eff The EFF says public WIFI isn't so bad any more Jason Weisberger

lawful interception A finance industry group is pushing an intentionally broken cryptography "standard" called ETS Cory Doctorow

Business CEO of Trustico emails 23,000 HTTPS private keys, triggering panicked mass-revocation Cory Doctorow

Business Thailand is losing the war on dissent, thanks to user notifications and HTTPS Cory Doctorow

security Enterprise firewalls are man-in-the-middling HTTPS sessions like crazy, and weakening security Cory Doctorow

security Freedom of the Press releases an automated, self-updating report card grading news-sites on HTTPS Cory Doctorow

security Chrome is about to start warning users that non-HTTPS sites are insecure Cory Doctorow

surveillance Scotland Yard charge: teaching people to use crypto is an act of terrorism Cory Doctorow

Business Symantec caught issuing rogue Google.com certificates Cory Doctorow

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Science A satellite has been jamming GPS over Europe Ellsworth Toohey

Technology The YouTube channel with 77,000 videos of red and blue rectangles Ellsworth Toohey

AI Ted Chiang argues an LLM chatbot is as conscious as Microsoft Word Ellsworth Toohey

Science New solar-power desalination device leaves no brine Ellsworth Toohey

Science Why autism symptoms can ease during a fever — and how to mimic it Ellsworth Toohey

science fiction 'They're Made Out of Meat,' rewritten as a dialogue about LLMs Ellsworth Toohey

Funny HowToBasic's omurice attempt ends in familiar, egg-covered ruin Grant St. Clair