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News apps

mercredi 7 août 2013 à 14:00

Where Do "Good" Software Practices Fit Into News Applications?

Political prisoners who have been convicted of "dangerousness"

mercredi 7 août 2013 à 14:00

Amnesty International calls on Cuba to free political prisoners who have been convicted of "dangerousness".

I agree, but Cuba is not the only country to imprison people because the state thinks they might commit a crime in the future. The UK does the same thing.

Tor sabotaged by US gov't using Javascript

mercredi 7 août 2013 à 14:00

The US government sabotaged Tor by means of malicious Javascript code.

Fingers point at the NSA.

Here's an explanation of the attack method. It seems that they attacked certain Tor nodes, and every user who (by chance) was routed to those nodes was attacked.

I've been told that the malicious Javascript was not introduced into Tor routing nodes, but rather into some .onion web sites hosted by the same company.

Hot, dry weather in Alaska killing salmon and trout

mercredi 7 août 2013 à 14:00

Hot, dry weather in Alaska is killing salmon and trout.

In 40 years, normal conditions in Alaska will be hot by today's standards.

Uganda to allow thugs to ban any demonstration

mercredi 7 août 2013 à 14:00

Uganda is passing a law that would allow thugs to ban any demonstration.

An American journalist who filmed Ugandan thugs attacked an unplanned opposition rally was deported, after being accused of committing journalism without a work permit.

The US also has the unjust policy of prohibiting foreign journalists unless they get special visas. Shame on the US!