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Cybersecurity weaknesses

vendredi 5 octobre 2018 à 02:00

The weakest link in cybersecurity is no longer the users. Rather, it is the companies that pressure or lure people to entrust data to them.

Face recognition over passwords

vendredi 5 octobre 2018 à 02:00

New iMonsters urge users to use face recognition instead of passwords. That makes it trivial for state agents to unlock them.

I would expect that armed thieves can do the same thing.

Conway and patriarchy

vendredi 5 octobre 2018 à 02:00

Kellyanne Conway Proves Patriarchy Has No Gender.

In an unequal society, the aristocrats can easily recruit others as their lieutenants, by giving them power over most of the people. In that society, this is the only way for someone other than an aristocrat to get some power, within the system's rules. To change the inequality requires that people seek such change rather than seeking to compete for more power or wealth for themselves.

Urgent: Federal voter ID law

vendredi 5 octobre 2018 à 02:00

US citizens: oppose the proposed federal voter ID law.

If you sign, please spread the word!

Very urgent: Georgia voter purge

vendredi 5 octobre 2018 à 02:00

Citizens of Georgia: the state purged 10% of registered voters last year. By Oct 9, the deadline for registration, call your local election authority to see if you are still registered — and, if not, do register.

I learned of this from a mailing with a reference to a site I can't access, so I am passing on the crucial message this way.