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The Freedom Stick, is a USB dongle which “secures the comm. system for any computer that it is plugged into and hides connections [...]
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[ August 12th, 2008 ] ... [ C. S. Magor ]Great Firewall of China Defeated By $30 Dongle?
Disc Eraser, a Safe Simple Way to Render Your Optical Discs Useless
If you are paranoid about folks going through your trash and finding what you throw out on your CDs or DVDs, then you probably already deface them or shred them before you throw them out. Shredding usually breaks them into dangerous looking shards, while defacing them might not always be as effective.
The Disc Eraser [...]
Go Easy Old Boy, British NASA Hacker to Face Justice, American Style
Some might argue that the U.S. doesn’t really have a great track record in respecting the human rights of foreign nationals, at least that is what was argued by the lawyers of Gary McKinnon, the Briton who found himself busted for hacking into the Pentagon, the U.S. Army, Navy and NASA in what has been [...]
Strike Two, Jeffrey Robert Weinberg Gets Two Years for Cyber Stalking
I could offer some inane advice as to how a geek can survive in a state penitentiary, but Jeffrey Robert Weinberg probably knows better than me. At the ripe old age of 23, he is already done 10 months in a federal penitentiary.
It would seem that he did not learn to straighten up and [...]
Gmail Offers a Little More Security, Peace of Mind With Remote Logouts
If you are constantly using public computers or just paranoid that someone is snooping on your mails then you will be pleased to see the latest security addition to Gmail. It is now possible to remotely logout from any open sessions and also view the IP addresses that have been used to access your account. [...]
