News
Die Rückverdummung des Internets - Warum SOPA und PIPA ein globales Problem sind! Wer heute als unbedarfter Internetnutzer die englischsprachige Version der Wikipedia ansteuert wird vielleicht überrascht sein, nicht die übliche Startseite vorzufinden. Stattdessen sieht man einen Hinweis darüber, dass und weshalb Wikipedia heute nicht die üblichen Informationen bereitstellt. Genau wie Wikipedia beteiligen sich hunderte anderer US Websites in verschiedener Weise (durch teilweise oder vollständige Selbstzensur, durch Hinweise oder durch Petitionen) am Protest gegen SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) und PIPA (Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act) beteiligen. Doch warum sollte das uns in Europa oder Deutschland etwas angehen?Continue reading "Die Rückverdummung des Internets - Warum SOPA und PIPA ein globales Problem sind!"
Hacktivism
Anonymous vs. Mexican Drug Cartel»
After Anonymous made headlines for going after pedophiles two weeks ago, yesterday they again surprised us with their latest nemesis: Zeta, a Mexican drug cartel in the state of Veracruz. Zeta apparently abducted one of their activists from a street protest and now Anonymous is threatening the cartel to publish names of politicians, judges, journalists and other people supporting the cartel ...
Privacy
2 Top-Execs at Google say Google's Privacy Model not Suitable for Journalists, Bloggers, Small Businesses»
Christopher Soghoian a Washington, DC based Graduate Fellow at the Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research, and a Ph.D. Candidate in the School of Informatics and Computing at Indiana University has recently written an op-ed for the NY Times , and now Will DeVries, Google's top DC privacy lobbyist, posted a link to the article on his Google+ page agreeing with Soghoian's concerns.
InSecurity
Skype Security Problem Allows "Silent Calls" and Links Bittorrent Users to Skype Accounts»
As www.torrentfreak.com writes (original research paper included there) researchers proved that it is possible to call Skype users (even those who aren't on your contact list) without those users noticing. By using firewall rules they can initiate a call but the Skype client on the callee's side won't ring or otherwise show any activity. Furthermore they prove, that the obtained IP ...
Open Source
Booting the 'opsi Server VMWare Appliance' on a VirtualBox Host»
Short abstract:
This post has a double purpose:
1. YES, you can use the opsi VMWare Appliance in VirtualBox (a 10min google search did not yield one hit of somebody who did this before, so: eat this google!)
2. It won't boot without modification, the very easy solution is below :)
Long version:
Wanted to check out opsi without installing it. So i downloaded the VMWare image ...
Hardware and Gadgets
iPad security flaw allows unlocking without PIN»
Watch the youtube clip below to see how anybody can easily unlock an iPad2 and access all apps that were running before the device was locked. Essentially, this allows the attacker in the worst case to write emails in your name, access your local files and impersonate you on all web services you were logged in. If you own an iPad, you might want to make sure nobody has physical access to your ...
Various
How Google is Creating Alternate Realities for Us»
Very interesting read on how Google Personalized Search makes us perceive individualized search results as facts, when instead they are a distorted view on "reality", heavily based on our previous reading (clicking) habits.
The article argues, that when 2 people google for the exact same search term, e.g. "climate change", people who, in similar searches ...
