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October 8, 2007
Security and Privacy Links: Microsoft Says "Hackers" Is Negative, "%41%43%45%20%54%65%61%6d" Not So Much
- Social networking privacy - forgetting your password and closing your account — "During my investigation of these sites, I found that if you forget your password, two of the eight sites will send it in an email to you; a further four will email you a link to reset your password, but without asking for any identify verification, indicating that if your email account is compromised, a myriad of sites that you use could also be. Only two sites, Flickr and Windows Live Spaces, ask for personally identifiable information to reset your password."
- Hackers at Microsoft?! Now wait a minute ... — Microsoft balks over the word "hacker." Decides "%41%43%45%20%54%65%61%6d" will be more clear.
- FCC declines to investigate NSA-telco link — NSA cites "grave" damage to national security, FCC defers.
- Review: The Dude 3.0 — "The best free network monitoring tool I have ever tried."
- California man arrested for DDoS attacks — "A 21-year-old California resident was arrested on charges that he attacked the Web sites of two businesses using a botnet made up of about 7,000 computers, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of California stated on Monday."
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