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[News] Free Software/Open Source Targets Children

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Open Source for kids?

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| Edubuntu is another such program, based on the Ubuntu Linux operating system 
| and aimed primarily at children in educational environments. According to the 
| distribution homepage, Edubuntu is “Linux for Young Human Beings”. It has its 
| unique ways that encompasses the total learning process. There is load out 
| there for you to evaluate and install for your kids as they grow out of the 
| programs they are currently enjoying.     
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http://brajeshwar.com/2009/open-source-for-kids/


Related:

19-year-old 'fast flux' botnet pioneer agrees to plead guilty

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| The author of a Trojan that broke new ground in botnet circles has agreed to 
| plead guilty to secretly infecting thousands of victims' machines so that he 
| could steal their personal data and launch attacks on websites.  
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/28/nugache_creator_plea_agreement/


I Was A Teenage Bot Master

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| One day in May 2005, a 16-year-old hacker...
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| [...]
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| So great was SoBe's sense of impunity he continued the scheme even after
| Ancheta was arrested a few months later and charged with 17 felonies related
| to the hijacking of almost 400,000 PCs, some of them belonging to the US
|                                         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| Department of Defense.
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/08/downfall_of_botnet_master_sobe_owns/


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
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