Feds secretly subpoenaed encrypted chat app Signal
They came away empty-handed, thanks to Open Whisper System’s barebones logs on customers.
Naked Security – Sophos
96000 public servants in new data breach – The Canberra Times
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96000 public servants in new data breach
The Canberra Times In the second potentially serious Commonwealth data breach to become public in less than a week, the public service's workplace authority has confirmed that it has withdrawn the data gathered in its massive annual employee census from public view. |
Duct tape, modeling clay and a handgun are not standard computer parts
We’ll get to the unusual computer configuration in a moment.
The Transportation Safety Administration may not be the most popular federal agency, but it does put out a blog post every week that is highly entertaining for the look it offers into the scary and sometimes mystifying panoply of weaponry that passengers believe they can either carry onboard or surreptitiously stow in their luggage.
Just this week for instance we have his example of fine cutlery:
TSAThe TSA notes: “These 5-bladed floggers were discovered in a carry-on bag at Houston (IAH). All bladed items should be packed in checked baggage.”
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Google Fiber is now a fiber and wireless ISP
Webpass radios on a San Francisco building. (credit: Webpass)
Google Fiber today said it has completed its acquisition of Webpass, a wireless Internet service provider that will figure prominently into its plans for deployment of high-speed Internet. But the Alphabet division is not giving up on fiber, saying it will use both wireless and fiber networks to compete against cable companies and telcos.
Google Fiber revealed its plan to buy Webpass in June, and the company said in an announcement today that Webpass “is now officially part of the Google Fiber family.” The Webpass site has been updated to call the service “Webpass from Google Fiber.”
“It’s been impressive to watch Webpass evolve from a boot-strapped startup to an established category leader with tens of thousands of happy customers in five major metros from San Francisco to Boston,” Google Fiber President Dennis Kish wrote.