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Security researchers, ethical hackers, and bug hunters spend their days trying to make the world safer and more secure. And yet the US legal system makes it almost impossible for them to do their jobs, thanks to flimsy interpretations of long, outdated laws.. In the past year alone, there have been several lawsuits and legal actions against security researchers, who find and report software and hardware weaknesses in the hope that companies will fix them. That's led to a "chilling effect," whereby the good-guy hackers hesitate to report vulnerabilities and weaknesses to technology firms for fear of facing legal action. The link for this article located at ZDNet is no longer available. . In the past year alone, there have been several lawsuits and legal actions against security research. security, researchers, ethical, hackers, hunters, spend, their, trying, world. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
A presentation on a low-budget method to unmask users of a popular online privacy tool, TOR, will no longer go ahead at the Black Hat security conference early next month.. The talk was nixed by the legal counsel with Carnegie Mellon's Software Engineering Institute after a finding that materials from researcher Alexander Volynkin were not approved for public release, according to a notice on the conference's website. The link for this article located at CSO Online is no longer available. . The DEF CON event has axed a talk regarding an affordable approach to identify VPN users owing to legal complications.. Black Hat Conference, TOR User Anonymity, Legal Issues. . Dave Wreski
Barrett Brown, a self-proclaimed spokesman for Anonymous, has been hit with new charges by authorities in Texas for concealing evidence.. It The link for this article located at Wired is no longer available. . ItThe link for this article located at Wired is no longer available.. barrett, brown, self-proclaimed, spokesman, anonymous, charges, authoriti. . Anthony Pell
Twitter on Friday reluctantly complied with a judge. The case concerns Malcolm Harris, who was among hundreds arrested last October for disorderly conduct in an Occupy movement march along the Brooklyn Bridge. Prosecutors sought tweets made by Harris The link for this article located at Wired is no longer available. . The case concerns Malcolm Harris, who was among hundreds arrested last October for disorderly conduc. twitter, friday, reluctantly, complied, judge, concerns, malcolm, harris, among. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
Privacy and consumer groups are urging a federal judge to sign off on a controversial Facebook settlement over its . But groups not getting any money say the settlement does little for the privacy rights of Facebook The link for this article located at Wired is no longer available. . But groups not getting any money say the settlement does little for the privacy rights of FacebookTh. privacy, consumer, groups, urging, federal, judge, controversial, facebook, settl. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
Federal prosecutors who accuse file-sharing site Megaupload of being a hotbed of digital piracy say the site's customer files, presumably including perfectly legal ones, may be deleted starting Thursday. . "It is our understanding that the hosting companies may begin deleting the contents of the servers beginning as early as February 2, 2012," U.S. Attorney Neil H. MacBride said in a letter filed in federal court. The letter, submitted Friday in the Eastern District of Virginia, says that government investigators have finished executing search warrants at centers where Megaupload and MegaVideo files are stored. The link for this article located at CNN is no longer available. . Court alerts indicate possible removal of Dropbox's content in light of copyright concerns. Keep updated.. Megaupload Data Deletion, Digital Piracy Risks, Cloud Storage Legal Issues. . Dave Wreski
Fedora Project leaders have banned a popular penetration-testing tool from their repository out of concern it could saddle the organization with legal burdens.. The move came on Monday in a unanimous vote by the Fedora Project's board of directors rejecting a request that SQLNinja be added to the archive of open-source applications. It came even as a long list of other hacker tools are included in the bundle and was harshly criticized by some security watchers. The link for this article located at The Register UK is no longer available. . The Fedora Project has officially removed SQLNinja from its repository following emerging legal issues tied to the well-known penetration-testing software.. Fedora Project, SQLNinja, Penetration Testing, Legal Issues, Security Concerns. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
Julian Assange, the founder of the whistleblower website Wikileaks, has had his passport confiscated by immigration officials when he arrived at Melbourne Airport last week.. According to reports, the passport was returned to him after about 15 minutes, but Assange was told by authorities that his passport was going to be cancelled because it was looking worn. But Assange told the Australian current affairs program Dateline that he has since received a letter from the Australian Communication Minister Steven Conroy The link for this article located at Tech World is no longer available. . According to reports, the passport was returned to him after about 15 minutes, but Assange was told . julian, assange, founder, whistleblower, website, wikileaks, passport, confiscated. . Alex
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