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Submission + - German gov't endorses Chrome as most secure browser (computerworld.com)

Submitted by beta2 on Friday February 03, 2012 @09:58PM

beta2 writes: Several articles are noting that the German IT security agency BSI is endorsing Google Chrome browser:

"Computerworld — Germany's cyber security agency today recommended that Windows 7 users run Google's Chrome browser, citing the application's sandbox and auto-update features. In a security best practices guideline, Germany's Federal Office for Information Security, known by its German initials of BSI, said Chrome was the best browser."

Submission + - Facebook on collision course with new EU privacy laws (csmonitor.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 03, 2012 @04:13PM

An anonymous reader writes: Facebook and other US internet companies are faced with a new EU data protection regime, reports, the Christian Science Monitor reports. US concepts of free expression and commerce will battle European support for privacy and state legislation.

Comment Re:So what GS is saying is.... (Score 2) 529

by beta2 on Tuesday January 18, 2011 @12:05AM (#34912400) Attached to: Goldman Sachs Says No Facebook Shares For US Investors

And, they probably -are- protecting the public in this case...companies should not be allowed to sell shares to the public without disclosing important information about themselves. Maybe this is the future growth export industry in the US: securities fraud of foreign nationals.

Yes we've heard this story before. Wallstreet used to export a very clever but very volatile financial instrument called a Mortgage-Backed-Security to the Europeans banks (and anyone else foolish enough to buy them). Wallstreet made lots of money in fees on those deals, and I suppose made the Europeans banks lots of money for awhile. Well until the underlying US mortgages went bad in 2007, and then the European government had to step in to keep their banks solvent.

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