Christopher Wolf and Jules Polonetsky write: Modern democracies agree that the issue must be addressed, but the path to agreement is rough. This may describe the current political situation in the Middle East, but it also describes the conundrum of a global framework to protect the personal information of individuals in an increasingly technological age….
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Operation Payback targets RIAA in retaliation for Limewire shutdown
Wconeybeer writes that Operation Payback will be targeting RIAA starting tomorrow: […] Unlike the last time however, Anonymous is not limiting the activities to cyber pranks. The group has published the address and phone numbers for the RIAA offices as well as the personal information for the CEO and his wife. The instructions for the…
Researchers hack toys, attack iPhones at ToorCon
Elinor Mills reports: From “weaponized” iPhone software to hacked toys and leaked cookies, researchers at the ToorCon security conference here this weekend showed how easy it can be to poke holes in software and hardware with the right tools, know-how, and curiosity. […] Two researchers gave a light-hearted talk, titled “Real Men Carry Pink Pagers”,…
Alberta’s sex sterilizations re-examined
From CBC News: Historians, academics and victims gathered at the University of Alberta on Saturday to re-examine the province’s former eugenics policy. In 1928, the Alberta government passed legislation that allowed the province to medically sterilize people deemed to have mental disabilities. Before the Sexual Sterilization Act of Alberta was repealed in 1972, more than…