Category Archives: Rants

FBI drive for encryption backdoors is déjà vu for security experts

Your freedom of speech, privacy,and liberty is all relative.  “The FBI [amongst many other organizations] wants the ability to peek in on encrypted communications, which would require companies to install backdoors. Services such as Skype, Hushmail, and PGP would be … Continue reading

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Perspective

Maybe my day isn’t as bad as I thought it was…. “I’m telling you Ducky, you’re really quite lucky!  Some people are much more, oh ever so much more, oh muchly, much, much more unlucky than you.”  – Dr. Suess

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Bill Gates on energy

Bill Gates issues a manifesto for clean energy at TED 2010. This is almost two months old now, but worthwhile watching if you haven’t yet. Read More: Bill Gates on energy: Innovate to zero! | TED

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