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Oracle CSO to customers: we don’t need your (false positive) bug reports

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Mary Ann Davidson

Oracle’s CSO thinks customers who reverse-engineer its code in attempts to find bugs should cut it out because they’re not finding much worth acting on and, more importantly, they’re violating their licensing agreements.

The condescending tone of the blog that sets down her objections rankled readers – and presumably customers – so much so that Oracle took it down, but not before it was cached.

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Network World Tim Greene

Brady should have tried Boston’s excuse before turning over texts: ‘We don’t know how’

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Boston’s recently aborted bid to host the 2024 Olympics was a big, hairy political mess around these parts, so it’s no surprise that journalists are filing legal requests to access text messages sent and received by Mayor Marty Walsh during the final days of the drama.

What is surprising is one of the city’s excuses for denying the requests: It claims to lack the “technical capacity.”

Needless to say, no one is buying, including, one would assume, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, who might be in a whole lot less hot water if not for copies of text messages the team somehow managed to provide to the NFL.

From a story in the Boston Globe (I’m a subscriber; you may hit a paywall):

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Network World Paul McNamara

Don’t Want Your Credit Card Hacked? Use Apple Pay

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Apple Pay, Android Pay, Google Wallet … Fillmore said he found a shocking lack of physical security in these devices, creating opportunities for hackers, thieves, and disreputable business owners to rip you off. What surprised Fillmore most was that …
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