Auteur/autrice : noflux (Page 428 of 635)

In the coming world, it probably doesn’t hurt that government secrets not only are unsafe from each other, but from their own people. It probably doesn’t hurt either that spying is an overrated source of national advantage—otherwise East Germany today would be a superpower.
No doubt many would prefer the countryless world of the Internet to be protected by the kind of strict and enforceable laws that are possible within national boundaries. That’s not in the cards anytime soon.

In a speech six years ago, then-CIA Deputy Director Donald Kerr delivered the unwelcome verdict: Privacy is not a realistic expectation much of the time on the Web. Our world is increasingly self-regulated by this fact. Recognizing as much is the beginning of wisdom.

Without naming any particular sources, both The Telegraph and The Independent say the government is worried about espionage by China, Russia, Iran, and Pakistan in particular, claiming that those countries now have the ability to turn on a smartphone or tablet’s microphone even when the device is off. That’s something the FBI can also allegedly do.

Those who have suffered discrimination have paid the greatest price for this lack of legal protection. But ultimately we all pay a price. If our coworkers cannot be themselves in the workplace, they certainly cannot be their best selves. When that happens, we undermine people’s potential and deny ourselves and our society the full benefits of those individuals’ talents.

Technology and the rise of social media has changed, perhaps restored, the accountability of politicians to their electorate, rather than to their party, Douglas Carswell, British parliamentarian told the audience at the Wall Street Journal’s Tech Cafe event Thursday.

For more than seven years isoHunt and the MPAA have been battling it out in court but today the case appears to have come to an end, at least for now. Both parties have submitted a request to conclude the case and isoHunt founder Gary Fung has agreed to pay a $110 million settlement and shut down the site.

This proposal extends HTMLMediaElement providing APIs to control playback of protected content.