A new robot unveiled in France to help wine producers plus other tech news reported by Dan Simmons. … [Read more...]
Your car, tracked: the rapid rise of license plate readers
September 28, 2012 By
The Tiburon Police Department's capture of my car's plates. Tiburon Police Department This feature originally ran on August 15, 2012.TIBURON, CALIFORNIA—Tiburon, a small but wealthy town just northeast of the Golden Gate Bridge, has an unusual distinction: it was one of the first towns in the country to mount automated license plate readers (LPRs) at its city borders—the only two roads going in and out of town. … [Read more...]
ACLU forces government to reveal skyrocketing surveillance stats
September 27, 2012 By
Joe Howell Statistics obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union provides additional evidence that government surveillance of Americans has skyrocketed in recent years. The government is legally obligated to release reports about its surveillance activities, but it refused to do so until the ACLU sued to compel the production of the documents. The reports concern what lawyers call "pen register" and "trap and trace" records. … [Read more...]
Adobe to revoke crypto key abused to sign malware apps (corrected)
September 27, 2012 By
Adobe is revoking a cryptographic key used to confirm the authenticity of its applications after discovering it was compromised by attackers who abused it to validate malicious software. The "inappropriate use" of the Adobe code signing certificate was pulled off by attackers who compromised a build server used to compile and package the company's applications, Adobe officials said in a statement published on Thursday. The server had access to … [Read more...]