment technologies and the emergence of digital currenciesâ(TM) and âThe economics of digital currenciesâ(TM) http://www.bankofengland.co.uk... and The economics of digital currencies http://www.bankofengland.co.uk...

Comment A lot of it about. (Score 2) 262

by auric_dude on Wednesday March 25, 2015 @04:14PM (#49338705) Attached to: RadioShack Puts Customer Data Up For Sale In Bankruptcy Auction

Despite privacy policy, RadioShack customer data up for sale in auction Data includes names, phone numbers, mailing and e-mail addresses, and purchases. http://arstechnica.com/tech-po...

Comment Re:And now, things get Ugly. (Score 4, Insightful) 120

by auric_dude on Wednesday March 25, 2015 @05:24AM (#49334213) Attached to: Uber To Turn Into a Big Data Company By Selling Location Data

Once again you are the product.

Comment Re:War crime (Score 1) 103

by auric_dude on Monday March 23, 2015 @04:34PM (#49323137) Attached to: Finland To Fly "Open Skies" Surveillance Flight Over Russia

The rules say https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... what is allowed and the 340 is allowed.

Comment Re:spying for peace. (Score 1) 103

by auric_dude on Monday March 23, 2015 @04:16PM (#49323041) Attached to: Finland To Fly "Open Skies" Surveillance Flight Over Russia

Might be able to follow the progress of the Swedish SAAB 340 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... live on FlightRadar24 http://www.flightradar24.com/ but what would happen if they slipped in a Saab 340 AEW&C https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... just for fun?

Comment Re:Really? (Score 1) 95

by auric_dude on Sunday March 15, 2015 @10:43AM (#49261375) Attached to: Education Company Monitors Social Media For Test References

Gnupg Pki + Gmail but be careful about the subject line! But then do people still use email?

Comment Pi Day 2015: meet the man who invented Ï (Score 4, Informative) 107

by auric_dude on Saturday March 14, 2015 @12:26PM (#49256525) Attached to: Pi Day Extraordinaire

Anglesey-born William Jones was the first person to use the Greek letter Ï for the ratio of a circleâ(TM)s circumference to its diameter. But who was this little-known figure? http://www.theguardian.com/sci...

Comment Length does matter. (Score 1) 197

by auric_dude on Tuesday January 20, 2015 @03:29PM (#48858823) Attached to: The Most Popular Passwords Are Still "123456" and "password"

As illustrated by Stanfordâ(TM)s password policy shuns one-size-fits-all security http://arstechnica.com/securit... via https://itservices.stanford.ed...

Comment AAISP (Score 1, Insightful) 36

by auric_dude on Tuesday January 20, 2015 @10:25AM (#48855679) Attached to: UK ISPs EE, Virgin and Vodafone Back Net Neutrality

Although not directly related to net neutrality I feel that A&A http://www.aa.net.uk/ should be commended for their stance against the filtering and censoring of content http://www.aa.net.uk/kb-broadb... as requested by some.

Comment Schneier on Security (Score 5, Informative) 81

by auric_dude on Sunday January 18, 2015 @04:51PM (#48846249) Attached to: NSA Prepares For Future Techno-Battles By Plotting Network Takedowns

As usual has something to say on the New NSA Documents on Offensive Cyberoperations https://www.schneier.com/blog/... with links to additional sources.

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