Android and Open Source (Joe Hewitt)
Joe Hewitt:Android and Open Source — Yesterday I made some comments on Twitter that were critical of Android’s claims of openness. As many have learned the hard way, it can be challenging to discuss a complex subject in 140 character chunks without omitting important parts of your opinions, so I want to clarify some things.
Facebook Is Top Source of Malware, ‘Status-Jacking’ (Erik Sass/MediaPost)
Erik Sass / MediaPost:Facebook Is Top Source of Malware, ‘Status-Jacking’ — Among well-known social media sites, Facebook is the biggest distributor of malware to computers owned by companies with 15 to 1,000 employees, according to Panda Security, which specializes in Web-based computer security products.
Security Researcher Arrested for Refusing to Disclose Anonymous Source – Electronic Frontier Foundations
An Indian computer scientist was arrested this weekend when he refused to disclose an anonymous source who provided an electronic voting machine to a team of security researchers. Hari Prasad is the managing …
Are WordPress themes necessarily open source? (Dave Winer/Scripting News)
Dave Winer / Scripting News:Are WordPress themes necessarily open source? — An interesting question has come up in the WordPress community. — I am writing about it before I’ve heard both sides, so I can say what I think without being influenced by other points of view. Later I will try to absorb them and [...]
Alleged Wikileaks source charged with leaking classified files (Declan McCullagh/CNET News)
Declan McCullagh / CNET News:Alleged Wikileaks source charged with leaking classified files — The U.S. military has filed criminal charges against an Army intelligence analyst who has been accused of sending sensitive files to Wikileaks, including a controversial video showing troops firing on Reuters journalists.
Google Fixes Two Android DoS Bugs – ChannelWeb
TechShout! (blog) Google Fixes Two Android DoS Bugs ChannelWeb The flaws, made public by the Open Source Computer Emergency Response Team (oCERT), affected Android version 1.5. One of the most serious security … Google Patches Android DoS Flaws InformationWeek Android vulnerabilities revealed Inquirer all 49 news articles
