If you use any Mozilla products (including Firefox or Thunderbird) on a Windows platform, there is a fairly serious security hole that you should patch:
"Windows versions of Mozilla products pass URIs using the shell: scheme to the OS for handling. The effects depend on the version of windows, but on Windows XP it is possible [...]
Tags: · Computers, Hacking, Information Security, Internet, Networking, Open Source, Software, System Administration, Technology
In late March, Mohammed Momin Khawaja of Orleans, Ontario (along with nine British men) were arrested and charged with "terrorism". Precious little information is being released, and that got me thinking about how the investigation actually unfolded. I live in Ottawa -- several minutes from Orleans -- and it seems to me that [...]
Tags: · Canada, Civil Liberties, Computers, Email, Encryption, Freedom, Government, Information Security, Internet, Law, Networking, Ottawa, Personal, Privacy, Ranting, Security, Technology
As I often do, I spent my lunch sifting through various news sites. One of the front-page stories from Wired caught my eye because it had no description or author information associated with it (click the thumbnails above for screenshots). The short blurb itself didn't adhere to standard journalistic grammar; at least insofar [...]
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