U.S. AntiSpyware Legislation: Oh-oh
A U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee approved a bill known as the Internet Spyware Prevention Act which was given the catchy name “I-Spy”. As a CNet News article points out, this has been tried before and hasn’t passed. While outlawing spam seems like a good idea in theory I suspect it will fail in practice. [...]
Mac Hacked – Both Sides Miss the Point
One of two MacBooks was hacked at the CanWestSec conference is Vancouver, Canada. Both Macbooks were part of the “hack-a-Mac-contest” at the show. A successful hacker got the Macbook. The Macbooks were set up with OS X and all the latest security updates (including 2007-004) but no additional security software or special settings. One of [...]