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Snooping on Tinder users

mercredi 4 mai 2016 à 02:00

If you are using Tinder from an iThing, your parents or your ex could be snooping on your use.

It must be the case that either Tinder or Apple offers some interface for snooping.

Klingon in court

mercredi 4 mai 2016 à 02:00

In resisting a movie company's claim to have a copyright on the artificially constructed Klingon language, an amicus brief cites proverbs in Klingon.

Cruz behind bill to ban municipal WiFi

mercredi 4 mai 2016 à 02:00

Ted Cruz is behind a bill to support state bans on municipal WiFi access.

In effect, he is trying to give more power to the merged Charter/Time-Warner.

Bombing of MSF hospital in Kunduz

mercredi 4 mai 2016 à 02:00

Was the bombing of the MSF hospital in Kunduz a war crime?

Reckless action can be a war crime, but I think it is a stretch to equate confusion to recklessness. Especially since confusion is almost ubiquitous in war. For instance, US Army officers try very hard not to kill their fellow soldiers, but that happens anyway — through confusion.

Real antisemitism vs misrepresentation

mercredi 4 mai 2016 à 02:00

Disentangling real antisemitism in Britain from right-wing misrepresentations is sometimes a difficult question.

Some of the accusations are based on statements taken out of context or misinterpreted.

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