God forbid Apple enforce its app store rules and pull the controversial WikiLeaks application. It’s not like the site isn’t available on the web. But let’s address the app store rules for a moment, and dismiss the silly notion that Apple is necessarily taking sides in this silly WikiLeaks debate. The app store rules state [...]
There are better technologies for businesses these days than relying on desktop PCs and Microsoft Windows, at least as far as most tasks are concerned. Marco Ament spoke about the issues surrounding adoption of ChromeOS, but the same goes for the iPad, or even Macs in general. Simply put, the immediate strain on the current [...]
Much is being written about the philosophy of WikiLeaks’ founder, Julian Assange, and naturally, most of it is in defense of material ending up on the WikiLeaks site. While there’s a lot worth commenting on, the more obvious logical flaws are easy to address. Wikileaks does not leak something like the “Collateral Murder” video as [...]
Electronic surveillance (generally referred to as “wiretaps”) are a standard tool in a law enforcement officer’s arsenal. Without this capability, law enforcement organizations simply would not be able to identify key intelligence in complex criminal or national security investigations. It doesn’t take an episode of The Wire to illustrate just what kind of information law [...]
Yesterday we caught wind of Paul Karl Lukacs getting detained at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) after returning from China this past April. It began with a simple question and answer. “Why were you in China?” asked the passport control officer, a woman with the appearance and disposition of a prison matron. “None of your [...]