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Comment All Your Privacy Belong to Us (Score 1) 110

by bdeanet on Thursday November 08, 2012 @11:18AM (#41918573) Attached to: Google Chrome Introduces Do Not Track

So how does this impact Google Analytics? I don't agree with the advertising industry stating "we won't support this", maybe an unscrupulous business or two. I know many good advertising businesses which have a strict permission-based flow and would support the end-users' preference.

Comment Disagree (Score 1) 305

by bdeanet on Thursday November 08, 2012 @11:13AM (#41918507) Attached to: EFF Sues to Block New Internet Sex-Offender Law

I love the EFF and support them, but I'm not sure I agree with this (looking at a very broad and non-legal-background view). I think this is a inherent risk and if it can be exposed to prevent predatory habits, it is a good thing.

Submission + - Does OpenStack need a Linus Torvalds? (networkworld.com)

Submitted by

BButlerNWW

on Wednesday October 24, 2012 @02:32PM

BButlerNWW writes: "OpenStack has been dubbed by some enthusiasts as the Linux of the cloud — an open source operating system for public or private clouds. But there's one stark difference between the two projects: OpenStack doesn't have a Linus Torvalds, the eccentric, outspoken, never-afraid-to-say-what-he-thinks leader of the Linux world.

Torvalds personifies Linux in many ways. OpenStack doesn't have that one central figure right now. The question is: Does OpenStack need it?

Some would argue yes. Torvalds, because of the weight he holds in the project, calls the shots about how Linux is run, what goes in, what stays out of the code, and he's not afraid to express his opinions. He provides not only internal guidance for the project, but also an exterior cheerleading role.

Others would say OpenStack does not need a Torvalds of its own. The project is meant to be an open source meritocracy, where members are judged based on their code contributions to the project. OpenStack has been fighting an image that the project is just full of corporate interests, which is part of the reason Rackspace ceded official control of the project to the OpenStack Foundation recently."

Submission + - How a Google Headhunter's E-Mail Unraveled a Massive Net Security Hole (wired.com)

Submitted by

concealment

on Wednesday October 24, 2012 @10:22AM

concealment writes: "The problem lay with the DKIM key (DomainKeys Identified Mail) Google used for its google.com e-mails. DKIM involves a cryptographic key that domains use to sign e-mail originating from them – or passing through them – to validate to a recipient that the header information on an e-mail is correct and that the correspondence indeed came from the stated domain. When e-mail arrives at its destination, the receiving server can look up the public key through the sender’s DNS records and verify the validity of the signature.

Harris wasn’t interested in the job at Google, but he decided to crack the key and send an e-mail to Google founders Brin and Page, as each other, just to show them that he was onto their game."

Submission + - Experts warn about security flaws in airline boarding passes (washingtonpost.com)

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concealment

on Wednesday October 24, 2012 @09:57AM

concealment writes: "Butler said he had discovered that information stored within the bar codes of boarding passes is unencrypted, and so can be read in advance by technically minded travelers.

Simply by using a smartphone or similar device to check the bar code, travelers could determine whether they would pass through full security screening, or the expedited process."

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