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'G20 Geek' Byron Sonne Cleared of Explosives Charges 278

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday May 15, 2012 @03:01PM from the didn't-have-to-pull-a-dufresne dept.

New submitter davegravy writes "Byron Sonne, the Toronto-based security consultant, chemistry hobbyist, and geek who was arrested leading up to the Toronto G-20 for alleged plans to bomb the event, has been found not guilty of all charges. Sonne was held in prison for 11 months without receiving bail, and the ruling comes two years after his arrest. Sonne is considered by many in the Toronto security community as a champion of civil rights and a sharp critic of security theatre."

New Book Reveals Apple's Steve Jobs Was First Choice for Google CEO 167

Posted by Roblimo on Saturday April 09, 2011 @05:19PM from the do-no-evil-while-wearing-a-black-turtleneck dept.

A Reader notes, Steven Levy's latest book, In The Plex: How Google Thinks, Works and Shapes Our Lives, lifts the lid on the secretive world of Google, revealing how the founders fell out with Apple's Steve Jobs and what happened in the search engine's exit from China. Levy claims that when Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page were on the hunt for a chief executive they wanted Steve Jobs to take the job. Obviously, he didn't, and later the two companies became fierce rivals rather than allies.

Surveillance Backdoor Enabled Chinese Gmail Attack? 143

Posted by Soulskill on Sunday January 24, 2010 @12:18PM from the let's-blame-the-government-now dept.

Major Blud writes "CNN is running an opinion piece on their front page from security technologist Bruce Schneier, in which he suggests that 'In order to comply with government search warrants on user data, Google created a backdoor access system into Gmail accounts. This feature is what the Chinese hackers exploited to gain access.' His article is short on sources, and the common belief is that a flaw in IE was the main attack method. Has this come up elsewhere? Schneier continues, 'Whether the eavesdroppers are the good guys or the bad guys, these systems put us all at greater risk. Communications systems that have no inherent eavesdropping capabilities are more secure than systems with those capabilities built in. And it's bad civic hygiene to build technologies that could someday be used to facilitate a police state.'"

Comment Re:Everyone's a critic (Score 1) 1197

by joek8725 on Tuesday August 19, 2003 @06:55PM (#6738884) Attached to: Movie Industry Blames Texting for Bad Box Office

Been lurking without posting on /. for about 3,5 years but this is the first time I've felt obliged to make a post.

That was hilarious.

(Hope this ends up under the right comment. It's meant to be under the reversed ??? profit one anyway)

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