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The Infrastructure Of the Internet

The Infrastructure Of the Internet 'Bundled, Buried, and Behind Closed Doors' is a documentary by filmmaker Ben Mendelsohn. The film explores the physical infrastructures that house networks. Or, in other words, where the internet lives in the real world. During his research, Mendelsohn came across a particularly interesting address in…
Harriette
August 20, 2013
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Cyberbullying: Who Should Be Held Accountable?

Cyberbullying Whether you run a simple Internet forum for like-minded individuals or a social media site like Myspace, bullying is an issue. Online, a bully can feel invincible, protected by the vast enormity of the worldwide Web. Confronting someone on the Internet is so much easier than doing it in…
Khristen Foss
August 20, 2013
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Ghost: A New Open Source Blog Host

Ghost: A New Open Source Blog Host A new startup called Ghost is aiming to change the face of blogging. Ghost is an open-source blogging platform that solely focuses on blogging - nothing else. It is a platform that has been developed strictly for journalists and writers, and it has…
Harriette
August 19, 2013
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SEA Hacks US Media Sites Via Third-Party Service

SEA Hacks US Media Sites Are you a regular reader of the Washington Post? Then you may have noticed things didn't look quite right earlier in the week. Hackers were able to breach the dedicated hosting sites for The Washington Post, CNN, and Time by breaching the site for third-party…
Khristen Foss
August 16, 2013
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Google Adds Cloud Storage Encryption

Google Adds Cloud Storage Encryption In an effort to try and calm the companies that use Google Cloud Storage, Google has announced that all files will now be automatically encrypted. Using 128-bit Advanced Encryption Standard (AES}, files will be encrypted by Google before they are "written to disk." On the…
Harriette
August 16, 2013
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California: One Step Closer To Outlawing Revenge Porn

California: One Step Closer To Outlawing Revenge Porn It's official: you'd better not start up a cheap hosting site where people can post nude pictures of exes and enemies in order to exact revenge. It's on its way to becoming against the law, after the California State Senate passed a…
Khristen Foss
August 16, 2013