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"And this protects you from basically nothing except some advertising." - by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 30, @09:05PM (#34717748)

You're WRONG... see below:

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HACKERS USE ADBANNERS ON MAJOR SITES TO HIJACK YOUR SYSTEM: -> http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2007/11/doubleclick

THE NEXT AD YOU CLICK MAY BE A VIRUS: -> http://it.slashdot.org/story/09/06/15/2056219/The-Next-Ad-You-Click-May-Be-a-Virus

NY TIMES INFECTED WITH MALWARE ADBANNER: -> http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/09/13/2346229

MICROSOFT HIT BY MALWARES IN ADBANNERS: -> http://apcmag.com/microsoft_apologises_for_serving_malware.htm

2 MAJOR AD NETWORKS FOUND SERVING MALWARE: -> http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/12/13/0128249/Two-Major-Ad-Networks-Found-Serving-Malware

ISP's INJECTING ADS AND ERRORS INTO THE WEB: -> http://it.slashdot.org/it/08/04/19/2148215.shtml

ADOBE FLASH ADS INJECTING MALWARE INTO THE NET: http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/20/0029220&from=rss

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By blocking out adbanners, not only do you get more SPEED, but... also more SECURITY, against malwares that have been shown to exist in some adbanners maliciously embedded & obfuscated code in javascript.

Additionally, by my populating my hosts file, nearly hourly, from reputable sites for that vs. KNOWN BAD SITES/SERVERS?

http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/
http://hostsfile.org/hosts.html
http://hostsfile.mine.nu/downloads/
http://hosts-file.net/?s=Download
https://zeustracker.abuse.ch/monitor.php?filter=online
Spybot "Search & Destroy" IMMUNIZE feature (fortifies HOSTS files with KNOWN bad servers blocked)

I can't get burned, if I can't go into the KNOWN BAD SITES' "malware kitchen"...

(Very simple, & it works!)

"Ever since I've installed a host file (http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm) to redirect advertisers to my loopback, I haven't had any malware, spyware, or adware issues. I first started using the host file 5 years ago." - by TestedDoughnut (1324447) on Monday December 13, @12:18AM (#34532122)

FROM http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1907528&cid=34532122

APK

P.S.=> Ah, I just gotta say it, as per my usual: "too, Too, TOO EASY", just '2EZ'... apk

http://www.naturalnews.com/z030209_placebo_medical_fraud.html
http://www.wired.com/medtech/drugs/magazine/17-09/ff_placebo_effect?currentPage=all
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/11/lies-damned-lies-and-medical-science/8269/
http://www.its.caltech.edu/~dg/crunch_art.html
http://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/issues/2000/03/press.htm
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL9910/S00096/rankin-on-thursday-where-communism-succeeded.htm
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2004/jul/15/the-truth-about-the-drug-companies/
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-26/glaxo-said-to-settle-u-s-drug-manufacturing-lawsuit-for-750-million.html

Wired on the orginal article:
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/12/the-truth-wears-off/

Anyway, this New Yorker article once again underscores the folly of going to extremes against common sense or long standing cultural traditions, based on some new scientific report or another, without looking at the broad big picture on overall weight of all the evidence we have from a variety of perspectives.

But even when there is a wide variety of good science, often policy ignores it.
Problems with the recent timid vitamin D recommendation:
http://www.grassrootshealth.net/recommendation
Dr. Joel Fuhrman on how much money the USA spends on sick care for very poor outcomes:
http://vimeo.com/16682935

http://www.naturalnews.com/z030209_placebo_medical_fraud.html
http://www.wired.com/medtech/drugs/magazine/17-09/ff_placebo_effect?currentPage=all
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/11/lies-damned-lies-and-medical-science/8269/
http://www.its.caltech.edu/~dg/crunch_art.html
http://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/issues/2000/03/press.htm
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL9910/S00096/rankin-on-thursday-where-communism-succeeded.htm
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2004/jul/15/the-truth-about-the-drug-companies/
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-26/glaxo-said-to-settle-u-s-drug-manufacturing-lawsuit-for-750-million.html

Wired on the orginal article:
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/12/the-truth-wears-off/

Anyway, this New Yorker article once again underscores the folly of going to extremes against common sense or long standing cultural traditions, based on some new scientific report or another, without looking at the broad big picture on overall weight of all the evidence we have from a variety of perspectives.

But even when there is a wide variety of good science, often policy ignores it.
Problems with the recent timid vitamin D recommendation:
http://www.grassrootshealth.net/recommendation
Dr. Joel Fuhrman on how much money the USA spends on sick care for very poor outcomes:
http://vimeo.com/16682935

I was thinking of this and similar. You're right, the courts have ruled that they can only be "administrative" stops, but that's not what's happening out there, and I haven't seen an agency get slapped yet.

"The government will typically need a warrant ..."

Boy you're so wrong. They just need a National Security Letter.

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/tag/national-security-letter/

Nintendo gave simlar warnings 15 years ago: Virtual Boy, Nintendo’s Big 3-D Flop, Turns 15

“I am the heart and soul of this organization, its founder, philosopher, spokesperson, original coder, organizer, financier and all the rest,” Assange wrote Snorrason. “If you have a problem with me, piss off.”

A goodly number of the original members of Wikileaks have left and are griping about Assange's controlling nature.

This has led to the formation of OpenLeaks.

An article about the new OpenLeaks site states:

Unlike Wikileaks, comments from the organisation have been "anonymous" and the structure of Openleaks is said to be more democratic.

So, apparently at least one prominent member of Wikileaks (Daniel Domscheit-Berg, former German spokesman for Wikileaks) and unidentified "others" felt the organization was undemocratic and Assange himself feels like it's his to operate however he feels fit.

Sounds authoritarian to me.

You haven't read it in a decade, but you're sure you know what the content is? And that is insightful?

http://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/magazine/17-10/ff_smartlist

I've honestly read more revolutionary ideas in Wired the past few years than anywhere else. And while I generally don't care for dead-tree editions of anything, I gladly pay $10 a year to help keep Wired a float.

Wired have posted a fairly robust rebuttal to Greenwald's accusations which don't paint him in a very god light: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/12/greenwald/

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/12/greenwald/

Steveha, I really enjoyed your analysis, especially as someone who was 21 when Tron came out and really loved it.I would have given Tron: Legacy a couple of more points on both story and heart (e.g., I agree w/ comments others made about abandonment issues). I was also seeing parallels to 2001: A Space Odyssey and War Games, but that's just me (e.g., Clu = Hall9000; Kevin Flynn's thinking = WOPR's discovery as in "The only way to win the game is not to play."). At any rate, you and other discussants might find Adam Roger's article in Wired to be of interest, if not seen already, especially the connections Rogers draws between those who made the original and those who made this sequel, http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/11/ff_tron/ . Bye now. Just saw Legacy tonight and am off to download that Daft Punk soundtrack!

.... that sets up Assange as a relatively sane person within the organization, which is contrary to the spin I've been hearing -- that the other collaborators thought he was unstable or a big ego or some such.

“I am the heart and soul of this organization, its founder, philosopher, spokesperson, original coder, organizer, financier and all the rest,” ... “If you have a problem with me, piss off.” --- Julian Assange writing to Herbert Snorrason

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Julian Assange paid two thirds of WikiLeaks salary budget

Since we do not have that problem today why are you seeking to "solve" it?

We Don't?

Many ISPs and other companies have been rattling about wanting to do pretty much everything that the concept of Net Neutrality is against for years. Up until 2005, Net Neutrality was pretty much law. It was a Supreme Court case that undid it.

As another example, maybe you remember in 2006 when AOL blocked all emails that mentioned www.dearaol.com.

While what the FCC passed as "Net Neutrality" was not in fact Net Neutrality in anything but name, do not claim that it is solving an "imaginary" problem because that is outright wrong.

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/4.08/es.languages.html?pg=4&topic=&topic_set= cites "Lawrence Schoen, director of the Klingon Language Institute," saying there are about a dozen of fiuent(sic) Klingon speakers, and the language's author is not one of them.

Wrong. http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/07/manning-charges/

Do you believe in free will? After reading this? How do you explain the contradiction?

I don't agree with Islam on virtually anything, predestination included, but the fact is that we all hold mutually contradictory beliefs. You wouldn't survive otherwise. To slam someone for such a belief is therefore a little hypocritical. This is not to say you should accept such errors. Nor would I claim that you cannot address one fault in isolation. Just don't pretend you're innocent of the very thing you blame them of.

From the summary: "But look at it, all brown, ugly and lovely..."

So it is the color brown that causes zealotry? Zune Tattoo guy might be further evidence...

I think it is fair to say that many people enjoy ads by metrix007 (200091)
on Sunday December 26, @09:21PM (#34673304)

Sure they do - Do you also mean ads like these that were infested by malicious scripts & what-not:

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HACKERS USE ADBANNERS ON MAJOR SITES TO HIJACK YOUR SYSTEM: -> http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2007/11/doubleclick [wired.com]

THE NEXT AD YOU CLICK MAY BE A VIRUS: -> http://it.slashdot.org/story/09/06/15/2056219/The-Next-Ad-You-Click-May-Be-a-Virus [slashdot.org]

NY TIMES INFECTED WITH MALWARE ADBANNER: -> http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/09/13/2346229 [slashdot.org]

MICROSOFT HIT BY MALWARES IN ADBANNERS: -> http://apcmag.com/microsoft_apologises_for_serving_malware.htm [apcmag.com]

2 MAJOR AD NETWORKS FOUND SERVING MALWARE: -> http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/12/13/0128249/Two-Major-Ad-Networks-Found-Serving-Malware

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(That last one was only a week or two ago no less)

?

People sure like ads online: After all, it's THEIR MONEY they pay out to be online, & adbanners SLOW YOU DOWN AS WELL AS POSSIBLY INFECTING YOU:

ADBANNERS SLOW DOWN THE WEB: -> http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/11/30/166218

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You can certainly think it strange, but you would probably be in the minority, and the evidence would indicate you're not enjoyings ads is closer to an objective abnormality. by metrix007 (200091)
on Sunday December 26, @09:21PM (#34673304)

Oh yes, another "sidewalk surgeon/sidewalk psychiatrist" quick "snap prognosis" by metrix007 - the ONLY shrink in the world minus his degree in psych, years of actual professional practice in psych, & a complete lack of a formal analysis done in a professional environs to boot.

APK

P.S.=> metrix007 is a pitiful troll, & here was his "latest blunder", especially regarding adbanners & HOSTS files:

http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1888084&cid=34462614

Where his skimming & poor understanding of things IP did him in, right off the bat... apk

So is he waffling on his long-time insistence that he is not wikileaks, but merely a member?

If he is just a member, he is clearly a member with "benefits".

Julian Assange paid two thirds of WikiLeaks salary budget

That makes for an interesting contrast to the way Assange / Wikileaks has treated the alleged primary source of the classified US government documents they've been so recently leaking:

Is WikiLeaks Reneging on its Financial Promise to Bradley Manning?

As to how he views himself....

Now that shadowy organization Wikileaks has unleashed another wave of military field reports, people want to know more about its founder, Julian Assange. According to a Times profile today, he's running Wikileaks with an iron fist.

Even remotely, his style is imperious. When Herbert Snorrason, a 25-year-old political activist in Iceland, questioned Mr. Assange’s judgment over a number of issues in an online exchange last month, Mr. Assange was uncompromising. “I don’t like your tone,” he said, according to a transcript. “If it continues, you’re out.”

Mr. Assange cast himself as indispensable. “I am the heart and soul of this organization, its founder, philosopher, spokesperson, original coder, organizer, financier, and all the rest,” he said. “If you have a problem with me,” he told Mr. Snorrason, using an expletive, he should quit.

A reported twelve Wikileaks members have left. Julian Assange: On the Run, Even During CNN Interviews

Pied Piper Julian Assange brooks no dissent in land of WikiLeaks

I guess the above also explains: ‘Chaos’ at WikiLeaks Follows Assange Arrest

Now that Mr Assange has his own income again wikileaks will release the money they collected for Private Bradley's defence. It's funny how Assange seems to have forgotten about this entirely. Apparently they'd just forgotten to be formal about it, but, assuming they've finally gotten around to it, it appears the money is less than half what was expected/promised.

Yes wikileaks is a good thing, however the focus on embarrassing the US and not anyone else these days does make one wonder about an agenda, and the focus on Assange rather than the work they're doing is starting to split the organisation. Maybe it's running a wiki that turns people messianic, after all Jimmy Wales has gone through the same thing with wikipedia money.

Actually, according to recent studies, the placebo effect is *increasing* http://www.wired.com/medtech/drugs/magazine/17-09/ff_placebo_effect?currentPage=all

So, there's no immediacy to global warming, we have time to get it right - rather than wrecking our economy for most likely no reason.

Yes, let's jump to grand conclusions based on a single unproven assumption. Betting all life as we know it against maximizing profits is a perfectly rational course of action.

Uh, no. No one is saying global warming will destroy "all life as we know it". In fact, the alarmists never mention the benefits of global warming for some - it's all about the negatives. Think of Canadian wheat for instance.

At any rate, global power generation could be moving much more rapidly towards less carbon emissions, if it weren't for the irrational fear of nuclear power exhibited by the eco-fringe. Market forces should also prevail as solar power actually becomes competitive with fossil fuels.

There never has been a major crisis, it's been manufactured. Even NASA is beginning to come around.

Note that that study predicts only ~1.7 C warming with CO2 doubling from current levels - and that (as always) presumes no change to solar or volcanic inputs.

Another point often discarded by the alarmists is no matter what Western society does to mitigate CO2, Russia, India, China and the "developing world" will swamp those efforts. China's CO2 output in 2030 could equal the ENTIRE WORLD's output today. The good news is that so far the real world has not reflected the alarmism from the GW proponents computer models. Most /. readers are familiar with the GIGO principle I'm sure.. ;-)

Merry Christmas!

After those legal threats from Verizon, instead of backing down, they went straight out and registered VerizonShouldSpendMoreTimeFixingItsNetworkAndLessMoneyOnLawyers .com

Check out this Wired article for some highlights of the legal issues related to a "sucks" / "gripe" site: Legal Tips For Your 'Sucks' Site. Although it was written in 2000 and so might be a little outdated, it's worth reading for some interesting info.

Two important points: (1) The site operator should avoid any commercial activity (at all) on the gripe site and; (2) The site operator should ensure that visitors would never think that the site is in any way associated with the entity that is the focus of the gripe site. While a properly designed gripe site is generally safe from losing a lawsuit it's definitely best to check with an attorney to make sure that you're doing everything properly before heading down a potentially expensive road.

First they give 3 million people access to this information and then they complain at a guy that has nothing to do with it. Given the way the US threats people I am sure that the poor soldier who has been in isolation for months has gotten 'an offer he can't refuse' to sign a fake testimony against Assange.

Testimony? They don't need testimony. They have chat logs implicating Assange in aiding Bradley Manning with submitting the documents. The law is pretty clear about these things. We'll just have to wait for his trial.

Incorrect, they only have chat logs between Manning and Lamo (the person who reported Manning). http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/06/wikileaks-chat/

One possibility is that Wikileaks and Assange are losing public support.

They are.

WikiLeaks: A Document Dump Too Far

WikiLeaks Comes Under Fire from Rights Groups

Reports that Wikileaks released the names of Afghan informants hasn't helped

Sad, but true. Hopefully none are killed. We need as many informants against the Taliban as we can, both to protect the Afghans, and to protect the US from more terrorist attacks.

WikiLeaks Reportedly Outs 100s of Afghan Informants

profiles of Assange (such as the one in the New York Times) don't paint him in a very flattering light.

They aren't the only ones.

10 days in Sweden: the full allegations against Julian Assange

The wildly promiscuous lifestyle of WikiLeaks boss Julian Assange: Look away now Jemima as our report reveals the sordid truth

Exposed: The 'creepy, lovesick' emails WikiLeaks boss Julian Assange sent to 19-year-old girl student

No one gains from this 'rape-rape' defence of Julian Assange

My understanding from the Times article is that even within Wikileaks, there is a lot of controversy about how Assange has acted.

Is WikiLeaks Reneging on its Financial Promise to Bradley Manning?

Former WikiLeaks Activists to Launch New Whistleblowing Site

‘Chaos’ at WikiLeaks Follows Assange Arrest

Although not internal to Wikileaks, thought provoking.

Wikileaks Fails “Due Diligence” Review

Basically it seems that the FCC accepted most of the guidance that Google and Verizon collaborated upon back in August. Basic net neutrality for wired connections, no net neutrality for wireless: http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/08/google-verizon-propose-open-vs-paid-internets/

Totally valid, like their rules about fart apps, set by the sole vendor of fart apps for iShinies:

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/08/apple-fart-apps/2/

Nothing about the way they run their app store is valid, just a bunch of bullshit and shady dealings with an official company policy backing it up.

Maybe I'm just confused but it looks like the Wikileaks App is still there.

It also doubles as the two guys having explicit sex app and the kama sutra app, so I can see why Apple would be loathe to remove it.

Maybe I'm just confused but it looks like the Wikileaks App is still there.

It also doubles as the two guys having explicit sex app and the kama sutra app, so I can see why Apple would be loathe to remove it.

And if YOU read the reports from the troops on the ground, you would know that there WERE RPGs found on the bodies, among other weapons. The militants were armed, and US troops followed the rules of engagement. I don't know why this is still being debated.

Ethan McCord was the man in the video taking the children from the van. His words exactly:
"However, when I did come up on the scene, there was an RPG as well as AK-47s there.... You just don't walk around with an RPG in Iraq, especially three blocks away from a firefight.... Personally, I believe the first attack on the group standing by the wall was appropriate, was warranted by the rules of engagement. They did have weapons there. However, I don't feel that the attack on the [rescue] van was necessary." (Source: http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/04/2007-iraq-apache-attack-as-seen-from-the-ground)

His only qualm with the event was the fact that we attacked the "rescue" van as well. Unfortunately, that's an issue of morals because the rules state that Iraqi's are not supposed to pick up their wounded.

And, as a side note, shame on the parent for putting his kids in danger. I don't care who was wounded and on the ground, I can't think of ONE person who would endanger their child's life like that.

First sale? Won't be there for much longer. Really, between Vernor v. Autodesk and Omega v. Costco there isn't much left.

They're avoiding the inevitable "if you want to use porn, buy an Xbox - otherwise buy our product" criticism various nitwits will invariably level at them.

The agent also said the Motion Picture Association of America and the Recording Industry Association of America, the trade groups for the major film studios and record labels, had confirmed that the music and movies on the sites had not been released with the authorization of their copyright holders.

Yeah, after some poking around I found PROTECTING U.S. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OVERSEAS: THE JOINT STRATEGIC PLAN AND BEYOND presented to a House of Representatives committee. In it they talk about the sting and the lengthy history of their actions:

We worked with many different agencies - including CBP, DOJ’s Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS) and the Government of Mexico’s Treasury and Customs – and industry, including the Recording Industry Association of American (RIAA), to target importers and distributors of counterfeit goods. This operation was specifically timed to coincide with U.S. and Mexican consumers’ increased purchasing during the winter holiday season.

Then later:

Representatives from the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and RIAA assisted participating customs authorities with focused training, targeting and analyses of certain interdicted parcels. This operation was specifically timed by the IPR Center to coincide with the movie industry’s summer releases, when the biggest blockbusters are illegally recorded, reproduced on DVDs, shipped around the world and sold on street corners and in other markets.

There's plenty of interesting tidbits in this lengthy document about how everybody's getting involved -- even China:

ICE previously worked with China in September 2003 when ICE initiated Operation Spring, a joint IPR investigation by ICE agents and Chinese authorities that resulted in the extradition and conviction of DVD pirate Randolph Guthrie, who was sentenced to 48 months incarceration and ordered to repay $878,793 in restitution to the MPAA.

And the American sports associations:

Earlier this year, the IPR Center partnered with the NFL, NBA, NHL, NCAA, industry and local law enforcement to conduct operations targeting counterfeit sports merchandise sold during the Super Bowl, NBA All-Star Game, Stanley Cup championship, and NCAA Final Four and Frozen Four tournaments. These operations resulted in seizures of over 14,000 counterfeit items valued at more than $760,000.

Personally I hope DHS and ICE get their asses handed to them over the music blogs. Turn that into freedom of speech and take those bastards to the cleaners. They aren't going to learn their lesson if this is just a court case that exonerates the defendant and I hope the defendants have enough cash to to fight back, or seek help from the EFF.

The frequency of these MPAA/RIAA related stings is really ramping up. I hope ICE and IPR aren't turning out to be directional attack dogs for corporations. The numbers on these things seem a tad bit inflated but haven't they always been?

From the second paragraph of that article:

This deeply saddens n3td3v because
we believe that MPAA and RIAA are forces of good. They saved millions of lives.
(n3td3v has lobbied for corporal punishment for trolls and torrent downloaders)

http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/managing-infosec/security-trolls-n3td3v-12460 states:

N3td3v is/was a security troll that plagued the full disclosure list for quite a while, claiming to be a yahoo security engineer

(from the start of an extensive article)

The most complete copy I've found of Faulkner's lengthy initial posting on the matter is at:
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:WnAbrdQbA30J:www.scribd.com/doc/13974347/mirror-of-wwwuwwwbcom-FBI-indiscriminate-actions-in-fascist-america+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk

Yep, the google cache of a page printed to PDF and uploaded to Scribd. Some formatting is lost; try the text-only version from the google cache toolbar and copying into an editor (or otherwise removing the bright-green-ness of the text).

This is probably the most complete account of events, tied together with at least one side of the full story.

The debt in the millions was the operating costs of a failed business he was part owner of (not in itself illegal, unless you incur the debt deliberately); and he was not the cause of the business failing (in his own words). I didn't find any evidence of him being charged with wrongdoing over the operation of that business (brief google search)

He wasn't hiding overseas - he was never told to stay in the country, and informed the head of the FBIs investigation where he would be living, and who he would be working for. He never tried to change his identity.

Faulkner, who was a part owner of Premier Voice before selling it about a year ago, acknowledges that Premier owed money to AT&T at one time — though he says he’s not certain it was for interconnection. He says that debt was assumed by the new owner when he sold the company. Either way, he says, this would be categorized as corporate debt, not fraud.

"There’s a big difference between stealing money and owing money," he says.

- http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/04/data-centers-ra/

Egh, that's it from me for now - some terrible bug in Chrome and/or Slashcode is making it a significant hassle to copy/paste stuff. Anyone else have similar issues? (I'm running current Chrome on OS X 10.6)

Liquid motors loses appeal after raid

A condensed summary of what happened

There isn't much if anything about what happens after all of this, whether the case went to trial etc. just that Croydon technology's website hasn't been updated since.

Here's an article from Wired.

It doesn't directly mention NSF, but rather specific scientific research which can be construed as frivolous.

WikiLeaks Spending Rises Dramatically to $500,000

The accounts weren't frozen. They just aren't accepting donations on Wikileak's behalf.

http://www.wired.com/politics/security/magazine/15-12/ff_futurewar

According to this article, Comcast's public image is about the same as Halliburton or ExxonMobil. They're one of the most despised companies in America and they really don't give a shit.

http://hosts-file.net/default.asp?s=adshufffle.com

It's (adshufffle.com) marked as bogus & in the HpHosts blocklist there @ HPHOSTS (see for yourself)...

Yes - it's a KNOWN bad one @ this point & that's 1 of a few sources I use for "verifies" of what does go into my HOSTS file!

So, yes - I have it listed in my custom HOSTS file as a blacklisted domain/host.

APK

P.S.=> I also store adshuFFle.com (2 f's, not 3 like the above one you noted) in my HOSTS file as well, as I noted in my other reply to you, as it serves adbanners, & per this article & this list?

This article today we're replying to, and these from the past:

HACKERS USE ADBANNERS ON MAJOR SITES TO HIJACK YOUR SYSTEM: -> http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2007/11/doubleclick

THE NEXT AD YOU CLICK MAY BE A VIRUS: -> http://it.slashdot.org/story/09/06/15/2056219/The-Next-Ad-You-Click-May-Be-a-Virus

NY TIMES INFECTED WITH MALWARE ADBANNER: -> http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/09/13/2346229

MICROSOFT HIT BY MALWARES IN ADBANNERS: -> http://apcmag.com/microsoft_apologises_for_serving_malware.htm

ADBANNERS SLOW DOWN THE WEB: -> http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/11/30/166218

I don't trust them, any of them, & they slow me down + track me too? NO thanks! apk

Hell, I remember when Wired claimed that push media was the next big thing. And look, it's still a bad idea!

"Oh no, between you and the AC, you've mentioned HOSTS files twice. If you mention them a third time, the apk troll shows up, like a techno Candyman with Tourette's." - by gmhowell (26755) on Monday December 13, @01:47AM (#34532348) Homepage

You can ad hominem attack me gmhowell, but it never stands up very well vs. this list of points below in favor of HOSTS files, and certainly in the case of blocking ad banners (which I block them, good or bad, because of this list of ad banners that were shown in the past as doing what's happening in this current thread of malware being inside the code for ad banners):

HACKERS USE ADBANNERS ON MAJOR SITES TO HIJACK YOUR SYSTEM -> http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2007/11/doubleclick

THE NEXT AD YOU CLICK MAY BE A VIRUS -> http://it.slashdot.org/story/09/06/15/2056219/The-Next-Ad-You-Click-May-Be-a-Virus

NY TIMES INFECTED WITH MALWARE ADBANNER -> http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/09/13/2346229

MICROSOFT HIT BY MALWARES IN ADBANNERS -> http://apcmag.com/microsoft_apologises_for_serving_malware.htm

ADBANNERS SLOW DOWN THE WEB -> http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/11/30/166218

For just SOME examples of how HOSTS can stop that (by blocking out KNOWN BAD SITES/SERVERS/HOSTS-DOMAIN NAMES, and yes, even blocking adbanners as shown below in my list of points in favor of HOSTS files).

So - You're once again MORE THAN WELCOME to disprove the list of points in favor of HOSTS files below, point-by-point where you see fit and especially vs. them all if you can, especially over AdBlock alone, or (since hosts does things adblock just cannot do that improve your online experience in both speed &/or security), over DNS servers alone (because HOSTS overcome weaknesses in DNS, as noted below, on many points):

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18++ ADVANTAGES OF HOSTS FILES OVER DNS SERVERS &/or ADBLOCK ALONE for added layered security:

1.) Adblock blocks ads in only 1 browser family (Disclaimer: Opera now has an AdBlock addon (now that Opera has addons above widgets), but I am not certain the same people make it as they do for FF or Chrome etc.).

2.) HOSTS files are useable for all these purposes because they are present on all Operating Systems that have a BSD based IP stack (even ANDROID) and do adblocking for ANY webbrowser, email program, etc. (any webbound program).

3.) Adblock doesn't protect email programs external to FF, Hosts files do. THIS IS GOOD VS. SPAM MAIL or MAILS THAT BEAR MALICIOUS SCRIPT, or, THAT POINT TO MALICIOUS SCRIPT VIA URLS etc.

4.) Adblock won't get you to your favorite sites if a DNS server goes down or is DNS-poisoned, hosts will (this leads to points 4-7 next below).

5.) Adblock doesn't allow you to hardcode in your favorite websites into it so you don't make DNS server calls and so you can avoid tracking by DNS request logs, hosts do (DNS servers are also being abused by the Chinese lately and by the Kaminsky flaw -> http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/082908-kaminsky-flaw-prompts-dns-server.html for years now). Hosts protect against those problems via hardcodes of your fav sites (you should verify against the TLD that does nothing but cache IPAddress-to-domainname/hostname resolutions via NSLOOKUP, PINGS, &/or WHOIS though, regularly, so you have the correct IP & it's current)).

6.) HOSTS files protect you vs. DNS-poisoning &/or the Kaminsky flaw in DNS servers, a

I am surprised that the infamous malfunction of the robotic cannon, Oerlikon GDF-005 in 2007 was not mentioned. This malfunction caused the robot cannon to wildly spray hundreds of high-explosive 0,5kg 35mm cannon shells around the firing range in a South African training exercise, killing 9 and wounding 14. To be fair, it was not clear if it was a software or mechanical glitch that caused the malfunction. In any case, this underscores the growing reliance on automated systems, and the life and death consequences. Could licensing for software developers - similar to that bestowed upon civil engineers - be far away?

To study how random people choose their passwords. Bruce Schneier has a very interesting article about that. "How good are the passwords people are choosing to protect their computers and online accounts? It's a hard question to answer because data is scarce. But recently, a colleague sent me some spoils from a MySpace phishing attack: 34,000 actual user names and passwords."

It's not confirmed that the gas pipeline blowup was due to computers going wrong.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siberian_pipeline_sabotage#Hoax_Theory

Here are a few more "logic cock ups":

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariane_5_Flight_501
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/25/2038217

And Wired's list: http://www.wired.com/software/coolapps/news/2005/11/69355

Well the thing about the iPhone is that it's been shown to have bad/low security. Issues ranging from ease to add a malicious app to the market, to the iPhones security being easy to bypass, to even the fact that the iPhone's encryption is easy to crack.

It does sadden me that with these problems that were easy to find on google were ignored when the DoD thought about allowing the iPhone to be an approved device (demand should have been one of the lowest factors in allowing it). While certain Android's might not be a good idea to allow, the whole concept of a custom ROM I feel would be a safe answer that would have been great middle ground.

I don't know who started this dumb, inaccurate, and insulting "hacktivist" portmanteau.

GoogleBooks found a hit for "hacktivism" in a 1984 publication entitle "Alternative library literature" (Oryx Press), but the term doesn't appear to have taken off until it was coined and promoted by the Cult of the Dead Cow (cDc) in late 1998. Wired.com's Michelle Delio wrote a short historical piece entitled "Hacktivism and How It Got Here" (07.14.04) which credited the term to the cDc:

[N]o one called technology-enabled political activism "hacktivism" until 1998, when cDc members Omega, Reid Fleming and Ruffin were chatting online and were, Ruffin said, "bouncing some wacky ideas around about hacking and political liberation, mostly in the context of working with Chinese hackers post-Tiananmen Square." "The next morning Omega sent an e-mail to the cDc listserv and included for the first time the word hacktivism in the post," Ruffin said. "Like most cDc inventions, it was used seriously and ironically at the same time -- and when I saw it my head almost exploded." http://www.wired.com/techbiz/it/news/2004/07/64193

A quick lexus-Nexus search finds that the first use of "hacktivist" in Lexis-Nexus' newspaper database is attributed to 'Buzzing Around Flytrap' by Alex Kozinski (9/24/1998 12:19:00 PM) in Slate Magazine:

Technology of all sorts continues to be a hot item. Wired News reports on a phenomenon called Hacktivism--electronic sabotage as a means of political protest. The story features the Hong Kong Blondes, a near-mythical group of Chinese dissidents that have been infiltrating police and security networks in China in an effort to forewarn political targets of imminent arrests, as well as an organization known only as the Cult of the Dead Cow whose spokesman (a former United Nations consultant) goes by the moniker Oxblood Ruffian. (I'm not making this up, honest.) In response to this threat, the FBI is establishing a cyberwarfare center called the National Infrastructure Protection Center which will involve the intelligence community and the military. Sounds like more tightrope walking for you and the ACLU.

The Wired.com article referenced is 'The Golden Age of Hacktivism' (09.22.98) by Niall McKay

The phenomenon is becoming common enough that next month, the longtime computer-security group, the Cult of the Dead Cow will launch the resource site hacktivism.org. The site will host online workshops, demonstrations, and software tools for digital activists. "We want to provide resources to empower people who want to take part in activism on the Internet," said Oxblood Ruffian, a former United Nations consultant who belongs to the Cult of the Dead Cow. Oxblood Ruffian's group is no newcomer to hacktivism. They have been working with the Hong Kong Blondes, a near-mythical group of Chinese dissidents that have been infiltrating police and security networks in China in an effort to forewarn political targets of imminent arrests. [http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/1998/09/15129]

The term was repeated in the title of U.S. News & World Report's article on the story - "Chinese 'hacktivists' spin a Web of trouble" - by Bay Fang (Sept 28 1998):

From the moment in 1995 that a commercial Internet provider first gave Chinese citizens access to the Web, the government has tried to maintain what some cyber surfers derisively call "the Great Firewall of China." This elaborate control system is supposed to block sites that the Communist Party considers morally or politically degenerate, from Penthouse to Amnesty International and CNN. But with a few simple tricks, ordinary Internet users are now making a mockery of the Great Firewall, tapping easily into forbidden foreign sites. Sabotage. Sophisticated hackers, meanwhile, are breaking into sensitive Chinese computers. Members of the Hong Ko

You can't be for locking a man up without first being absolutely sure which laws he has broken.

Yes I can. That's what prosecutors and investigating LEOs are for. To lock people suspected of committing crimes up while awaiting trial. Society has been on board with this idea for quite some time too.

No, I mean the specific laws. You can't just point in the vague direction of a foreign document and say it might have something in it about the case.

This leaked document provided by wikileaks violates the Espionage act carrying a severe penalty. All of the documents that are marked secrete continue to violate the espionage act and simply possessing them can carry 10 years in prison.

I haven't read all the documents released, I don't care to. But from reports, I can reasonably see a couple specific statutes that a violation occurred on. There are probably more depending on the contents of the information in possession or the effects of the releases. It was not my intention to specifically accuse wikileaks of anything nor was it my intention to argue the merits of it. It was my intention to state that there are limits to what can be published in the name of journalism and there can be serious repercussions if you cross those limits.

What could be more honest than, "You have zero privacy anyway. Get over it."?

Sun CEO Scott McNealy