Sorry, everybody.
I guess my question could be stated more broadly, with perhaps some saving
of your time in the long run. How do I decide if a piece of software,
available on the internet is safe or not? I guess one can look for reviews
on reputable sites, but then how does one recognize a
Open source software is less to have spyware or viruses. That's because the
software is in its preferred high-level form - the recipe is published.
Proprietary software, in contrast, is delivered as a binary. To know
whether bad stuff is in a binary program, a difficult decompilation and
reverse
Something amazing is happening right now
Joseph,
It looks like the psychology of crowd funding, kickstarting, and looming
deadlines is finally beginning to kick in.
*Right now, on the MAYDAY website, we're seeing a pledge rate of 5
pledges per minute. That's the highest it's ever been. We
The best thing to do is run the software in a virtual machine, e.g.
https://www.virtualbox.org/. Perhaps even run your web requests through
a proxy server. http://www.publicproxyservers.com/ Depending on what
you mean by safe, this will help you isolate the thing until _you_
decide it's
Hmm well the short (as compared to tall) answer is that some places screen
software for extra crap. If you use chrome or firefox get a addon called
web of trust as a start.
Cnet and Zdnet are midling, but a start for where to get safe software.
Anecdotally I don't like how either of those will
The HeartBleed bug is an example of a serious, unintentional, problem in
an open source package. In that case, even though the software was
available to millions of eyeballs, not that many actually looked at it.
I suspect only the mainstream big programs (such as Apache) are closely
examined.
Cory Doctorow has a great reputation and history .. which makes this even
scarier!
-- Owen
On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 8:49 AM, Roger Critchlow r...@elf.org wrote:
Basically, anyone who looked at any technology that might be used to evade
NSA surveillance, like everyone on this mailing list.
Are Macs still more secure than Windows? I presume not, but here are some
opinions:
Yes:
http://www.zdnet.com/sorry-to-say-that-apple-platforms-are-still-more-secure-726880/
Not really:
http://blogs.avg.com/business/yes-mac-safer-pcfor/
On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 9:51 AM, Barry MacKichan
On Thu, 2014-07-03 at 09:51 -0600, Barry MacKichan wrote:
The HeartBleed bug is an example of a serious, unintentional, problem in
an open source package. In that case, even though the software was
available to millions of eyeballs, not that many actually looked at it.
I suspect only the
On 07/03/2014 07:49 AM, Roger Critchlow wrote:
Basically, anyone who looked at any technology that might be used to
evade NSA surveillance, like everyone on this mailing list.
http://boingboing.net/2014/07/03/if-you-read-boing-boing-the-n.html
It seems clear to me that the objective is to get
On Thu, 2014-07-03 at 09:55 -0700, glen wrote:
Everyone should be using and searching for tools and
content that puts them on the NSA's list, even as the requirements for
that list evolve. That objective is no different than that of working
toward higher quality of life, less hunger, more
Thomas Drake and William Binney have testified before the German
parliament in Berlin today. I have seen lots of police units and black
luxury cars in front of the Reichstag (it is on my way to work, if the
weather is good like today I use the bike to commute). Diani Barreto has
twittered
The St. John's coffee shop will be open tomorrow. At least Hywel and I will
be there tomorrow morning. I hope at least a couple of others come as well.
Frank
Frank C. Wimberly
140 Calle Ojo Feliz
Santa Fe, NM 87505
mailto:wimber...@gmail.com wimber...@gmail.com
Thanks. I may be able to join you.
Pamela
On Jul 3, 2014, at 4:47 PM, Frank Wimberly wimber...@gmail.com wrote:
The St. John’s coffee shop will be open tomorrow. At least Hywel and I will
be there tomorrow morning. I hope at least a couple of others come as well.
Frank
Frank C.
God I wish they made good coffee.
On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 5:57 PM, Pamela McCorduck pam...@well.com wrote:
Thanks. I may be able to join you.
Pamela
On Jul 3, 2014, at 4:47 PM, Frank Wimberly wimber...@gmail.com wrote:
The St. John’s coffee shop will be open tomorrow. At least Hywel and
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