Wozniak feels partially guilty about NSA surveillance program

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOa3ut9iR4GVx32Erb0LoXTynnRaF-x0A6xBQ2Csy9LhRUYmwIPXMebCnE632N7ydLzSqhB5qIcUdHUr7Y84FPblXHzZ50YZCrmOceLl_25l-0xnw8Hzge-HvtKUwbKfm3KBf22vKlMyo/s1600/2014-06-21-image-15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOa3ut9iR4GVx32Erb0LoXTynnRaF-x0A6xBQ2Csy9LhRUYmwIPXMebCnE632N7ydLzSqhB5qIcUdHUr7Y84FPblXHzZ50YZCrmOceLl_25l-0xnw8Hzge-HvtKUwbKfm3KBf22vKlMyo/s1600/2014-06-21-image-15.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /> During a recent appearance on Piers Morgan Live, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak admitted that he felt a little guilty – but not totally – about the fact that computers and technology created by people like him were being used to snoop into the affairs of Americans. As he goes on to say, computers were intended to overcome a lot of government restrictions.<br /><br />Wozniak said inventors created computers to free people up and give them instant communication anywhere in the world. With them, people could share any thought they had freely. Inventors didn’t realize that in the digital world, there were a lot of ways to use technology to control people, snoop on them and make things possible that weren’t, Woz noted.<br /><br />Things used to be different though. As an example, the Apple co-founder recalled the old days of mailing letters. You simply licked the envelope, sealed it and when you received an envelope that was still sealed, it meant nobody had seen it – you could have a private communication. Now because that same message is being sent via e-mail, it’s no longer private and anyone can listen.<br /><br />Along the same lines, Woz said he was a fan of someone like NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. He said he felt the same way about Snowden that he felt about Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg. Ellsberg is a man that Woz said changed his life and taught him a lot.<br /><br />

Security Wozniak feels partially guilty about NSA surveillance program

 During a recent appearance on Piers Morgan Live, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak admitted that he felt a little guilty – but not totally – about the fact that computers and technology created by people like him were being used to snoop into the affai…

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Yahoo addresses privacy concerns over recycled user IDs

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgheu5bRlVSoRPNibY8iavcSSWsith6eIAT8NBGdO8BUTsKFrwNl6VkYJvl82uIBDipgLKB9c-QZuWWpWac6D__0mslK6aCCMO5Ysst7zDi0kA8uQVKRHmeZTFq-hI-Znta5YvMtYUBMBQ/s1600/2014-06-20-image-10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgheu5bRlVSoRPNibY8iavcSSWsith6eIAT8NBGdO8BUTsKFrwNl6VkYJvl82uIBDipgLKB9c-QZuWWpWac6D__0mslK6aCCMO5Ysst7zDi0kA8uQVKRHmeZTFq-hI-Znta5YvMtYUBMBQ/s1600/2014-06-20-image-10.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br />Last week Yahoo revealed plans to reset and re-issue inactive user IDs. The idea here is to once again make available desirable Yahoo IDs that have long since gone unused. It sounds like a win-win for everybody involved as users could get a shot at their preferred ID while Yahoo gets to do some house cleaning and gain some publicity in the process.<br /><br /> Yahoo noted that any ID that has been inactive for over a year will be subject to deactivation and ultimately made available again. Using that premise, let’s say you own two e-mail accounts: one for everyday use and another that’s simply given out when you create a new account online (your Yahoo account) for activation purposes.<br /><br />Most would agree that this is a pretty common practice as it routes unnecessary or potentially spammy messages to the latter account, keeping your main inbox nice and tidy. Now let’s also say that it’s been slightly longer than a year since you last logged into your Yahoo account and you somehow happened to miss this bit of news from Yahoo in the media.<br /><br /> It seems like a plausible scenario but Yahoo has you covered, or so they say. In a statement released on the matter, Yahoo said they are confident in their ability to free up desirable namespace in a way that is safe and secure. Here’s how.<br /><br />First, Yahoo points out that the vast majority of inactive Yahoo IDs don’t have a mailbox associated with them. Furthermore, all accounts will be purged of any previous user data before being made available again.<br /><br />Also, the company will initiate a 30-day grace period between deactivation and making the ID available to someone else. During that time, Yahoo will send bounce back e-mails to senders notifying them of the deactivation as well as send notifications to merchants, e-commerce sites, financial institutions, social networks, email providers and other online properties on your behalf.

Security Yahoo addresses privacy concerns over recycled user IDs

Last week Yahoo revealed plans to reset and re-issue inactive user IDs. The idea here is to once again make available desirable Yahoo IDs that have long since gone unused. It sounds like a win-win for everybody involved as users could get a shot at t…

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AMD details first ARM-based server chip, codenamed "Seattle"

Late last year, following months of speculation, AMD finally revealed plans to build low-power server chips based on the ARM architecture. The move marked an interesting shift for the company in its attempt to challenge Intel’s dominance of the steadily growing data center market. AMD’s first 64-bit ARM-based chip isn’t expected to arrive until sometime in the second half of 2014 but this week the company offered up a few early details.<br /><br />Codenamed Seattle, the upcoming server part will be built around ARM's 64-bit Cortex-A57 and a 28nm manufacturing process. It will be made available in an 8-core configuration initially, with a 16-core variant to follow later, and is expected to reach clock speeds of at least 2GHz. Performance-wise, AMD says Seattle should be between 2 and 4 times faster than its Opteron X-Series with improvements in compute per watt.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4zq74AUVSyn2BuBQj6U-sgEvuDqa8S-PDPPcUENLozS1MbJ1LfF5wZbsPfsGQWEZDgzVQX3fhZsEKdUGzmPKvAKbMCZibhaDvh07VRoLI5ro38s7ZSBYTdL5mgnzo0SgWWoO796sW9So/s1600/2014-06-20-image-12.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4zq74AUVSyn2BuBQj6U-sgEvuDqa8S-PDPPcUENLozS1MbJ1LfF5wZbsPfsGQWEZDgzVQX3fhZsEKdUGzmPKvAKbMCZibhaDvh07VRoLI5ro38s7ZSBYTdL5mgnzo0SgWWoO796sW9So/s1600/2014-06-20-image-12.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br />Other features mentioned in AMD’s presentation include 128GB DRAM support, extensive offload engines for better power efficiency and reduced CPU loading, server calibre encryption and compression, and legacy networking including integrated 10GbE. This will also be the first AMD processor to utilize its Freedom Fabric technology for high-density low-power servers, acquired from SeaMicro last year.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW5ZHy5tRZJKmwe2nYeXmJarI0yTtlV5pqsuClLSkh5ruSFJeqY5eMTDUhwVxrQ4XfeIeCynwt3s6ZrGUBlx6KllTVn4DQQy2-K5i-rqmXUEhSEkMSoF2nEDQVxjOtgytDgranZ0KlPOs/s1600/2014-06-20-image-11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW5ZHy5tRZJKmwe2nYeXmJarI0yTtlV5pqsuClLSkh5ruSFJeqY5eMTDUhwVxrQ4XfeIeCynwt3s6ZrGUBlx6KllTVn4DQQy2-K5i-rqmXUEhSEkMSoF2nEDQVxjOtgytDgranZ0KlPOs/s1600/2014-06-20-image-11.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br />AMD is confident ARM designs will win out in the long run and expects the architecture to have double digit market share by 2016. That doesn’t mean they are abandoning their x86 roots anytime soon, however. The company also plans release the “Berlin” and “Warsaw” x86 processor lines in the first half of 2014.

Security AMD details first ARM-based server chip, codenamed "Seattle"

Late last year, following months of speculation, AMD finally revealed plans to build low-power server chips based on the ARM architecture. The move marked an interesting shift for the company in its attempt to challenge Intel’s dominance of the stead…

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Researchers crack iOS-generated hotspot passwords in 24 seconds

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFX993MB3HMRVl2r3nS-V6OOPUg8QP2r1So6wMDbpaFtxWJmmookpIgo6-L1WUq0EwmZVZrjvOHrK3LqV6t7EvKuihad2JeqtOeSW-XmPbAfVlJPyagFXqfPOwvPBB0_h0maTyzeJIeto/s1600/lock-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFX993MB3HMRVl2r3nS-V6OOPUg8QP2r1So6wMDbpaFtxWJmmookpIgo6-L1WUq0EwmZVZrjvOHrK3LqV6t7EvKuihad2JeqtOeSW-XmPbAfVlJPyagFXqfPOwvPBB0_h0maTyzeJIeto/s1600/lock-1.jpg" width="350" /></a></div><br /> If you're an iPhone or iPad owner who uses hotspot mode but never bothered to change the seemingly-random password suggested by iOS, now is definitely a good time. German researchers have discovered (pdf) the passwords iOS issues can be easily predicted, allowing them to be cracked in as little as one minute using consumer hardware.<br /><br />The algorithm iOS uses to generate hotspot keys takes a dictionary word, adds a couple of numbers and voila -- an easily memorable password is born. The problem though, is despite the endless variety of words available in the English language, iOS draws its password inspiration from a narrow selection of just 1,842 words.<br /><br /> The second issue is certain words appear several times more frequently than other words. For example, out of nearly 2,000 words, "suave" had a 1-in-125 chance of being used. Meanwhile, "macaws" -- the tenth most-likely word to be used -- appeared 1-in-345 times. Knowing iOS' preferred word selection allows brute force crackers to start with the most common ones first, further reducing the time needed.<br /><br />A PC armed with a Radeon HD 6990 GPU was able to crack the average iPhone hotspot in 52 seconds while four Radeon HD 7970s yielded an average of just 24 seconds. GPUs are favored amongst crackers for their ability to perform massively parallell computations.<br /><br /> Of course, Apple doesn't have a monopoly on devices with easily cracked hotspot passwords. Windows Phone and some Android handsets don't fare much better.<br /><br />Windows Phone, for example, auto-generates hotspot passwords consisting of eight numbers. This means you already know what the password could be, making Windows Phone susceptible to brute force attacks. More research may reveal an additional weakness though, which could narrow that selection of 10^8 possibilities down to something even more tractable.<br /><br />Meanwhile, Android's default password generator conjures sufficiently strong passwords, but some vendors have taken the liberty of greatly reducing its effectiveness. "Android-based models of the smartphone and tablet manufacturer HTC are even shipped with constant default passwords consisting of a static string (1234567890)" researchers noted.

Security Researchers crack iOS-generated hotspot passwords in 24 seconds

 If you're an iPhone or iPad owner who uses hotspot mode but never bothered to change the seemingly-random password suggested by iOS, now is definitely a good time. German researchers have discovered (pdf) the passwords iOS issues can be easily predi…

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Microsoft liberates 2 million PCs from malicious Citadel botnets

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCsKO-VjCUQ61vnM0e1HKP8qxXN0JRJkM9H2BBj4yzFvJMNRWbfckTobutC5ITV3HGSwCL3W_G6Z7Fu6uqLPoJbSM7R5GHNblP-I53Zm2REqvJ1xb2ThG1OicUrXUxoa4zlGyOXu20BAk/s1600/2014-06-19-image-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCsKO-VjCUQ61vnM0e1HKP8qxXN0JRJkM9H2BBj4yzFvJMNRWbfckTobutC5ITV3HGSwCL3W_G6Z7Fu6uqLPoJbSM7R5GHNblP-I53Zm2REqvJ1xb2ThG1OicUrXUxoa4zlGyOXu20BAk/s1600/2014-06-19-image-4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /> Earlier this month, we were made aware that Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit successfully brought down over 1,000 of the estimated 1,400 malicious computer networks, commonly referred to as the Citadel botnets. However, a statement made by Richard Domingues Boscovich, the assistant general counsel of Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit, casts a new light on just how many machines have been freed by their efforts. He said, "We definitely have liberated at least 2 million PCs globally. That is a conservative estimate."<br /><br />The Citadel botnets, which are run by a ringleader known only by the alias Aquabox, have been used to steal upwards of $500 million from major financial institutions. Some of their victims include American Express, Citigroup, HSBC, JPMorgan Chase, Royal Bank of Canada, Wells Fargo, and PayPal.<br /><br />According to Reuters, computers that have been infected with the software can collect valuable financial information by tracking and saving the user’s keystrokes. Due to the program’s ability to disable pre-existing antivirus software, the PC owner is left essentially defenseless.<br /><br />Unfortunately, not everything related to the case has been resolved. Aquabox and several other Citadel operators have yet to be tracked down. Many analysts suspect that the culprits are residing in Eastern Europe, most likely in either Russia or Ukraine. The big clue is that the Citadel software is nowhere to be found in these two countries; a possible indication that the crime ring doesn’t want to attract any local attention. Although this is only a small tidbit of information, it is the first step in determining the true identities of the criminals.

Security Microsoft liberates 2 million PCs from malicious Citadel botnets

 Earlier this month, we were made aware that Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit successfully brought down over 1,000 of the estimated 1,400 malicious computer networks, commonly referred to as the Citadel botnets. However, a statement made by Richard Do…

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Pirate Bay co-founder can be extradited to Denmark to face hacking charges

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia6WBXpYOoBoij59VnqsDn-x7kJmJbjchyytGbu-XOpjXAkKDMCb8aAYClvBouna8nAKnkBjZqSSvrC9Npygh4PdXyPWOmNkwJPX3Lv0O7UVuoe3TrJgCJjFdYNGM0lRAlWNiXossUflA/s1600/2014-06-18-image-15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia6WBXpYOoBoij59VnqsDn-x7kJmJbjchyytGbu-XOpjXAkKDMCb8aAYClvBouna8nAKnkBjZqSSvrC9Npygh4PdXyPWOmNkwJPX3Lv0O7UVuoe3TrJgCJjFdYNGM0lRAlWNiXossUflA/s1600/2014-06-18-image-15.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /> A Swedish district court has ruled that Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg can be extradited to Denmark to face charges that he was involved in one of the country’s largest hacking attacks. What’s more, Warg must remain in custody until he can be transferred and will have restrictions placed on who he can have contact with.<br /><br />In an e-mail to ComputerSweden magazine, district magistrate Jonas Alberg said the transfer must take place no later than five days after the ruling goes into effect. Whether or not the transfer will take place and when it will happen isn’t up to the district court. Instead, the state prosecutor must determine that in cooperation with Dutch authorities.<br /><br />Warg and another unnamed Danish co-defendant were accused last month of hacking into the country’s social security database, driver’s license database, a shared IT system in the Schengen zone as well as accessing e-mail accounts and passwords of 10,000 tax officials and police officers. We’re hearing that the data was all managed by IT contractor CSC.<br /><br />Theft of social security numbers could prove most problematic as Danish social security numbers also include an individual’s birthday as part of the string of numbers. This makes them difficult to reissue and potentially more valuable with regards to identity theft. There are already reports of similar data being sold on the black market although it is unrelated to this case.

Security Pirate Bay co-founder can be extradited to Denmark to face hacking charges

 A Swedish district court has ruled that Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg can be extradited to Denmark to face charges that he was involved in one of the country’s largest hacking attacks. What’s more, Warg must remain in custody until h…

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In the wake of PRISM, should we give up on online privacy?

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ1VjN7iBq3TAXRHwxw6oJZnHKMaTMwGREfz387XefQJHIaHuY17QZFVHfqlhxlTtlSTEFAwWid2ZNYIiae5IpvMim7IoBqCUpNK1-hDm7Nl913zev1ATDh-Em8zIq3JE-Bbtu5Aokl9E/s1600/2014-05-01-image-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ1VjN7iBq3TAXRHwxw6oJZnHKMaTMwGREfz387XefQJHIaHuY17QZFVHfqlhxlTtlSTEFAwWid2ZNYIiae5IpvMim7IoBqCUpNK1-hDm7Nl913zev1ATDh-Em8zIq3JE-Bbtu5Aokl9E/s1600/2014-05-01-image-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /> Depending who you ask, the scandal over PRISM, the NSA's secret data mining program, is either mere confirmation of what we already knew, or a shocking revelation that should drive people onto the streets in protest. It's certainly true that many people suspected internet services, such as Google and Facebook, were open houses to government agents, but there's a difference between suspicions and hard evidence.<br /><br />Now we know the US government doesn't need to enact legislation such as CISPA in order to ride roughshod over civil liberties, it really does beg the question: Is online privacy a lost cause and is online anonymity impossible to achieve? Well, if you ask me, there's good reason to be cynical over the concept of online privacy.<br /><br /><b>Email and social</b><br />If you want to take privacy seriously then you'll have to make sacrifices -there's no way around it. This means many of the most convenient online services, such as web-based email and social networks, need to be purged from your online life. While this distrust of major providers such as Gmail, Yahoo and Microsoft could extend to all email providers, you could argue that smaller companies, which are not behemoths heavily reliant on government lobbying and co-operation, could offer better privacy protection.<br /><br /> You could also ditch Google and Bing, and start using a more privacy-oriented search engine like DuckDuckGo. But as long as your IP is obscured (which we'll get onto later), you can still use Google privately if you employ a cookie blocker like Ghostery and don't log into your account.<br /><br />When it comes to social networks it's interesting that Twitter was not on the PRISM's list of compromised companies – especially since Twitter has a track record of defending users.<br /><br /><b> VPNs and TOR</b><br />If you want to browse the web anonymously then the most common, secure, and easy-to-use tools, are The Onion Router (TOR) and commercial VPN services (I2P is also worth looking into for peer-to-peer sharing). But VPN services and TOR both bring different problems to the table.<br /><br />TOR is generally a very effective tool to keep your IP address private and hidden from surveillance. It's also free and used successfully by journalists, dissidents and privacy-conscious citizens. But it does have vulnerabilities. The most obvious being the ability to passively monitor the connection of both a sender and receiver of data over the TOR network and therefore correlate traffic. This is doable because anyone can run a TOR exit node.<br /><br /> Commercial VPN services don't suffer from these vulnerabilities, but they do suffer from potentially much worse flaws. The problem with VPN services – providing they use a secure standard like OpenVPN – is that you have to trust the company providing your service. A cursory look at many VPN privacy policies will reveal that such trust is easily misplaced - policies often either explicitly state they log data in the same way as an ISP, or they’re so vague that you don't know either way.<br /><br />There are some good resources to get around this problem such as TorrentFreak's round-up of VPNs that don't log data and my own company's ongoing guide on understanding VPN privacy policies. Of course, a good way of mitigating the vulnerabilities of TOR and VPN services is to combine both services to achieve security in depth.<br /><br /><b> The biggest barrier</b><br />So to summarise; yes, you can achieve a high degree of anonymity online without any specialist knowledge, but regaining your online privacy is not a simple task. It requires some work and a few sacrifices.<br /><br />Perhaps herein lies the biggest problem. While many of us were up in arms over the PRISM revelations, how many have since changed their online behaviour in the last few days? How much of that outrage translated into closed Gmail accounts and TOR installations? Maybe it’s still too early to assess the fallout, but my suspicion is the main barriers to online privacy – other than the illegitimate behaviour of law enforcement - is our own apathy.<br /><br /><br /><br /></div>

Security In the wake of PRISM, should we give up on online privacy?

 Depending who you ask, the scandal over PRISM, the NSA's secret data mining program, is either mere confirmation of what we already knew, or a shocking revelation that should drive people onto the streets in protest. It's certainly true that many pe…

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Secret court makes refusing government data requests tricky for companies

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNGW60VigoeoWWgqA2z0rqgtZfi0UGN4SBWhspqHGAXvugxgSYjjQkjKP_pt60UJhyphenhyphentP-6pvKqSesmsSyBq6vnyGiD70AACJeSsDrIhV1kOc4eR2MBC_eXb-zcUe2a3PYx2f0O0uMJ7js/s1600/nsa+security.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNGW60VigoeoWWgqA2z0rqgtZfi0UGN4SBWhspqHGAXvugxgSYjjQkjKP_pt60UJhyphenhyphentP-6pvKqSesmsSyBq6vnyGiD70AACJeSsDrIhV1kOc4eR2MBC_eXb-zcUe2a3PYx2f0O0uMJ7js/s1600/nsa+security.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br />Sources in touch with the New York Times purport that Yahoo was one of the companies with enough brass to try to resist national security data requests before its indoctrination into PRISM. In a secretive court though, the company was given the choice to either cooperate with federal agencies or submit to breaking the law. Yahoo, along with several other companies, chose the former.<br /><br />If you've managed to somehow miss it, PRISM is an NSA-led effort to indiscriminately vacuum up all electronic communications into a central, searchable database. From there, authorized agents are able to sift through enormous sets of data, using methods like software-based heuristics to gather information which the agency argues is vital to foiling future terrorist plots. Details of PRISM's existence were exposed by Edward Snowden, an ex-government contractor who is now on the run for publishing classified documents.<br /><br />"The petitioner suggests that, by placing discretion entirely in the hands of the Executive Branch without prior judicial involvement, the procedures cede to that Branch overly broad power that invites abuse." the court continued. "But this is little more than a lament about the risk that government officials will not operate in good faith. That sort of risk exists even when a warrant is required."<br /><br />FISC, the Foreign Intelligence and Surveillance Court is the product of FISA, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The bill, amongst other things, grants feds the freedom to spy on foreigners and "their agents" without the need for a traditional warrant. Instead, the FISA court has its own process by which it issues warrants -- a process which is reportedly entirely non-transparent and less rigorous. Worst yet, the FISC has been accused of being a "rubber stamp" for federal authorities.</div>

Security Secret court makes refusing government data requests tricky for companies

Sources in touch with the New York Times purport that Yahoo was one of the companies with enough brass to try to resist national security data requests before its indoctrination into PRISM. In a secretive court though, the company was given the choic…

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Tablet are the future computing thatswhy anything will not be like as in future in place of computers

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Not only India but also worldwide the tablet market is growing rapidly. In March 2011 Steve Jobs announced the iPad 2 tablets and said it's  a "post - PC device. He also said that one day the world do the work on it then it feels strange but it is changing because the PC has been with us a long time so it will happen.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8s1IP55V9PXhoDiHblAq8UuMHTT-e9hs018yuUa8IMV4G-ZkvNQ-fSgEUr6Ab-nTgQYtV8qu7F9CNTEgMX0aSh8U4aPh1Brg42v_2XqK3UUYTZ_s7YFk4yuDIRDId-Blm_0wtczaOJac/s1600/tablet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8s1IP55V9PXhoDiHblAq8UuMHTT-e9hs018yuUa8IMV4G-ZkvNQ-fSgEUr6Ab-nTgQYtV8qu7F9CNTEgMX0aSh8U4aPh1Brg42v_2XqK3UUYTZ_s7YFk4yuDIRDId-Blm_0wtczaOJac/s1600/tablet.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If we accept the knowledge data sources and expert advice then  Steve Jobs were right in their place. Because it  turned out to be changed. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">According to a report released in last year in U.S. Market research firm International Data Coprereshn (IDC) in March 2013, The sales of the tablets in 2012 is 78.4 percent. This year 12.8 million tablets were sold worldwide.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">According to an IDC report , This is just the beginning in 2013 sales of the tablet computer sales will overtake. Moreover by 2014 sales of tablets will overtake the sales of portable PCs.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">According to expert advice in place of centric board keyboard mouse. Indeed, Touch Computing 'Natural User Interface' is placed efficiently and attractive way. That means more natural way of using this method electronics, which is much simpler. That is believed to be the future of tablet computing. On the other side of the mouse and the software industry in the last 30 years - board software is designed primarily for the device.  Now the <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="13d646fb-9e0d-4de7-9aa6-7703c618900d" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="91ee389f-c312-451b-a858-86d4a46cfb46" grcontextid="focusTouch:0">focusTouch</span> computing has been on the platform. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Because The future seems bright of Tablet computing. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><br />Published by <br /><a href="https://plus.google.com/102418621855646948908" rel="author">Narendra Kumar</a>

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Alert: Stay safe your smart phone from High Tech Threats or cheating in buying of smart phone in India

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">There are buyers cheating in India when they buy samsung galaxy s4  in they get half the memory space rather than paying full price. On this phone there 16 GB internal memory is given but its half memory is already full by the installed applications and softwares.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN_k61HdyMZfbZPfbsEeEjERv8Mzqky4LeqVifn2ZPNQGjiLNTMxMxG4mgjMM2RW9q2PYlhk4weZqlsiLatm1JFAjBHAF3BI5jM1eMojKf67DIdJ6ngMNHX9N8boxeA599eF-ymIUccUQ/s1600/samsunggs4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" cya="true" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN_k61HdyMZfbZPfbsEeEjERv8Mzqky4LeqVifn2ZPNQGjiLNTMxMxG4mgjMM2RW9q2PYlhk4weZqlsiLatm1JFAjBHAF3BI5jM1eMojKf67DIdJ6ngMNHX9N8boxeA599eF-ymIUccUQ/s320/samsunggs4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">So the user can download new apps on the phone memory only 9.15 GB due to its already memory using<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="b6f67019-928f-4a99-b5f0-bb30ce60c9f8" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="cbc4af69-cc38-4c10-88a1-174f0fc3ec4f" grcontextid=".:0">.</span>so this is the main drawback of samsung galaxy s4 smart phone but the company is going to plan to solve this problem  by update its software.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUkTAl08ZsswDkFKZDTrUNl7CdKJWqtfHnbfdutdxpltzGFX-qNkO5x4m3iZ3Nd4Y7W6pUd2gGa9XpbWExm9BWwtCM-JP4Q7b6gR6wOW8vskcL3HJDkg6X2qYysQMg00HJNCUn-hKXb1E/s1600/smgpaa1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" cya="true" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUkTAl08ZsswDkFKZDTrUNl7CdKJWqtfHnbfdutdxpltzGFX-qNkO5x4m3iZ3Nd4Y7W6pUd2gGa9XpbWExm9BWwtCM-JP4Q7b6gR6wOW8vskcL3HJDkg6X2qYysQMg00HJNCUn-hKXb1E/s320/smgpaa1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After the software updated the apps can be shifted into the SD card <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="37ab1183-61d9-4686-81bf-bd4445f5e510" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="0cdd9f6e-74ea-405b-994a-9e17e634e233" grcontextid="thatswhy:0">thatswhy</span> users can use the remaining 9.23<span style="text-align: left;"> GB memory space in this phone.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmii2tV7J72pfN39LGvMJS93FIapoTKNHME0-em_6_WBQKRIxYquTnaqOZfInJ0Ybd5sIEqVudg427yHrpj1nrjJasQlHV0hV0GzKfM2nZ0KvLZmFvuOqCDrGUT58kDdT7eYGulmwOIIM/s1600/smgpass.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" cya="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmii2tV7J72pfN39LGvMJS93FIapoTKNHME0-em_6_WBQKRIxYquTnaqOZfInJ0Ybd5sIEqVudg427yHrpj1nrjJasQlHV0hV0GzKfM2nZ0KvLZmFvuOqCDrGUT58kDdT7eYGulmwOIIM/s320/smgpass.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After the update, the phone will have a semi-Transparent notification bar from which user can easily make a smart pause ON or OFF.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguMNCw0kYl8MNnf8FlAONsL21Apatp3V7Hlx47eoEU9qWhCLxp4JAULrS9zxyXbJR25pf77OYoEWYOCb3ainFCf2jeUN2yECij72EGz0WTUgDcdLVJ0x1kEcAaGqeXEjs6Jws5zN874Yw/s1600/smgs41.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" cya="true" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguMNCw0kYl8MNnf8FlAONsL21Apatp3V7Hlx47eoEU9qWhCLxp4JAULrS9zxyXbJR25pf77OYoEWYOCb3ainFCf2jeUN2yECij72EGz0WTUgDcdLVJ0x1kEcAaGqeXEjs6Jws5zN874Yw/s320/smgs41.png" width="252" /></a></div><br />This phone OS first update in Jerman Snapdragon phone and running  S4 users have to wait.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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There are buyers cheating in India when they buy samsung galaxy s4  in they get half the memory space rather than paying full price. On this phone there 16 GB internal memory is given but its half memory is already full by the installed applications …

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NetTraveler, New chinese spy hacker group make target to governments and nuclear facilities

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtRnTG3chS4i_xfKHXHmC_qBy5jKqXHx1gGd9Aoiq4RQVEi1hVgJ4gaetCmSmQdfDhj2ZX7qfxUVSPKazFS3DqSgib1NbFt5euz5fSL2CEAxzG1x3qs01DgeN5c57Bt70VeiWmz-H9N18/s1600/chien.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtRnTG3chS4i_xfKHXHmC_qBy5jKqXHx1gGd9Aoiq4RQVEi1hVgJ4gaetCmSmQdfDhj2ZX7qfxUVSPKazFS3DqSgib1NbFt5euz5fSL2CEAxzG1x3qs01DgeN5c57Bt70VeiWmz-H9N18/s400/chien.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>This report given by cyberSecurity firm. NetTravler make a target for attaking spy hacking on governonments sectors.<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">The group has attacked more than 350 victims, mostly governments, embassies, oil and gas companies and research firms in 40 countries, said Costin G. Raiu, Kaspersky Lab director of global research.</blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq">The China-based group has been around since 2004, but has been most active during the past three years, Raiu said.</blockquote><a href="http://money.cnn.com/2013/06/04/technology/security/cyber-hacker-group/index.html">Continue on more detail....</a><br /><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"> </blockquote></div>

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This report given by cyberSecurity firm. NetTravler make a target for attaking spy hacking on governonments sectors.The group has attacked more than 350 victims, mostly governments, embassies, oil and gas companies and research firms in 40 countries,…

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Does Windows Phone Need some virus Security

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-0Y8-hM0u8sM7QOLI5UNwqJofC2q9gv-UOS8K6MwV0dEAZT52-LxnNzdyb3PToN3HijxAJpUX5rJYfQLL4c4HBvTeThpVK26kbz0Yp0Yp17V-7BSC5g8V3LhtfGiTw1Fn76PnAkKhjHE/s1600/nokia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Windows Phone" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-0Y8-hM0u8sM7QOLI5UNwqJofC2q9gv-UOS8K6MwV0dEAZT52-LxnNzdyb3PToN3HijxAJpUX5rJYfQLL4c4HBvTeThpVK26kbz0Yp0Yp17V-7BSC5g8V3LhtfGiTw1Fn76PnAkKhjHE/s1600/nokia.jpg" title="Windows Phone" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Windows Phone</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span class="GingerNoCheckStart"></span>I recently purchased my 1st <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="b7eb5936-0488-449b-9625-b560b277e617" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="cf47f048-42f3-4b67-bdfe-4f7ca3cfe809" grcontextid="smartphone:0">smartphone</span>, a <a href="http://www.pc-gadgetworld.com/2013/04/nokia-lumia-with-different-color.html">Nokia Lumia</a> <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="9c43dca4-e156-4245-afcf-542faa832441" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="cf47f048-42f3-4b67-bdfe-4f7ca3cfe809" grcontextid="running:1">running</span> Windows Phone. <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="0205e692-abc8-4bdf-90e1-e1eb8693f15d" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="64f2baba-de1e-4eea-9f5b-e705ae0b7707" grcontextid="i:0">i</span> have been probing for Associate in Nursing app or software system for virus protection however haven't found something suitable? There looks to be a scarcity of <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="0c9c5038-36d8-419a-a55f-6b81cd7b0cda" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="4a6e8cfe-4979-4233-832e-2c364abab90a" grcontextid="smartphone:0">smartphone</span> security apps, why is this? With increasing use of mobiles for all types of uses <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="1fe7bdc9-6cbb-405f-9f40-7ab82fd138bb" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="b19b8d51-49f3-44b2-ba77-a85d4640d7cb" grcontextid="i:0">i</span> would have thought this feature would be a priority?<br />John B, by email<br />Your vigilance is commendable however thus far there hasn’t been any real threats to Windows <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="e0cea45d-c41c-47fe-84c9-b94a8ab15401" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="a6878c15-dab4-428f-8c6e-3ae243753b77" grcontextid="smartphones:0">smartphones</span>. <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="9aa9fe0f-bfff-45ae-9ca4-eddfff1816de" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="37737635-a431-48e6-9169-5fc850f1670a" grcontextid="they:0">they</span>'re still comparatively new with a small market share, that makes them abundant less of a target for viruses and malware. <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="49e951ad-5e2c-43e6-9cfe-5605eff9c932" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="78cf4e57-7a11-47fa-b942-caa5ef368846" grcontextid="just:0">just</span> like the iPhone, Windows Phone is protected by a ‘walled garden’ App Store with a decent screening method designed to comb out apps carrying a malicious payload. <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="39aaaa8c-2f76-4756-8fca-b07b77e1c656" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="0ef8e867-014e-437f-a17a-837c03e5f72b" grcontextid="that's:0">that's</span> <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="ab90e3b4-ee9e-4939-8c42-2f768c38b784" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="0ef8e867-014e-437f-a17a-837c03e5f72b" grcontextid="to not say:1">to not say</span> that one thing won’t slip through internet and security loopholes are going to be uncovered within the future except for the instant the largest threat to Windows Phone users is pretend alerts and scams that scare you into thinking that your phone is infected and trick you into <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="5a87c4f2-9ddf-43d1-b886-59dea492e548" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="0ef8e867-014e-437f-a17a-837c03e5f72b" grcontextid="parting:2">parting</span> together with your <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="e38577c1-1777-4d1c-b727-9bff28c942ca" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="0ef8e867-014e-437f-a17a-837c03e5f72b" grcontextid="mastercard:3">mastercard</span> details for useless, and frequently non-existent opposing virus software system.</div><br /><div style="background-color: #cccccc; border: thin solid #000000;"><table style="width: 100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="auto-style1" rowspan="2"><img alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwq1TqeWf9-Gy7S135LTaOHSIQHvbajeZZw0nOINVBSyjn5XxCZOxJlgJcxESBAi5LDZZe-4FMuo_r2K4dEB8ndM79BG_fG7-tGVQ1xr4ZBHzXaUtpCslKV8sXGXVd3GGBvk8Hdh2MHuU/s200/jacob.jpg" style="height: 69px; width: 59px;" /></td> <td>About the author : <a href="https://plus.google.com/109838201058606610638" rel="author">Jacob </a>        <a href="http://pc-gadgetworld.blogspot.in/search/label/jacob">View All post by Jacob</a> </td> </tr><tr> <td><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: x-small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">He is the co-founder and Chief Editor of pc-gadgetworld.blogspot.in. He is well known among his circle for his incredible attraction towards smartphones and tablets.Jacob is a DOTNET programmer and also a part-time Android App developer</span></td> </tr></tbody></table></div></div>

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Windows PhoneI recently purchased my 1st smartphone, a Nokia Lumia running Windows Phone. i have been probing for Associate in Nursing app or software system for virus protection however haven't found something suitable? There looks to be a scarcity …

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