Monthly Archives: May 2006

It Doesn’t Even Work

May 25, 2006 – 10:06 pm

For those who think that giving up their right to privacy means increased security, think about this. Ignoring FISA’s rules concerning warrants is illegal. It also weakens national security, since the process of obtaining the warrants has an effect on quality control. To date, FBI agents have been sent out to do thousands of investigations [...]

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Redesign

May 20, 2006 – 1:19 pm

Limulus.net is now going through another redesign. The biggest change in the functionality of the site is the removal of the menu on the left side. The idea behind the navigation menu was so that you can go from one area of the site to any other with just one click. That sounds like a [...]

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The Unasked Question

May 11, 2006 – 9:20 pm

Unable to get comfortable with what NSA was proposing, Qwest’s lawyers asked NSA to take its proposal to the FISA court. According to the sources, the agency refused. The NSA’s explanation did little to satisfy Qwest’s lawyers. “They told (Qwest) they didn’t want to do that because FISA might not agree with them,” one person [...]

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NSA Purchases Massive Database of Americans’ Phone Calls

May 11, 2006 – 10:02 am

Unbelievable.

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The Same Password

May 6, 2006 – 1:52 pm

If you’re like me, you probably use the same password for many different accounts. You probably realize that it is not a great security model, because once an attacker gets the password for one of your accounts he has access to all of your accounts. But who can blame us? Just about every useful application [...]

By Eric | Posted in Computers & Technology | Comments (0)

Photos From Cassini

May 2, 2006 – 10:24 am

These photos, taken by the Cassini probe orbiting Saturn, blow my mind. Slightly Beneath Saturn’s Ring Plane Enceladus Near Saturn Alien worlds

By Eric | Posted in Photographs, Random Links, Science & Skepticism | Comments (0)