http://www.crn.com/slide-shows/security/232300027/the-10-biggest-security-stories-of-2011.htm
Internet security's a big deal nowadays. From the inventive bastards at Lulzsec taking down PSN to the Iranian government using Twitter to round up dissidents during the Green Revolution, we are all affected by this. Even though the idealists were optimistic Bout the possiblity of the Internet to change the world for the better, this just goes to show that there's a dark side to the Internet, one that we must all be aware of.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/8846577/Anonymous-hacktivists-target-child-abuse-websites.html
And then there's stuff like this. For those of you who don't know, Anonymous is an Internet collective responsible for some of the weirder aspects of pop culture, such as "U mad?" While they are often described as the Internet hate machine, sometimes by themselves, every once in a while they do something good. Here some hacktivists took down one of the largest child porn networks online, and provided the data to the FBI to arrest the members of the network. Perhaps the most heartening part of this story is that this is only the beginning of "Operation Darknet," a widespread takedown of child pornographers. To hear more about anon, as they call themselves, look on reddit or any tech news website.
http://rinkworks.com/said/courtroom.shtml
For the final post, here are some gems from everyone's favorite profession, lawyers. Although I come from a legal family, even the practicing members admit it gets silly sometimes. The nature of the justice system is to protect people's rights, but sometimes the focus on precise wording means that nonsensical things have to happen and the obvious questions have to be asked. Regardless, I highly reccommend this to all, even those who don't have lawyer parents or friends.
Stay stumbling!
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