Tag: internet
A Guide to the Open Internet
Just in case you need a good solid pointer to over the holiday breaks as to why Net Neutrality is important and what it really means.
Electronic Frontier Foundation – Wikileaks Mirror Taken Down: Host Buckles Under Demands from Upstream Provider
It’s sad when we can’t even trust companies that we pay to stick up for our rights.
PEEBS.ORG – An Open Letter to Mint.com: Stop storing my bank credentials!
I know all this, that Mint is an obvious security hole in keeping my personal digital life secure but I keep using them.
DSLReports.com – FCC: 68% Of U.S. Connections Slower than 3 Mbps Down, 768kbps Up
Good job internet providers.
ITworld – Gov’t crackdown spurs initiatives to route around DNS
DNS unfortunately is too easily interfered with on the basis of political decisions.
David Walsh Blog – WebSocket Update
Remember this post about WebSockets, yeah now they are going to be disabled by default in Firefox.
Tumblr Staff – Downtime
Tumblr went down for about 22 hours, this is their response.
Wired – The Age of Music Piracy Is Officially Over
Totally agree, stealing music is only for the people who are being stupidly cheap.
Freedom to Tinker – Hacking the D.C. Internet Voting Pilot
Internet voting just isn’t secure enough in theory to be a realistic option, regardless of the benefits.