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The Things They Stored: Malte Spitz Delivers a Powerful Talk on Mobile Carriers Recording Your Daily Life

The mobile phone you carry in your pocket has revolutionized daily life, but it’s also made possible a surveillance society previously only dreamed of by the likes of the Stasi, KGB and NSA....

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Wednesday, July 25th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Feds say US ties make Megaupload subject to criminal law

The United States government has told a Virginia judge that a long list of American connections makes Megaupload subject to US criminal law. The Friday court filing was a response to the company's...

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Monday, July 16th, 2012 Net News 1 Comment

DefCon: 20 Years of Hackers, Hijinks and Snooping Feds

> In 1992, Jeff Moss (third from left in second row) invited a bunch of hacker friends to come to Las Vegas to party in the desert. Now in its 20th year, the...

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Friday, June 22nd, 2012 Net News No Comments

Kulisha: Combine Facebook, Twitter Feeds Into Pinterest-Like Message Board

Site combines your Facebook and Twitters feeds into a bulletin board for easy viewing, much like the popular Pinterest, and allows users to like, comment, retweet, reply, and also pin favorite tweets for...

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Wednesday, May 16th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Week in tech: Windows 8 on the desktop, child porn honeypots, and Oracle v. Google

Windows 8 on the desktop—an awkward hybrid : With its two distinct interfaces, what is Windows 8 like as a desktop operating system? Our 8,000-word answer: better than feared, worse than hoped. Get...

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Saturday, April 28th, 2012 Net News No Comments