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419 Scammers Take Advantage of the Facebook IPO | Symantec Connect Community
I think we should be posting something like this. I’ve been selective on what I’m posting now a days, and this is one. Check out the article for more info on the latest dealing with the 419 scam.
419 Scammers Take Advantage of the Facebook IPO | Symantec Connect Community.
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BBC News – Google gets Nevada driving licence for self-drive car
This is going to get interesting. The question was asked on twitter by one of my followers on who is responsible if the car should get in to an accident. That would be a great question to find out an answer from. Check out this article.
BBC News – Google gets Nevada driving licence for self-drive car.
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Judge: An IP-Address Doesn’t Identify a Person or BitTorrent Pirate | TorrentFreak
So, I read this story, and I have to say, that it is about time! I think that IP addresses don’t identify people, just computers. This is something for a future podcast topic for sure. What do you think of this?
Judge: An IP-Address Doesn’t Identify a Person or BitTorrent Pirate | TorrentFreak.
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Podcast 173 is now here
Go and get the podcast off the RSS feed, it has my thoughts on future podcasts, the rest of blind bargains from CSUN 2012, and the blog.
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Technology News: Security: Anonymous Strikes Most Fear in the Hearts of IT Security Managers
Technology News: Security: Anonymous Strikes Most Fear in the Hearts of IT Security Managers.
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“The hidden side of your soul”: How the FBI uses the Web as a child porn honeypot
I wanna read more of this, but I think you guys should read it too.
“The hidden side of your soul”: How the FBI uses the Web as a child porn honeypot.
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Trojan:W32/Ransomcrypt – F-Secure Weblog : News from the Lab
Trojan:W32/Ransomcrypt – F-Secure Weblog : News from the Lab.
This is just as bad as it gets, right? Don’t think I ever remember seeing something like this before. Comments are welcome.
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This Internet provider pledges to put your privacy first. Always. | Privacy Inc. – CNET News
Chew on this.
This Internet provider pledges to put your privacy first. Always. | Privacy Inc. – CNET News.
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Iran To Shut Down Internet Permanently; ‘Clean’ National Intranet In Pipeline – International Business Times
I’ve had enough of this. While the page may refresh and give you a hard time reading the article, I read enough to comment on
and I plan to do so. What makes the government say what we can read and can’t read. They can’t even make sure people have jobs, and people can have basic living condisions, let alone control a national public thing that everyone uses including banking, communicating, and soforth. I’m sending this one off to some people.
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FBI: Smart Meter Hacks Likely to Spread — Krebs on Security
Wow, this is facinating. Don’t think I’ve seen this before, thanks to Mikko Hypoen to pass it along on twitter. What do you guys think of this? This could be one way to save money on the power. Very cool.
FBI: Smart Meter Hacks Likely to Spread — Krebs on Security.
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podcast 172 is now available
On our RSS feed, podcast 172 is now available with asistive tech news from CSUN 2012, credit card breach, and a lot more.
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Spanish RIAA Sues Blogging Professor for Defamation | TorrentFreak
This is just interesting. I’m going through torrent freak to see what I want to publish and found this. By suing someone like this, you’re bringing talk to yourself. Maybe you should’ve contacted the guy and you could talk in private where an agreement can be worked out. You all might want to check this story out, and then register and comment right here on the blog.
Spanish RIAA Sues Blogging Professor for Defamation | TorrentFreak.
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Taxi of Tomorrow May Be Here, But Accessibility Is an Issue Today | MetroFocus | THIRTEEN
Taxi of Tomorrow May Be Here, But Accessibility Is an Issue Today | MetroFocus | THIRTEEN.
I’ve never known taxi’s to be so-called accessible. I can see where this article is going, because people with wheelchairs are left out when it comes to mobility including some buses, unless its public transit, but even then, you can only fit so many wheelchairs in one bus or train. You really have to plan way ahead to take public transit in case the bus you want is full, or can’t accomodate a wheelchair because of capacity. What do you guys think of this one?
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Twitter sues spam tool providers to stop the people who use them
Twitter sues spam tool providers to stop the people who use them.
This is an interesting story talking about how Twitter is fighting spam with a lawsuit. What do you think of this? Is this a good approach?
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Fighting Back Against Spam Texts – NYTimes.com
This was very valuable, and thought you should have it too.
Fighting Back Against Spam Texts – NYTimes.com.
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A gift from ZeuS for passengers of US Airways – Securelist
I’ve been suspicious of these US airways E-mails anyway, and not only hat, I know I didn’t book with them, so never clicked on such links. Check this explanation out fromthis article for more info.
A gift from ZeuS for passengers of US Airways – Securelist.
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Visa and Mastercard announce massive data breach, 10 million credit cards compromised | NextGadgets.net | Cool Gadgets, New Gadgets, Latest Gadgets, Future Gadgets, Electronic Gadgets, Hi Tech Gadgets News
This again is just speculative, but an updated article. I’d be interested to hear what Global Payments has to say. I have not noticed any activity on my card, but I’ve monitored my card since I’ve gotten it, so I’m not overly concerned. But the number of 10 million is nothing to laugh at according to what I am getting out of this.
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Google’s Self-Driving Cars Have at Least One Happy Customer – Liz Gannes – News – AllThingsD
Check this out, a blind man using a Google self driving car. Someone is with him of course, but I bet that we could be by ourselves at one point if this came true.
Google’s Self-Driving Cars Have at Least One Happy Customer – Liz Gannes – News – AllThingsD.
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snippits of tech from new zealand
Hi.
This is another article I hope to contribute major things to here.
Stay tuned for a major project post.
shaun
Hi all Tom here ? delivering the snippets to you this week
One IT nasty that I personally find annoying, and not just for
accessibility, is
the Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart
or as we know it CAPTCHA. While some provide audio we all know that they can
still be a bit of a pain to use. So I thought I’d take a look to see
what can be
done about it. Firstly, the web consortium provides clear guidelines
as part of
their accessibility guidelines on how CAPTCHA should be used ? the
detail is all
here in its glory http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/#text-equiv . Also,
the people at
www.captcha.net (the official CAPTCHA website) have accessibility as one of
their main (I want to say selling?) points. At this site you can get the code
for free that you need for your online shop of whatever, so it might
be a place
to direct people if you spot an inaccessible CAPTCHA. Finally, and
what started
this snippet was, an interesting article on CAPTCHA alternatives. My
favorite is
a checkbox that states ‘uncheck if you are human’ ? read the article here at
http://www.evengrounds.com/developers/alternatives-to-captcha
The latest AccessWorld from AFB includes an interesting article about the
accessibility of the latest offering from Google ? the Ice Cream
Sandwich OS for
Android devices. It’s a pretty good review including set up, calling
and using a
few apps. While they claim it’s a “mixed bag” access wise, it’s certainly
improved. But the interesting statement is “it is still not close to reaching
the level of accessibility and usability found in the Apple iPhone.” Worth a
look for resources and links, read more at
http://www.afb.org/afbpress/pub.asp?DocID=aw130302
The following two snippets were taking from the World Blind Union ? E
notice. I
took a closer look at these two to see what I could find out.
The heading read “The Swiss Federation of the Blind has launched a GPS app for
smartphones; the “lite” version is free.” Well, on closer inspection the link
takes you to the iTunes store – so it’s iPhone app only. Only one
review so far
that states “it’s a good start, but a bit confusing”. The Applevis
website goes
further to say it supposedly works like loadstone, so you would have
to enter in
your own points of interest. Currently it can only be used for walking ? no
option for vehicles. Read more at
http://globalaccessibilitynews.com/2012/02/27/sfb-launches-myway-app-to-aid-blind-people/
The next heading that took my interest was “A new app called Braille Touch
allows typing text on a phone without the need to look at the keys”.
The system
works by having six spots on the screen that correspond with the dots in a
braille cell. You hold you phone in landscape, with the screen facing
away from
you, so you can grip the phone with your palms while your fingertips
do all the
work. Strangely, the promotional material is more “text people
without looking”
rather than we have made app for braille input. Nevertheless, it
appears to be a
nice solution to inputting text and pretty straight forward to use. But as the
YouTube video suggests, it is not a solution for texting and driving.
They start
explaining that it has something to do with overloading neurons in
the brain. I
thought it would be to do with not having hands on the steering
wheel. Read more
at http://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=110051
Bit of a survey this week ? Tiny URL’s. This week I have included the links in
full, my thinking is that it gives you some idea of where you a
going. However,
they can get a bit long and of course bit awkward when read out on TIS. So we
are bit undecided. So what do you think? Should we use short URLS or keep then
long?
‘Innovations Snippets’ are short items of interest to the AT Community brought
to you by the RNZFB Innovation and Development Team. Please share with others
by forwarding this mail or at TIS option 3-2-5. Please share your experiences
and ideas for further snippets on ATIG or by sending an email to
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F.T.C. Seeks Privacy Legislation – NYTimes.com
F.T.C. Seeks Privacy Legislation – NYTimes.com.
This is a two page article dealing with privacy. I read page 1, and find it interesting. There’s more to the article, and I may talk about this one.