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Compelling a person to enter a password

mercredi 19 août 2020 à 02:00

Different US courts have reached varying conclusions about whether the state can compel a person to enter a password to give access to data.

Exploiting vulnerability to get MAC addresses

mercredi 19 août 2020 à 02:00

TikTok exploited an Android vulnerability to obtain user MAC addresses.

Strippers are employees

mercredi 19 août 2020 à 02:00

The National Labor Relations Board ruled that strippers (at least at one strip club) are employees and can unionize.

Suing Apple

mercredi 19 août 2020 à 02:00

The company that makes Fortnight has sued Apple, claiming that its app store is an illegal monopoly. Ironically, the reason is that Apple enforced its rules against in-app payments, rules which protect the public, against a game, which is surely exploitative.

The app store gives Apple power over users of iMonsters, and it would be great to make Apple allow users to install games freely. However, if the only result is to make Apple permit exploitative apps, without giving users more freedom, that would be no victory for users.

It is a fundamental conceptual matter to try to define freedom in terms of how many options a person has. Freedom means having control of your own life.

School reopening survey for parents

mercredi 19 août 2020 à 02:00

(satire) School reopening survey for parents.