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[News] Free Software Principles for Personal Security

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Privacy, secrecy, innovation and open source

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| The simple answer to this simple question is usually, I’ll decide.
| 
|     * It’s my code and I’ll choose how to license it (but what if it came 
|     through the GPL). 
|     * It’s my profile and I should decide who gets a copy (so how do I prove 
|     I gave permission). 
|     * It’s my medical history and I can share it (but how do I audit that 
|     permission)? 
| 
| You’ll see that questions of code, when applied to data, involve questions of 
| identity. I can give permission but how do we prove it was me who gave that 
| permission?  
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=2453

The Windows botnets have meanwhile found another victim.

Oz carrier Primus blitzed by DDoS attack

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| Australian telco Primus said it came under an intense denial of service 
| attack on Wednesday. 
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/21/primus_ddos/


Recent:

Bots rule in cyberspace

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| USA TODAY REPORTS that on an average day, 40 per cent of the 800 million 
| computers connected to the Internet are bots used to send out spam, viruses 
| and to mine for sensitive personal data.  
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/03/17/bots-rule-cyberspace
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/2008-03-16-computer-botnets_N.htm


Botnets Running Rampant

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| How much money is being stolen by cybercriminals? No one knows, and no one 
| even knows how to go about coming up with that number, IronPort's Peterson 
| said.  
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/144489/botnets_running_rampant.html


Related:

Online banking fraud 'up 8,000%'

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| The UK has seen an 8,000% increase in fake internet banking scams
| in the past two years, the government's financial watchdog has warned.
|
| The Financial Services Authority (FSA) told peers it was "very concerned" 
| about the growth in "phishing".
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6177555.stm
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