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UCLA tuition riots: 14 arrested, 1 tasered
The full headline is, ‘32% Inflation in UCLA Tuition Causes Near Riots (14 Arrested, 1 Tasered).’ It’s on GooTube and, “It’s just insane, here,” says the voiceover. “About 30 students stormed UCLA’s Campbell Hall and barricaded the doors with chains and bike locks early this morning to protest a student fee increase that is expected to be endorsed by the University of California’s Board of Regents today,” says the Los Angeles Times , going on »»» Updated at 8:39 a.m.: The UC Regents have started to meet, and hundreds of students have surrounded the building, protesting the proposed fee hike. Students who spent the night were sprawled outside Campbell Hall in sleeping bags. They carried posters and signs that read, “Don’t take our education away” and “Don’t privatize, democratize.” Many wore bandannas over their faces.
Continue reading »Digitized Stalking Is the New World Order
You’re being followed. Stalkers are everywhere, even in your pocket. That’s the warning Wednesday from the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the San Francisco-based civil liberties group.
Continue reading »Pirate Bay Buyer Says Record Deal Imminent
The buyer of The Pirate Bay, the world’s most notorious BitTorrent tracker, says one of the “Big Four” record labels is set to hawk their wares on the site once Global Gaming Factory turns it into a pay-to-play destination, Swedish media reports. Global Gaming Factory, of Sweden, is expected to close the $7.7 million purchase of The Pirate Bay within weeks. It said it plans to go legitimate, and turn the site where pirates go for free media to one where reformed pirates pay.
Continue reading »4 Years After TJX Hack, Payment Industry Sets Security Standards
Four years after hackers breached TJX’s unsecured wireless network and stole information on more than 94 million customers, a standards body for the payment-card industry has finally released guidelines for securing wireless networks. The Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council released its 33-page report (.pdf) on Thursday. It said the guidelines are the product of a working group composed of more than 40 entities — banks, network security companies and point-of-sale vendors — convened after the wireless networks of several companies, including TJX, the parent company of TJ Maxx, Marshalls, Office Max and other outlets, were hacked.
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