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Submission + - Apple now relaying all FaceTime calls due to lost patent dispute (arstechnica.com)

Submitted by Em Adespoton on Friday August 30, 2013 @05:34PM

Em Adespoton writes: Before the VirnetX case, nearly all FaceTime calls were done through a system of direct communication. Essentially, Apple would verify that both parties had valid FaceTime accounts and then allow their two devices to speak directly to each other over the Internet, without any intermediary or "relay" servers. However, a small number of calls—5 to 10 percent, according to an Apple engineer who testified at trial—were routed through "relay servers."

At the August 15 hearing, a VirnetX lawyer stated that Apple had logged "over half a million calls" complaining about the quality of FaceTime [since disabling direct connections].

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Submitted by Em Adespoton on Monday April 01, 2013 @11:56AM

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Submission + - Can we fix SSL Certification? (sophos.com)

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Em Adespoton

on Tuesday August 16, 2011 @01:43PM

Em Adespoton writes: "At DEFCON this year, Moxie Marlinspike gave an excellent presentation entitled "SSL And The Future Of Authenticity." It shows how broken the current SSL certification model is, and proposes a replacement. Naked Security adds to the issue, pointing out that with Moxie's method, does it even matter if you can trust your certificate notaries?
What do you think?"

Submission + - Palin's hacker imprisoned, against Judge's wishes (sophos.com) 1

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Em Adespoton

on Thursday January 13, 2011 @06:21PM

Em Adespoton writes: "It was a computer security story that made headlines around the world, involving the private emails of a woman who could have become Vice President of the United States. And now, it's ended with a young man sent to a federal prison, hundreds of miles from his family home.

David C Kernell, the hacker who broke into Sarah Palin's personal Yahoo email account, is reported to have been sent to jail despite a judge's recommendation that he should not be put behind bars."

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