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Estonia is using internet voting

mardi 13 mai 2014 à 14:00

Estonia is using internet voting, and naturally its security is ludicrous.

You must not trust a computer for voting, not even a computer inside a voting machine.

Global heating effects

mardi 13 mai 2014 à 14:00

Global heating effects will hit three regions of Africa especially badly.

The boat to carry exports from Gaza

mardi 13 mai 2014 à 14:00

The boat to carry exports from Gaza will be repaired.

Toxic chemicals that can cause breast cancer

mardi 13 mai 2014 à 14:00

Toxic chemicals that can cause breast cancer are all around us.

Microsoft services

mardi 13 mai 2014 à 14:00

It is unethical for universities to entrust their computing and email to Microsoft services because this exposes them to surveillance.

In addition, letting someone else's server do your computing means you lose control over that computing. This is known as Service as a Software Substitute.

Microsoft services also involve running nonfree software.

By the way, the article falls into confusion when it calls services "products". A product is something physical that you buy, own, and take home.