Arguments to Shut Down NSA Database Heard by Court; You Got Your Windows In My Linux

Apple Says It's Not to Blame for Photo Leak | Fake Cell Towers Could Be Intercepting Your Calls To view a web version of this message, click here Send this message to a friend Arguments to Shut Down NSA Database Heard by Court Apple Says It's Not to Blame for Photo Leak You Got Your Windows In My Linux Fake Cell Towers Could Be Intercepting Your Calls Uber Hit with Ban in Germany Hot Comment: "All these parties want to make coding an 'unskilled' job - not as..." From the Vault: 'Creator' of TSA Wants to Kill It Watch It: IBM's Big Open Source Push Poll Booth: Did you use technology to get into mischief as a child? Sponsored Resource: 10 Ways APM Helps You Build Better Apps Arguments to Shut Down NSA Database Heard by Court The second of two lawsuits filed against the U.S. government regarding domestic mass surveillance, ACLU vs. Clapper, was heard this week by a three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit. The proceeding took an unprecedented two hours, and C-SPAN was allowed to record the whole thing and make the footage available online. Sound Off>> Apple Says It's Not to Blame for Photo Leak In a recent post, Apple said the celebrity photo leak was not due to any flaw in iCloud or Find My iPhone, but rather the result of "a targeted attack on user names, passwords and security questions." Despite this, Wired reports that hackers on a web board have been discussing a piece of software designed for use by law enforcement that is being used to impersonate a user's device in order to download iCloud backups. Sound Off>> You Got Your Windows In My Linux Ultimately, the schism over systemd could lead to a separation of desktop and server distros, or Linux server admins moving to FreeBSD, writes Deep End's Paul Venezia. "Although there are those who think the systemd debate has been decided in favor of systemd, the exceedingly loud protests on message boards, forums, and the posts I wrote over the past two weeks would indicate otherwise." Sound Off>> Fake Cell Towers Could Be Intercepting Your Calls Popular Science magazine recently published an article about a network of cell towers owned by unknown third parties. Many of them are built around U.S. military bases. "Interceptors vary widely in expense and sophistication -- but in a nutshell, they are radio-equipped computers with software that can use arcane cellular network protocols and defeat the onboard encryption." Sound Off>> Uber Hit with Ban in Germany Following the blocking of Uber in Berlin, DE, the district court of Frankfurt/Main has issued a restraining order for Uber services all over Germany. The district court is alleging "uncompetitive behavior" on Uber's part, and has proclaimed that not following the restraining order will result in a fine up to 250,000 euros or imprisonment. Sound Off>>  Makes sense "All these parties want to make coding an 'unskilled' job - not as in making it require any less skill, but as in not requiring any higher education. This will make one of the few jobs that still pays decently (coding work in a select few US cities) dirt cheap, and that means more money running up the tech billionaires' scoreboards." --by GameboyRMH Read More>>    'Creator' of TSA Wants to Kill It Three years ago, U.S. Representative John Mica (R-Florida), the sponsor of the original House bill that helped create the TSA, became an outspoken opponent of the agency. In an interview, "Mica said screeners should be privatized and the agency dismantled." Mica seems to agree with other TSA critics that the agency "failed to actually detect any threat in 10 years." Read More>>  IBM's Big Open Source Push Last year, IBM pledged to spend a billion dollars on open source development. Timothy Lord recently caught up with general manager for IBM Power Systems Doug Balog at Linux Con in Chicago to find out where some of that money is going. Balog also talks about how much IBM loves Linux and open source, and how the company is partnering with multiple distros, recently including Ubuntu. Watch the Video>>  Did you use technology to get into mischief as a child? Nope, I was a good kid Nope, I got into trouble the old-fashioned way A few minor incidents, but nothing serious Fairly often, but nothing serious Occasionally to the significant detriment of my targets Constantly The authorities were involved at least once Not really, but I made people think I did Cast Your Vote>> 10 Ways APM Helps You Build Better Apps Every developer works hard to write the best possible code, but achieving excellence is difficult. 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