Daily Archives: December 5, 2012

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The Illusion Of Online Security | The Diane Rehm Show from WAMU and NPR

The age of passwords is over. That’s the claim made in this month’s “Wired” magazine. Most of us trust that a string of letters, numbers and characters is enough to protect our bank accounts, email and credit cards. But hackers are breaking into computer systems and hosts of user names and passwords on the Web with increasing regularity. And because so much of our personal information is stored in the cloud, hackers can trick customer service agents into resetting passwords. Some Internet companies say the trade-offs — convenience and privacy –- are necessary to protect our data. Privacy advocates say that price is too high. Diane and her guests discuss the illusion of online security and whether you can make your accounts harder to crack.

Guests

Simon Davies founder of Privacy International.

Cecilia Kang technology reporter for the Washington Post.

Kevin Mitnick information security expert and former hacker.

Transcript

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via The Illusion Of Online Security | The Diane Rehm Show from WAMU and NPR.

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Obama In 2011: We Can Get $1.2 Trillion In Revenue Without Raising Rates | RealClearPolitics

Obama In 2011: We Can Get $1.2 Trillion In Revenue Without Raising Rates | RealClearPolitics.

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Comedian: Liberal comics ‘don’t want to make fun of Obama because they feel that it will weaken him’ | The Daily Caller

Conservative stand-up comedian Evan Sayet says there is “no doubt” his fellow comics have taken it easy on President Barack Obama.

“They’ve even admitted it themselves,” he told The Daily Caller.

“Liberals don’t want to make fun of Obama because they feel that it will weaken him if they honestly point out his foibles and his shortcomings. The narrative is that Obama is sort of a god (in fact, Evan Thomas of Newsweek said exactly that.) Gods don’t have any flaws. Thus, if they point out a single flaw, they are entirely destroying the narrative.”

via Comedian: Liberal comics ‘don’t want to make fun of Obama because they feel that it will weaken him’ | The Daily Caller.

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Americans Are The Most Spied On People In World History | ZeroHedge

TechDirt notes:

In a radio interview, Wall Street Journal reporter Julia Angwin (who’s been one of the best at covering the surveillance state in the US) made a simple observation that puts much of this into context: the US surveillance regime has more data on the average American than the Stasi ever did on East Germans.

via Americans Are The Most Spied On People In World History | ZeroHedge.

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Bombshell: Deutsche Bank Hid $12 Billion In Losses To Avoid A Government Bail-Out | ZeroHedge

Forget the perfectly anticipated Greek (selective) default. This is the real deal. The FT just released a blockbuster that Europe’s most important and significant bank, Deutsche Bank, hid $12 billion in losses during the financial crisis, helping the bank avoid a government bail-out, according to three former bank employees who filed complaints to US regulators. US regulators, whose chief of enforcement currently was none other than the General Counsel of Deutsche Bank at the time!

From the FT:

via Bombshell: Deutsche Bank Hid $12 Billion In Losses To Avoid A Government Bail-Out | ZeroHedge.