CISPA downgraded but still too vague
Opponents of the new internet regulation, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011 (CISPA), which is likely to be moved or debated later this month in the US House of Representatives,...
View ArticleWhitehouse threatens Obama would veto CISPA
The Obama administration released a statement Wednesday that president Obama would veto the controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011 (CISPA) in its current form on civil...
View ArticleCISPA Update: US House of Representatives Passed Pumped Up Bill
The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, CISPA, that was scheduled to be voted on today, Friday, April 27, but was rushed through the House of Representatives yesterday. The bill was passed...
View ArticleMozilla against CISPA, discontent with potential overreach
Mozilla came out against the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) yesterday, May 1, in a statement to forbes.com. The bill, which is supposedly aimed at protecting the government and...
View ArticleBest Buy employee out Colorado man on Facebook
A Colorado man was outed as being gay allegedly by a Best Buy employee after he had his cell phone replaced. Rich Dewberry was outed on Facebook, wrongly so because he is actually straight, by the Best...
View ArticleUS investigating cyber attacks on gas pipelines
Government officials have acknowledged that a number of natural gas pipeline operators have been targeted recently in a series of cyber attacks. Security experts and officials have been raising...
View ArticlePay to Highlight your Facebook Posts
Well, how would you like that? Facebook is now experimenting with what could be a new advertising option. This option will let anyone, not just businesses and pages, highlight any particularly post for...
View Article80 year old woman skydiving gone wrong
Laverne Everette struggles with skydiving instructor, apparently not sure whether or not to jump. At first when you read or hear that an elderly woman is about jump out of a plane for her 80th...
View ArticleFacebook changed everybody’s email address
If you hadn’t noticed then you should check it out. Facebook went ahead and changed your default email address to one it provides. So if you had johndoe@yahoo.com as your default email address, the...
View ArticleFacebook monitors your conversation, messages
*Awwwww* I hereby declareth Facebook your guardian angel. Seriously though, Facebook has been monitoring conversations, scouting for criminals. It is not just Facebook; other social networks have been...
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