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FBI Practically Begs For ‘Front Door’ Access To Encrypted Data
FBI Director James Comey has some advice for the tech companies and great people of America: Work harder at coming up with custom encryption solutions for law enforcement, or the terrorists win.
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New York Stock Exchange Suspends Trading, Cites Technical Difficulty
All trading has halted on the New York Stock Exchange, and the NYSE would like everyone to know that it’s the result of an internal technical screwup and not a cyberattack.
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How Hard Is It To Get Kicked Off Brazil’s ‘Sin-Free’ Facebook?
Evangelical Christians in Brazil are going louco for Faceglória, a new, “sin-free” Facebook knockoff for the very religious. Since launching a month ago, Faceglória has over 100,000 users pressing “Amen” instead of “like”. It also has strict posting policies: No swear words, no violence, no gay content or erotica, definitely no gory gay erotica. The…
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Apple Will Pay $US450 Million For Conspiring To Fix Ebook Pricing
Apple violated federal antitrust law in a conspiracy with five book publishers to fix ebook prices, according to the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals. The court ended a long-running legal battle with a big blow to Apple, calling its ebooks price-fixing scheme “the supreme evil of antitrust”.