Backdoors are backdoors, even when they belong to the TSA (September 11, 2015)
3D printers are useful devices, and I’ve seen people make some extremely cool things with them. Today, I read about a 3D printer…
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Game Over, Boston 2024 (July 28, 2015)
Today’s Boston Globe was covered with the headline “GAME OVER”. It’s official, Boston 2024 is dead in the water. Financial backing was the…
Amazon, the ALA, and the Pay-Per-Page Model (July 12, 2015)
Amazon recently announced a new business model for ebooks. Essentially, they’re planning to sell books by the page. It’s an interesting business model,…
#FreeBree: The Woman Who Took Down the Flag (June 28, 2015)
On Saturday, Bree Newsome scaled a thirty foot flagpole, and took down the Confederate flag flying at the South Carolina statehouse. The images…
The Piratecon Podcasts: Part II (June 21, 2015)
We’ve posted the audio for two more Piratecon 2015 talks: Lightning Talks (various speakers) Officer Elections (various speakers)
The PirateCon Podcasts: Part I (June 14, 2015)
It’s been a few weeks since Piratecon 2015, and we’re in the process of getting the audio footage edited and put up on…
Why we Should Corner the Market on Zero Days (June 14, 2015)
I recently read about the US Navy’s interest in Zero Day exploits; they’d like to hire a contractor to research and develop zero…
Jan 2014: a Month in MBTA Surveillance Video Requests (May 24, 2015)
If you’ve a regular rider of the MBTA, you’ve undoubtedly noticed a proliferation of surveillance cameras during the last few years. Maybe you’ve…
At the flick of a … what? (March 22, 2015)
A friend recently showed me a press release from the House Judiciary Committee, titled “at the flick of a switch“. The press release…
The Internal Panetta Review: Still a secret (March 16, 2015)
One of last year’s prominent stories was a Senate subcommittee investigation into allegations of CIA torture. A Guardian article mentioned a document called…