Comments for Security and Privacy

Comment on new malware spam- order.zip by Ray

Ray — Tue, 10 May 2011 15:05:08 +0000

Hi, I also have had a couple of these, thanks for the heads up.

Comment on new malware spam- order.zip by James Miller

James Miller — Tue, 10 May 2011 12:55:57 +0000

I’ve had a couple of these. Both appeared to be pointing to copies of order.zip on Spanish web sites.

One also used a domain name that had been fraudulently bought by someone elese’s credit card.

Comment on The dangers of Freenet by Gan Uesli Starling

Gan Uesli Starling — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 02:49:53 +0000

They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.

Ben Franklin

I maintain a node on the Freenet just as I used to do on the Entropy/RSA darknet and for the same reason. It is my symbolic gesture against the encroachments of Big Brother. Not merely the NSA, but all the myriad Middle Brothers which are well funded corporations seeking to control the world we live in through fear.

The fear I speak of is the mere THREAT of a frivolous lawsuit, in defense of which my own lawyer would cost me $200 for unlimited hours against the proffered settlement (extortion) of $1500. The recording industry simply entitles independent law firms (modern ambulance chasers) to send out such letters with no proof (nor need of any) save an IP on some ISP’s insecure data log. People cave because their own lawyer in defense of it at $200/hr is less than the $1500 they demand.

Screw that. I like the mere IDEA of Freenet. Don’t browse it myself. But it’s the statement I choose to make. If it upsets you, I don’t care.

Comment on Adobe Reader Update Scam by derek

derek — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 06:38:14 +0000

And yet another fake seller domain:

official-adobe-update.org

Comment on Fake Microsoft Malicious Software Removal tool by Sarah Spiteri

Sarah Spiteri — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 16:26:59 +0000

Great post! Thanks for the link !

Comment on The problem with the Prefetch function in Firefox and Chrome by GeoNomad

GeoNomad — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 23:06:07 +0000

The setting which was prefetching pages in Chrome was not the DNS pre-fetching shown above.

It is the Options – Basics tab – Enable Instant for faster searching and browsing.

I was plagued by a plethora of 404 pages as Chrome pre-loaded every partial URL as I typed it. It took me a while to notice this setting and turn it off. Strikes me as a security risk, too, as it can load malicious pages with similar URLs.

Comment on The dangers of Freenet by Tyler Jordan

Tyler Jordan — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 23:31:00 +0000

By that logic we’d have to shut down the entire internet. Servers everywhere cache encrypted information and their owners have no idea what is in them.

Furthermore, I strongly suspect that, because the intelligencia around the globe is terrified of freenet gaining popularity, they’re the ones who post the extreme content on freenet in order to keep it from becoming popular.

If we let our fears control us, then they will own us. Give it up man.

Comment on Adobe Reader Update Scam by derek

derek — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 08:53:25 +0000

Update: 26 November 2010
The scammers are still at it and using adobe-reader-2011.com and new-2011-pdf-download.com/1/

Comment on Adobe Reader Update Scam by derek

derek — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 05:51:08 +0000

The scammers are still at it and using h t t p://www.official-adobe-software.com as their new scam site to con money from you

Comment on The dangers of Freenet by Christophe

Christophe — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 15:24:14 +0000

When I read the title of this article, I though their was some security flaw in Freenet.

In fact, their wasn’t any – I don’t know any country that will make you responsible for the illegal stuff hosted on your node if you don’t downloaded it yourself.

It’s like running tor-relays, I2P routers and other anonymity stuff. It permits Chinese/Iranian/other dissidents to express their opinion without fearing for their lives, but can also be used for things you dislike, like Kiddie Pr0n or terrorist handbooks.

Unfortunately you cannot ensure freedom of speech for the one and not the others.