DEA: ‘There Is No Silver Bullet’ for Going Dark
Credit to Author: Joseph Cox| Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2017 15:15:00 +0000
A presentation obtained by Motherboard shows the Drug Enforcement Agency accepting the reality of encryption.
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Email Provider ProtonMail Says It Hacked Back, Then Walks Claim Back
Credit to Author: Joseph Cox| Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2017 19:45:00 +0000
There’s plenty of appetite for “hacking back,” but in many contexts it’s likely illegal for companies to retaliate against cybercriminals.
Read MoreSomeone Appears to Be DDoSing the Dark Web Version of The Daily Stormer
Credit to Author: Joseph Cox| Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2017 18:32:24 +0000
“I don’t really care about either side,” the alleged attacker told Motherboard in an online chat.
Read MoreI Bought a Book About the Internet From 1994 and None of the Links Worked
Credit to Author: Ernie Smith| Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2017 14:00:00 +0000
Early books and periodicals about the internet were the atlases of the digital world in the mid-90s—and like atlases, they frequently pandered to the largest possible audience.
Read MoreRather than Expanding Broadband, the FCC Wants to Count Cell Service as Internet
Credit to Author: Kaleigh Rogers| Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2017 17:11:50 +0000
Fudging the numbers doesn’t help anybody.
Read MoreA Brief History of ‘NSFW’
Credit to Author: Motherboard Staff| Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2017 16:00:00 +0000
And how arguably the internet’s most influential acronym is changing.
Read MoreGoogle Wants to Keep ‘localhost’ Local
Credit to Author: Michael Byrne| Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2017 14:37:50 +0000
A quirk in IETF standards potentially leaves private IP addresses exposed.
Read MoreYour ‘Anonymous’ Browsing Data Isn’t Actually Anonymous
Credit to Author: Daniel Oberhaus| Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2017 13:00:00 +0000
Researchers said it was “trivial” to identify users and view their browsing habits in purchased ‘anonymous’ browsing data.
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