Recently an alarming number of Twitter users have been suspended for doing nothing wrong. This originally started in April as reported by the conservative news site Human Events and has begun to recently spiral out of control beyond the realm of politics and simple account suspensions.
The original attack is quite simple - get enough Twitter users to report a user for spam...and the target user's account is suspended. According to Human Events this attack was originally being used by left wing liberals to silence right wing conservatives for expressing their views. While I will not get into the political issues of this and why this goes against freedom of speech...something I will mention is that a "defense network" is being built to help protect against these attacks.
Entropia - The Online Sweatshop Scam
It isn't often that I talk about video games on my blog. However...I recently had an encounter with a pyramid scheme/scam so disappointing that I had to write about it.
At the suggestion of several online friends I recently started playing Entropia Universe. For those who don't know this is a "Free to Play" MMORPG. I use the term "Free to Play" rather loosely...as I believe the game should actually be termed "Free or Play".
The currency in the game "PED" has a direct conversion ratio to real US dollars: $1 = 10 PED. You can earn PED in game by hunting animals or mining resources. You can deposit real money to get started...or earn money in-game.
Sounds good right? Too good to be true? A game that pays you to play?
At the suggestion of several online friends I recently started playing Entropia Universe. For those who don't know this is a "Free to Play" MMORPG. I use the term "Free to Play" rather loosely...as I believe the game should actually be termed "Free or Play".
The currency in the game "PED" has a direct conversion ratio to real US dollars: $1 = 10 PED. You can earn PED in game by hunting animals or mining resources. You can deposit real money to get started...or earn money in-game.
Sounds good right? Too good to be true? A game that pays you to play?
Reaching out to the @EFF for assistance with DISA Gold Disk and UNIX SRR FOIA Request
Due to DISA's resistance for my request for a public copy of the DISA Gold Disk and UNIX SRR security evaluation tools I have reached out to the Electronic Frontiers Foundation for assistance with filing a Freedom of Information Act request.
I have already been informed by the DISA Office of General Counsel that this is a technical issue not a legal issue.
I hope that with their help I can acquire the following for DISA Gold Disk and UNIX SRR:
I have already been informed by the DISA Office of General Counsel that this is a technical issue not a legal issue.
I hope that with their help I can acquire the following for DISA Gold Disk and UNIX SRR:
- User Documentation
- Binary Executables
- Source Code
- Developer Documentation
- All other related documents
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