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by deltaromeo (#34665976) Attached to: UK Banks Attempt To Censor Academic Publication
When security measures involve trying to keep people quiet about its flaws, I think it's time to accept the security is broken! Also, this paragraph of the UK Card Associations complaint letter attempts to downplay the effectiveness of the hack, looks to me like it's just there to deter anyone considering trying it.

Fortunately, the type of attack described in the research is difficult to undertake and is unlikely to carry a sufficient risk-reward ratio to interest genuine fraudsters. And, in the unlikely event that such an attack were to take place ... the banking industry's fraud prevention systems would be able to detect when such an attack had happened.

Yeah right!
Businesses

Submission + - Can Google be considered a Monopoly? (tekgoblin.com)

Submitted by tekgoblin
tekgoblin writes: A monopoly is defined as "the exclusive posssession or control of the supply or trade in a commodity or service" does Google fall under this definition? You decide.
Advertising

Submission + - Advertising Standards Authority gets online power (bbc.co.uk)

Submitted by deltaromeo
deltaromeo writes: I am against censorship, so I am against this new power being given..

"The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is extending its remit to cover the online realm.
It means that online marketing and ads will, from 1 March 2011, be subject to the same strict advertising rules as traditional media.
The ASA will also have the power to ban marketing statements on social networks such as Facebook and Twitter.
Last year, the body received over 3,500 complaints but over half of the adverts were outside of its remit."

On the plus side, the ASA decisions in the past have nearly always been based on common sense and they don't over-zealously ban advertisements or fine the company unless they are truly misleading. They are independent at the moment but who knows when the gov't might decide to take control or exert it's influence on the ASA...and decide that the anti-authoritarian tone of your website is inciting hatred, and then order the removal of all links pointing to your site (a link can be considered an ad, they aren't going to investigate whether you paid for it or not), effectively silencing you. It will be a nightmare to police, with affiliate / ad servers / advertiser all often in different countries and outside their governance..

Submission + - Netflix has no limit on amount of days off (telegraph.co.uk)

Submitted by deltaromeo
deltaromeo writes: Netflix lets its staff take as much holiday as they want, whenever they want – and it works
Silicon Valley success story, Netflix, shows how a non-policy on holidays can provide the break you need.
Canada

Rogers Shrinks Download Limits As Netflix Arrives 281

Posted by Soulskill from the not-very-canuckian-of-them dept.
Meshach writes "Hot on the heels of Netflix coming to Canada, Rogers (one of the biggest ISPs in Canada) has shrunk download limits. 'As of Wednesday, new customers who sign up for the Lite service will be allowed 15 gigabytes, a drop from the 25 GB limit offered to those who signed up before July 21. Meanwhile, any new Lite user who goes over the monthly limit will have to pay $4 per GB up to a maximum of $50 — a spike from the previous $2.5 per GB surcharge.' Officially, there is no connection between the two events, but it seems an odd coincidence, especially when Rogers charges customers who exceed their bandwidth allowance."
Movies

A Peek Into Netflix Queues 113

Posted by kdawson from the i-know-what-you-watched-last-summer dept.
margaret writes "The New York Times has an interactive Web app where you can map the popularity of various Netflix titles by neighborhood, in a dozen different cities. Invasion of privacy or harmless voyeuristic fun? Either way, it's pretty interesting."
Privacy

Submission + - UK will not legislate on piracy (bbc.co.uk)

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deltaromeo
deltaromeo writes: ""The UK's Intellectual Property minister David Lammy has said the government will not force internet service providers to pursue file sharers. There had been mounting speculation about government legislation on the issue as the music industry steps up its fight against the pirates. Other countries, such as France, have supported tough action on file-sharers, who cost the industry millions.""
Privacy

Submission + - UK forces ISPs to keep details of all emails

Submitted by deltaromeo
deltaromeo writes: "Rules forcing internet companies to keep details of every e-mail sent in the UK are a waste of money and an attack on civil liberties, critics say.

From March all Internet Service Providers (ISPs) will by law have to keep information about every e-mail sent or received in the UK for a year. "

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7819230.stm

I'm wondering how ISP's will be able to keep the details of an email sent using webmail (eg. gmail) over https.

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