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  • Cory Doctorow
    11:06 am Fri, Oct 27, 2017
    Kodi: set-top streaming boxes that take the complexity out of building your own media server

    Kodi boxes are commercial video-streaming gadgets that implement XBMC, a longstanding media-server free/open source project, in pre-packaged form, ready to accept third party plugins, including ones that access infringing streaming… Read the rest of the article: Kodi: set-top streaming boxes that take the complexity out of building your own media server

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  • Cory Doctorow
    10:49 am Fri, Oct 27, 2017
    The New York Times is now a Tor onion service

    The New York Times is now available as an "Onion Service" on the Tor network, at the address https://www.nytimes3xbfgragh.onion/ — meaning that anyone with Tor access can securely and privately… Read the rest of the article: The New York Times is now a Tor onion service

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  • Cory Doctorow
    10:39 am Fri, Oct 27, 2017
    Record-breaking number of billionaires signals a second "Gilded Age" with inequality hitting 1905 levels

    The total wealth controlled by the world's billionaires has reached $6,000,000,000,000, up nearly 20% from last year. There are now 1,542 dollar-denominated billionaires on earth.

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  • Cory Doctorow
    8:59 am Fri, Oct 27, 2017
    Quantifying American urban food-waste

    American households throw away a lot of food: sometimes it's spoiled, sometimes it's past its "sell-by" date (but still good), sometimes it's blemished, and sometimes it's just an unappetizing leftover.

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  • Cory Doctorow
    8:50 am Fri, Oct 27, 2017
    Australian government proposes jail terms for satire

    Juice Media is a company whose "Honest Government Adverts" Youtube series lampoon both the Australian government's decisions and the way it promotes them. Juice's videos are very funny, and very,… Read the rest of the article: Australian government proposes jail terms for satire

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  • Cory Doctorow
    8:04 am Fri, Oct 27, 2017
    Catalonian parliament declares independence from Spain

    Days after the Spanish central government announced its plan to impose direct rule on Catalonia, deposing the elected regional government, the Catalonian government has declared independence, citing the outcome of… Read the rest of the article: Catalonian parliament declares independence from Spain

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  • Cory Doctorow
    11:16 am Thu, Oct 26, 2017
    A new, virulent ransomware epidemic is fuelled by yet another leaked NSA cyberweapon

    The global epidemic of Wannacry ransomware infections was the result of petty criminals fusing an old ransomware strain with a leaked NSA cyberweapon that was released by The Shadow Brokers,… Read the rest of the article: A new, virulent ransomware epidemic is fuelled by yet another leaked NSA cyberweapon

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  • Cory Doctorow
    11:06 am Thu, Oct 26, 2017
    Someone wiped a key server in Georgia right after voters filed a lawsuit over insecure voting-machines

    Georgia's voting machines are among the worst, most hackable in the nation, and that's why a "diverse group of election reform advocates" including the Coalition for Good Governance sued the… Read the rest of the article: Someone wiped a key server in Georgia right after voters filed a lawsuit over insecure voting-machines

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  • Cory Doctorow
    10:41 am Thu, Oct 26, 2017
    Six months before the breach, a researcher warned Equifax that all its data was unprotected

    An anonymous security researcher has shown Motherboard evidence that they warned Equifax in December 2016, six months before its catastrophic breach, disclosing numerous elementary deficiencies in Equifax security that left… Read the rest of the article: Six months before the breach, a researcher warned Equifax that all its data was unprotected

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  • Cory Doctorow
    10:25 am Thu, Oct 26, 2017
    A socialist candidate for Minneapolis city council has broken all fundraising records through individual $25 donations

    The average donation to first-time socialist candidate for Minneapolis City Council Ginger Jentzen is $25, and she accepts no corporate money. She's running on a platform of citizen oversight of… Read the rest of the article: A socialist candidate for Minneapolis city council has broken all fundraising records through individual $25 donations

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  • Cory Doctorow
    10:12 am Thu, Oct 26, 2017
    A common satellite comms package for ships and oil rigs has a backdoor that won't be patched

    An audit of Inmarsat's AmosConnect 8 (originally sold by Stratos Global, now an Inmarsat division) reveals that the ship-to-satellite internet product has a deliberate hidden backdoor — and an accidental… Read the rest of the article: A common satellite comms package for ships and oil rigs has a backdoor that won't be patched

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  • Cory Doctorow
    8:52 am Thu, Oct 26, 2017
    200 Trump inauguration protesters face 70 years in prison each over 6 broken windows

    Donald Trump is the least popular president to serve in US history, so it's no surprise that the call for mass, "J20 demonstrations" at his inauguration would be answered by… Read the rest of the article: 200 Trump inauguration protesters face 70 years in prison each over 6 broken windows

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  • Cory Doctorow
    6:58 am Thu, Oct 26, 2017
    Trump Cabinet Secretary's hometown, 2-person company wins $300m power-rebuilding contract in Puerto Rico

    When mainland US cities like Houston and Miami get hit by hurricanes, they rely on mutual aid deals with out-of-state and Canadian power authorities to rebuild, as hundreds of skilled… Read the rest of the article: Trump Cabinet Secretary's hometown, 2-person company wins $300m power-rebuilding contract in Puerto Rico

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  • Cory Doctorow
    10:46 am Wed, Oct 25, 2017
    Epson uses dubious patent claims to nuke ink sellers' listings from eBay

    Epson has taken a page from HP's dirty-tricks playbook to ensure that no one can compete with them by selling ink at affordable prices.

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  • Cory Doctorow
    10:28 am Wed, Oct 25, 2017
    NYC civic hackers invite frustrated Silicon Valleyites to do good in New York

    We Want You in NYC is a group of civic hackers who believe in using technology to improve people's lives; they've launched a provocative campaign aimed at disillusioned Silicon Valley… Read the rest of the article: NYC civic hackers invite frustrated Silicon Valleyites to do good in New York

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  • Cory Doctorow
    10:18 am Wed, Oct 25, 2017
    Those "heroic rogue GOP senators" just helped Trump shield Equifax and Wells Fargo from lawsuits

    Senators Bob Corker, Jeff Flake and John McCain talk a big game about not letting the GOP be the handmaiden of trumpist corruption, but when the chips were down last… Read the rest of the article: Those "heroic rogue GOP senators" just helped Trump shield Equifax and Wells Fargo from lawsuits

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  • Cory Doctorow
    10:07 am Wed, Oct 25, 2017
    Simple steps your small organization can take to defend itself against cyberattacks

    Respected security researcher Dan Wallach from Rice University has published a short (18 page) guide to securing small organizations against three kinds of cyberattack: Untargeted, ​remote ​(spammers, ​phishers, ​ransomware ​griefers,… Read the rest of the article: Simple steps your small organization can take to defend itself against cyberattacks

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  • Cory Doctorow
    9:56 am Wed, Oct 25, 2017
    Kaspersky's explanation for possessing secret NSA cyberweapons is a doozy

    Kaspersky — a respected Russia-based security company — has been under a cloud since they were accused of stealing NSA cyberweapons on behalf of the Russian government. But the company… Read the rest of the article: Kaspersky's explanation for possessing secret NSA cyberweapons is a doozy

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  • Cory Doctorow
    9:35 am Wed, Oct 25, 2017
    San Francisco may finally get decent internet access, thanks to municipal fiber

    American cities have some of the slowest, most expensive internet access in the world, and the biggest, wealthiest cities are some of the worst-provisioned, including San Francisco, ground zero for… Read the rest of the article: San Francisco may finally get decent internet access, thanks to municipal fiber

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  • Cory Doctorow
    7:30 am Wed, Oct 25, 2017
    Why electrical engineers should support the right to repair

    Writing in IEEE Spectrum, iFixit's superhero founder Kyle Wiens and Repair.org exective director Gay Gordon-Byrne bring the case for the right to repair (previously) to the engineering community, describing the… Read the rest of the article: Why electrical engineers should support the right to repair

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