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University admissions service broke data laws over targeted advertising | UK news | The... - 0 views

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"The universities admissions service, Ucas, broke data protection rules when it signed up teenagers to receive adverts about mobile phones, energy drinks and other products, the information commissioner has ruled."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"The universities admissions service, Ucas, broke data protection rules when it signed up teenagers to receive adverts about mobile phones, energy drinks and other products, the information commissioner has ruled."</div>

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Probing the whole Internet - in under an hour - for major security flaws - 0 views

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"Durumeric leads a team of researchers at the University of Michigan that has developed scanning software called ZMap. This tool can probe the whole public Internet in under an hour, revealing information about the roughly four billion devices online. The scan results can show which sites are vulnerable to particular security flaws. In the case of FREAK, a scan was used to measure the scale of the threat before the bug was publicly announced."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Durumeric leads a team of researchers at the University of Michigan that has developed scanning software called ZMap. This tool can probe the whole public Internet in under an hour, revealing information about the roughly four billion devices online. The scan results can show which sites are vulnerable to particular security flaws. In the case of FREAK, a scan was used to measure the scale of the threat before the bug was publicly announced."</div>

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India's $11 cellphone could change the world - Boing Boing - 0 views

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iphone india cellphone equalityofaccess ITGS

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"The Micormax Joy phone is no iPhone. Selling at around $11, it is a candybar style device with color screen and keyboard wheel controls, and runs on the Android-based Cyanogen OS. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"The Micormax Joy phone is no iPhone. Selling at around $11, it is a candybar style device with color screen and keyboard wheel controls, and runs on the Android-based Cyanogen OS. "</div>

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Brute-force iPhone password guesser can bypass Apple's 10-guess lockout - Boing Boing - 0 views

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"The IP Box costs less than £200 and can guess all possible four-digit passwords in 111 hours. The device bypasses the secure wipe triggered by ten bad guesses by "aggressively cutting the power after each failed PIN attempt, but before the attempt has been synchronized to flash memory." "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"The IP Box costs less than £200 and can guess all possible four-digit passwords in 111 hours. The device bypasses the secure wipe triggered by ten bad guesses by "aggressively cutting the power after each failed PIN attempt, but before the attempt has been synchronized to flash memory." "</div>

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Pearson is Now Spying on Students During Standardized Testing ⋆ Ink, Bits, & ... - 0 views

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pearson spying students testing ITGS anonymity privacy

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"Luckily for the kid, it was only a single tweet. Had several students gotten together to form a study group, they might have been prosecuted for felony interference with a business model and gotten the death penalty. Do you suppose Pearson has hidden microphones set up around the schools so they can also listen in and see if students discuss the tests during lunch? I ask because that is basically the offline version of the student's infraction."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Luckily for the kid, it was only a single tweet. Had several students gotten together to form a study group, they might have been prosecuted for felony interference with a business model and gotten the death penalty. Do you suppose Pearson has hidden microphones set up around the schools so they can also listen in and see if students discuss the tests during lunch? I ask because that is basically the offline version of the student's infraction."</div>

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Pearson and surveillance of students | D'Arcy Norman dot net - 0 views

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"Pearson is apparently monitoring social media, to detect signs of cheating during exams. That's insanely creepy, and a horrible violation. "And for those who think "Well, its Twitter, its public", remember this: So is walking down the street. But is it OK for the government to monitor us with street surveillance cameras and send us fines for not crossing with the crosswalk?" via Pearson Caught Spying On Students. Big Brother Is Here. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Pearson is apparently monitoring social media, to detect signs of cheating during exams. That's insanely creepy, and a horrible violation. "And for those who think "Well, its Twitter, its public", remember this: So is walking down the street. But is it OK for the government to monitor us with street surveillance cameras and send us fines for not crossing with the crosswalk?" via Pearson Caught Spying On Students. Big Brother Is Here. "</div>

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A Beacon System to Guide the Blind Through London’s Subways | GOOD - 0 views

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"This challenge inspired the Royal London Society for Blind People to team up with design firm Ustwo and create Wayfindr, a Bluetooth enabled beacon system to guide people who are blind or visually impaired through the London Underground."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"This challenge inspired the Royal London Society for Blind People to team up with design firm Ustwo and create Wayfindr, a Bluetooth enabled beacon system to guide people who are blind or visually impaired through the London Underground."</div>

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Twitter puts trillions of tweets up for sale to data miners | Technology | The Guardian - 0 views

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"Selling data is as yet a small part of Twitter's overall income - $70m out of a total of $1.3bn last year, with the lion's share of cash coming from advertising, but the social network has big plans to increase that. Its acquisition of Chris Moody's analytics company Gnip for $130m last April is a sign of that intent. Google and Facebook have built their businesses around sharing data, but their control of our private and public information has become a source of huge controversy. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Selling data is as yet a small part of Twitter's overall income - $70m out of a total of $1.3bn last year, with the lion's share of cash coming from advertising, but the social network has big plans to increase that. Its acquisition of Chris Moody's analytics company Gnip for $130m last April is a sign of that intent. Google and Facebook have built their businesses around sharing data, but their control of our private and public information has become a source of huge controversy. "</div>

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UK's Halifax bank tests heartbeat sensor to unlock online banking services - 0 views

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"Halifax's system, which is currently at the proof-of-concept stage, uses a piece of wearable technology known as the Nymi band; it monitors and stores a user's heartbeat via an electrocardiogram (ECG). Users must wear the Nymi on one wrist, and touch its top sensor with the opposite hand for it to work. The Nymi pairs with a smartphone via Bluetooth, using a companion app for Windows, Mac, iOS and Android. Removal of the wristband invalidates biometric authentication."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Halifax's system, which is currently at the proof-of-concept stage, uses a piece of wearable technology known as the Nymi band; it monitors and stores a user's heartbeat via an electrocardiogram (ECG). Users must wear the Nymi on one wrist, and touch its top sensor with the opposite hand for it to work. The Nymi pairs with a smartphone via Bluetooth, using a companion app for Windows, Mac, iOS and Android. Removal of the wristband invalidates biometric authentication."</div>

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Wendy M Grossman on the heavy-handed tactics picture agencies use when pursuing payment... - 0 views

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"But one church in Lichfield, Staffordshire, faced a different fundraising problem: to pay a £6,000 bill demanded for photographs used on its website. The case came to the attention of Gavin Drake, the communications director for the diocese's 600 churches. In creating the church's website, a volunteer had included a couple of images sourced from Getty, a large picture agency, without paying for them. A couple of months later, Getty sent the church a demand for £6,000."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"But one church in Lichfield, Staffordshire, faced a different fundraising problem: to pay a £6,000 bill demanded for photographs used on its website. The case came to the attention of Gavin Drake, the communications director for the diocese's 600 churches. In creating the church's website, a volunteer had included a couple of images sourced from Getty, a large picture agency, without paying for them. A couple of months later, Getty sent the church a demand for £6,000."</div>

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Rutgers' online course tracks your knuckles, face, browser history - Boing Boing - 0 views

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"Rutgers University's new program also uses a "behavior observation tool," which monitors student browser activity throughout an active session. While this feature is intended to prevent students from using the Internet to cheat on exams, the power that this grants instructors is extremely invasive. If a student accidentally leaves a personal or embarrassing website in their browser during an online course, a ProctorTrack instructor might stumble upon their activity."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Rutgers University's new program also uses a "behavior observation tool," which monitors student browser activity throughout an active session. While this feature is intended to prevent students from using the Internet to cheat on exams, the power that this grants instructors is extremely invasive. If a student accidentally leaves a personal or embarrassing website in their browser during an online course, a ProctorTrack instructor might stumble upon their activity."</div>

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Turkish Ministry Recommends Banning Super-Violent Minecraft | Techdirt - 0 views

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"But the Turkish government has a plan to keep its youngsters from witnessing too much violence: it is calling to ban Minecraft. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"But the Turkish government has a plan to keep its youngsters from witnessing too much violence: it is calling to ban Minecraft. "</div>

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The History of Biometric Security, and How It's Being Used Today - 0 views

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Weasel-riding-woodpecker picture prompts weighty Twitter debate | Environment | The Gua... - 0 views

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""I have no reason to doubt it - he was just in the right place at the right time, and it was a once-in-a-lifetime photo." But others questioned its veracity, including American evolutionary biologist Dan Graur. He said: "This is a fake photo if I ever saw one. The uniform blurred background is pure Photoshop."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">""I have no reason to doubt it - he was just in the right place at the right time, and it was a once-in-a-lifetime photo." But others questioned its veracity, including American evolutionary biologist Dan Graur. He said: "This is a fake photo if I ever saw one. The uniform blurred background is pure Photoshop."</div>

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Mass Wikipedia Edit To Make The Internet Less Sexist - 0 views

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""This project also came on the heels of a very public debate about structural sexism in Wikipedia. [This] began when writer Amanda Filipacchi wrote a New York Times op-ed on a problematic editorial practice being implemented by a number of Wikipedia editors: women were being removed from the 'American Novelists' category and moved into a subcategory for 'American Women Novelists.'" Filipacchi's piece set the internet on fire, sparking a mass call for reform."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">""This project also came on the heels of a very public debate about structural sexism in Wikipedia. [This] began when writer Amanda Filipacchi wrote a New York Times op-ed on a problematic editorial practice being implemented by a number of Wikipedia editors: women were being removed from the 'American Novelists' category and moved into a subcategory for 'American Women Novelists.'" Filipacchi's piece set the internet on fire, sparking a mass call for reform."</div>

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Should Britain introduce electronic voting? | Technology | The Guardian - 0 views

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""In the 2020 general election, secure online voting should be an option for all voters," said the report. In response, the Electoral Commission's chair, Jenny Watson, said: "We will consider carefully the balance between maintaining the security of the system, whilst making it as accessible as possible for voters as part of this.""

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">""In the 2020 general election, secure online voting should be an option for all voters," said the report. In response, the Electoral Commission's chair, Jenny Watson, said: "We will consider carefully the balance between maintaining the security of the system, whilst making it as accessible as possible for voters as part of this.""</div>

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What Happens When Robots Can Do All the Jobs? - 0 views

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"What do you think? Will robotic super-intelligence lead us towards salvation or poverty?"

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"What do you think? Will robotic super-intelligence lead us towards salvation or poverty?"</div>

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Google says it acknowledges some people want 'right to be forgotten' | Technology | The... - 0 views

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""Many predicted at the outset that Google would simply agree to most requests for removal to save time and money," said Barron. "That hasn't happened - 60% of removal requests have been rejected. Every single request is considered by our teams and there is no automation. If their judgment is challenged by the publisher we will reconsider and, if a mistake has been made, we will reinstate." "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">""Many predicted at the outset that Google would simply agree to most requests for removal to save time and money," said Barron. "That hasn't happened - 60% of removal requests have been rejected. Every single request is considered by our teams and there is no automation. If their judgment is challenged by the publisher we will reconsider and, if a mistake has been made, we will reinstate." "</div>

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What is HTTP/2 and is it going to speed up the web? | Technology | The Guardian - 0 views

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"HTTP/2 is a more modern protocol that essentially speeds web browsing up using new ways of transporting data between the browser and server across the internet. It is backwards compatible with HTTP1.1 and uses most of the same technologies, but it is more efficient and allows servers to respond with more content than was originally requested, removing the need for the user's computer to continually send requests for more information until a website is fully loaded."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"HTTP/2 is a more modern protocol that essentially speeds web browsing up using new ways of transporting data between the browser and server across the internet. It is backwards compatible with HTTP1.1 and uses most of the same technologies, but it is more efficient and allows servers to respond with more content than was originally requested, removing the need for the user's computer to continually send requests for more information until a website is fully loaded."</div>

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Why your Facebook friends could scupper a student loan | Education | The Guardian - 0 views

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"Graduated top of your class in Ghana and managed to land a place on an MBA at Oxford? Then you're heading for a salary high enough to make repaying your student loan a cinch - especially if half your Facebook followers are from McKinsey. At least, this is the kind of calculation being made by private funders stepping into the increasingly complex and competitive student loans market."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Graduated top of your class in Ghana and managed to land a place on an MBA at Oxford? Then you're heading for a salary high enough to make repaying your student loan a cinch - especially if half your Facebook followers are from McKinsey. At least, this is the kind of calculation being made by private funders stepping into the increasingly complex and competitive student loans market."</div>

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University admissions service broke data laws over targeted advertising | UK news | The... - 0 views

Probing the whole Internet - in under an hour - for major security flaws - 0 views

India's $11 cellphone could change the world - Boing Boing - 0 views

Brute-force iPhone password guesser can bypass Apple's 10-guess lockout - Boing Boing - 0 views

Pearson is Now Spying on Students During Standardized Testing ⋆ Ink, Bits, & ... - 0 views

Pearson and surveillance of students | D'Arcy Norman dot net - 0 views

A Beacon System to Guide the Blind Through London&rsquo;s Subways | GOOD - 0 views

Twitter puts trillions of tweets up for sale to data miners | Technology | The Guardian - 0 views

UK's Halifax bank tests heartbeat sensor to unlock online banking services - 0 views

Wendy M Grossman on the heavy-handed tactics picture agencies use when pursuing payment... - 0 views

Rutgers' online course tracks your knuckles, face, browser history - Boing Boing - 0 views

Turkish Ministry Recommends Banning Super-Violent Minecraft | Techdirt - 0 views

The History of Biometric Security, and How It's Being Used Today - 0 views

Weasel-riding-woodpecker picture prompts weighty Twitter debate | Environment | The Gua... - 0 views

Mass Wikipedia Edit To Make The Internet Less Sexist - 0 views

Should Britain introduce electronic voting? | Technology | The Guardian - 0 views

What Happens When Robots Can Do All the Jobs? - 0 views

Google says it acknowledges some people want 'right to be forgotten' | Technology | The... - 0 views

What is HTTP/2 and is it going to speed up the web? | Technology | The Guardian - 0 views

Why your Facebook friends could scupper a student loan | Education | The Guardian - 0 views

A Beacon System to Guide the Blind Through London’s Subways | GOOD - 0 views