Category: Politics
Electronic Frontier Foundation – Sony v. Hotz: Sony Sends A Dangerous Message to Researchers — and Its Customers
Oh silly companies, let’s attack security researchers for finding exploitable holes in our software/hardware.
Ars Technica – Why you should always encrypt your smartphone
Important read for anyone who has a smartphone.
Yuxi You – So you still think the Internet is free
So do you?
Reason Magazine – Hating the “Sinner”
Calling all people who are social conservatives bigots is a intellectually weak argument, but it is fair to call out such bigotry when it occurs.
NYTimes.com – Climate of Hate
This is perhaps the larger point, there is a problem when violent rhetoric is used as a substitute for reasoned and rational debate.
The New Yorker – The battle over the Constitution
Covers the history of the ratification, the document itself and how it’s been used to argue all sides in a debate including gun control.
FactCheck.org – A ‘Job-Killing’ Law?
Let’s see misrepresents the CBO report, ignores the CBO report in other parts, yep totally valid criticisms Republicans.
BBC News – Giffords shooting: Suspect Jared Loughner charged
What a tragedy.
Uh Oh, Internet: Basic Mobile Video Will be YouTube-Only With MetroPCS Plans
Remember those Net Neutrality rules the FCC voted on a few weeks ago, this is exactly the loophole that everyone feared.