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Submission + - AT&T false advertising claiming iPhone 4S is a (att.com)

Submitted by realized on Tuesday January 03, 2012 @02:38PM

realized writes: Over the past few months a bunch of my friends with an iPhone 4 and now 4s seemed to be misinformed that they in fact had a 4G phone. After explaining it to them I started to think – man, apple’s marketing team needs a promotion (or to be fired for misleading). A couple of weeks ago I noticed however that AT&T on their own website is advertising the IPhone 4S as a 4G phone – and as of today its still the same. Not only is the iPhone 4S advertised as a 4G phone (with the 4G logo on the picture in search results) but if you search for all AT&T 4G phones on their website, it’s the first one that comes up!

Submission + - Fujitsu to develop vigilante computer virus for Ja

Submitted by wiedzmin on Tuesday January 03, 2012 @02:33PM

wiedzmin writes: Japanese Defense Ministry has awarded Fujitsu a contract to develop a vigilante computer virus, which will track down and eliminate other viruses, or rather — their sources of origin. Are "good" viruses a bad idea? Sophos seems to think so.

Submission + - Infinite US Citizen Detention -Now Law! (aclu.org)

Submitted by chrisphotonic on Tuesday January 03, 2012 @02:27PM

chrisphotonic writes: "President Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) today, allowing indefinite detention to be codified into law." -ACLU's website

Jon Steward talks about how horrible this is. It didn't pass...at first."
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-december-7-2011/arrested-development

Submission + - Hacktivists Plan Satellite To Bypass Censorship (techweekeurope.co.uk) 1

Submitted by

judgecorp

on Tuesday January 03, 2012 @01:11PM

judgecorp writes: "A group of hacktivists is planning a satellite system to bypass censorship of the terrestrial Internet, it was revealed at the Chaos Communications Congress in Berlin, at the end of December. The proposed hacker space program, known as Hackerspace Global Grid will communicate through a distributed network of cheep (100 euro) mobile ground stations, according to the group's plans"

Submission + - Goodbye Wheelchair, Hello Exoskeleton (ieee.org)

Submitted by the_newsbeagle on Tuesday January 03, 2012 @01:06PM

the_newsbeagle writes: This year, Ekso Bionics will roll out its most sophisticated exoskeleton ever. The company's robotic walking suit, called the Ekso, allows paraplegics to get back on their feet and walk on their own. The first commercial model will be sold to rehab hospitals for on-site physical therapy, but the company plans to have a model ready for at-home physical therapy by the end of 2012. In a few years, they plan to sell an Ekso that a paraplegic person can wear to the post office, to work, etc.

Submission + - Carrier IQ responds to FBI drama, EFF wants more i

Submitted by realized on Tuesday December 13, 2011 @05:37PM

realized writes: Yesterday Carrier IQ released a report which tries to answer some questions about how the system operates. Also after reports of the FBI using Carrier IQ data – the company sidestepped the question their response by saying "Carrier IQ has never provided any data to the FBI. If approached by a law enforcement agency, we would refer them to the network operators" Additionally the EFF just released a report which says they believe keystroke data "oeis in fact being inadvertently transmitted to some third parties" but they would like to study carrier profiles to verify information.

Submission + - 24 Year Old Asks Facebook For His Data, Gets 1,200 (threatpost.com) 1

Submitted by

chicksdaddy

on Tuesday December 13, 2011 @05:01PM

chicksdaddy writes: "Be careful of what you ask for. That's a lesson that Max Schrems of Vienna, Austria, learned the hard way when he sent a formal request to Facebook for a copy of every piece of personal information that the world’s largest social network had collected on him, as required under European law.
After a wait, the 24 year-old law student got what he was seeking: a CD with all his data stored on it — 1,222 files in all. The collection of PDF format documents was roughly the length Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace but told a more mundane story: a record of Schrems' years-long relationship with the world's largest social network, including reams of data he had deleted. Now Schrems is pushing Facebook to disclose even more of what it knows. Stay tuned!"

Submission + - Carrier IQ releases 19 page document explaining it (carrieriq.com) 1

Submitted by realized on Tuesday December 13, 2011 @03:30AM

realized writes: Carrier IQ has finally answered some of the questions everybody has been asking in 19 page report released earlier today. The report, while doesn’t answer all questions does cover some and specifically addresses some issues came up on the now famous youtube video released by android developer Trevor Eckhar. Carrier IQ specifically addresses some of the main issues that arose from his video, claiming in this document that they do not read or even have the ability to read text message data among other things.

Comment carriers already save text message content... (Score 2) 156

by realized on Monday December 12, 2011 @07:25PM (#38349494) Attached to: FBI Rejects Freedom of Information Act Request About Carrier IQ

The funny thing here is Carriers already save text message data Without Carrier IQ - and they have the ability to save URL data also since we are on their network. why would the FBI need Carrier IQ unless it was getting more data than that? Pictures we take on our phones? videos? emails ? http://www.pcmag.com/image_popup/0,1740,iid=313504,00.asp

Submission + - AT&T offers LTE just to cap users who use it (xda-developers.com) 1

Submitted by realized on Monday November 28, 2011 @02:21PM

realized writes: We have all heard of soft caps put on by cell phone carriers. AT&T, Verizon and others alike have all said that they will (and have already started to), “throttle” users in the top 5% of data usage. With LTE starting to be deployed to multiple markets now this seems to be more of a problem. AT&T and Verizon are selling LTE phones and once users realize they can watch movies, download games, etc without lag on the new technology, are overnight getting capped. At LTE Speeds of 30-50MB/sec it’s very easy to hit the “soft cap” in place. The cap, according to some XDA members, seems to be anywhere from 4gb to 8gb/month. What is the point of offering LTE if you aren’t able to handle the small percentage of users that have LTE devices in those areas? Is this a bandwidth problem or a licensing problem with the wireless spectrum? Is 4, 6, or even 10 gb/month really abuse?

Submission + - CarrierIQ sues TrevE for copyright infringement (xda-developers.com)

Submitted by realized on Tuesday November 22, 2011 @06:45PM

realized writes: As earlier reported on Slashdot, CarrierIQ installs software on cellphones to track user activity. The company earlier denied that they had a “root kit” installed but won’t go into details as to what they track. CarrierIQ is now suing the man responsible for shedding light on CarrierIQ for “copyright infringement” for copying the company’s training manuals and posting it on his own website. Luckily, EFF has decided to help out the XDA Developer, TrevE. You can see the letter here (https://www.eff.org/sites/default/files/eckhart_cease_desist_demand_redacted.pdf)

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