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Computer security expert blocked from flight after tweets – USA TODAY

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Computer security expert blocked from flight after tweets
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SAN FRANCISCO — A computer security researcher on his way to give a talk about computer security vulnerabilities at a major conference was told he couldn't fly on United Airlines Saturday, due to comments he'd made on Twitter. Chris Roberts, of One …
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Flight attendants try to reinstate FAA’s ban on mobile devices during takeoff

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The largest union representing flight attendants in the U.S. brought the Federal Aviation Administration to court last week, urging the administration to reverse its decision from last year to permit passengers on commercial airlines to use mobile devices during takeoff and landing, the Associated Press reported today.

The Association of Flight Attendants argued on Friday that mobile devices have been distracting passengers while they should be paying attention to flight attendants’ safety demonstrations prior to takeoff. They also claim mobile devices could become a safety hazard in the hands of passengers, presumably posing the risk that they could fly out of their hands and injure others on the plane, the AP reported.

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Video documents ‘audacious’ protest flight over massive NSA data center in Utah

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The Electronic Frontier Foundation has released a seven-minute video documenting the reasoning behind and preparation for that June 27 launch of a protest airship over the National Security Agency’s sprawling data center in Bluffdale, Utah. The flight itself is spectacular.

From an EFF press release:

At dawn on June 27, EFF, Greenpeace, and the Tenth Amendment Center launched an airship above the NSA’s $ 1.2-billion data center in Bluffdale, Utah. The 135-foot-long airship carried a banner bearing a downward arrow and the words, “Illegal Spying Below,” to bring attention to the facility as well as StandAgainstSpying.org, a website showing how members of Congress voted on legislation that would restrict mass surveillance.

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Boeing phone to take flight with Android later this year – BetaNews

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Boeing phone to take flight with Android later this year
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Palma may have not seen the latest news this week on the Android security front, though. Leviathan Security found that Android puts users at risk of having their information pilfered even if the application has no permissions to system resources.

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