Even the best-intentioned of great men need a few scoundrels around them; there are some things you cannot ask an honest man to do. (La Bruyere)

 Anyone who can handle a needle convincingly can make us see a thread which is not there.  E.H. Gombrich

 
There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.  

Arthur Conan Doyle

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 Rupert Murdoch's empire receives $882m tax rebate from Australia

Payment revealed by News Corp in US likely to reignite debate over how much tax is paid by international corporations

From Facebook to the Street: Activism on Cusco's Walls

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   Journalists who broke NSA story in Guardian receive George Polk Awards
Ewen MacAskill, Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras honoured for reporting Polk curator says will have repercussions ‘for years to come’


Monday, Feb 17, 2014 12:44 PM UTC

We must give the land back: America’s brutality toward Native Americans continues today

Americans have unjustly taken vast tracts of land. This Presidents' Day, let's uphold our treaties and return it

Steven Salaita

Sioux Indians, six of whom were present at the Battle of Little Big Horn, gather in Custer State Park in the Black Hills area of Custer, S.D. on Sept. 2, 1948. (Credit: AP)

I write often about liberating Palestine from Israeli occupation, a habit that evokes passionate response. I have yet to encounter a response that persuades me to abandon the commitment to Palestinian liberation.

I have, however, encountered responses that I consider worthy of close assessment, particularly those that transport questions of colonization to the North American continent. You see, there is a particular defense of Zionism that precedes the existence of Israel by hundreds of years.

Here is a rough sketch of that defense: Allowing a Palestinian right of return or redressing the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in 1947-49 is ludicrous. Look what happened to the Native Americans. Is the United States supposed to return the country to them?

Israeli historian Benny Morris puts it this way: “Even the great American democracy couldn’t come to be without the forced extinction of Native Americans. There are times the overall, final good justifies terrible, cruel deeds.” <read>

TZM Global Radio/Podcast Ep 138, Feb. 12th 2014 [ The Zeitgeist Movement ]

The Powerball lottery: is it really a stupidity tax?

Most people view lotto tickets as throwing money away, but the poor don't have many legal options available to get rich

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Australia does not spy for commercial purposes, says Tony Abbott ‘We collect intelligence to save lives,’ says PM, asked about revelations Australia spied on law firm representing Indonesia


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*** Security News ***

New password system lets planet Earth do the hard work
Think of a place, any place…
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/17/new_password_system_lets_planet_earth_do_the_hard_work/

Linksys vuln confirmed as a HNAP1 bug
Router-maker's pants pulled down by ‘moon’ malware
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/17/linksys_vuln_confirmed_as_a_hnap1_bug/

Anons escape human sewer after billionaire bog roll blag
Took down Koch-owned toilet paper business
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/17/anons_escape_human_sewer_after_billionaire_bog_roll_blag/

Kickstarter kicked by attack
Reset passwords, people
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/17/kickstarter_kicked_by_attack/

Fiendish Internet Explorer 10 zero-day targets US soldiers
Malware blizzard timed to coincide with snowstorms
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/14/ie10_0day/

Devs SLAM UK.gov's JavaScript-astic, 'shoddy' security education
website
'This is the kind of code you might write for a bet,' says critic
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/14/cyber_streetwise/

Spam, a lot of it: Bubble tea is the Seoul of wit
South Korea’s Hall of Shame
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/14/something_for_the_weekend/

THOUSANDS of Tesco.com logins and passwords leaked online
Customers locked out of accounts, some discount vouchers AWOL
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/14/tesco_login_details_leaked/

Thought mobe banking apps were safe from nasties? THINK AGAIN
Fake SSL certs let cybercrooks hoover up login creds and redirect
transactions
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/14/fake_ssl_cert_peril/

Silk Road reboot claims: Hacker STOLE all our Bitcoin funds
In shocking turn, drug world proves unworthy of trust
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/14/silk_road_20_claims_all_bitcoin_funds_stolen_in_hack/

DON'T PANIC! No credit card details lost after hackers crack world's
largest casino group
Las Vegas Sands email and website still down after hackers trash CEO
Sheldon Adelson
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/13/dont_panic_no_credit_card_details_lost_after_hackers_crack_worlds_largest_casino_group/

Ethiopian journos hit by Hacking Team spyware, say infosec bods
Yet gov-level spyware 'only sold to law enforcement', claims firm
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/13/ethiopian_journos_commercial_spyware/

Parking firm pulls app after dev claims: I can SEE credit card privates
No user details were breached, claims firm
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/13/parking_firm_pulls_app_amid_privacy_concerns/

Magento bug left user credentials vulnerable: researcher
eBay's shopfront subsidiary had cross-site bug
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/13/magneto_bug_left_user_credentials_vulnerable_researcher/

Have a Linksys router? Now's a good time to update that firmware
Reports point to exploits of vulnerabilities in two models
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/13/have_a_linksys_router_nows_a_good_time_to_update_that_firmware/

OK, Mr. President, those cybersecurity guidelines you ordered are HERE
New Framework aims to lock down US critical infrastructure
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/13/obama_cybersecurity_framework/

PayPal 'n' Google's FIDO drops 'simpler, stronger' secure login spec
System is 'device-centric'
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/12/paypal_google_mastercard_fido_secure_login_spec/

Credit card of PayPal PRESIDENT cloned by UK crooks
Tripping the hack scam-plastic
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/12/paypal_pres_card_cloning_caper/

John McAfee declares war on Android
Report says next venture will expose what apps are doing to your mobe
or 'slab
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/12/john_mcafee_cognizant_for_android/

Patch Tuesday brings Microsoft fixes and Adobe Shockwave update
Critical fixes for Windows and IE among update load
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/12/patch_tuesday_brings_seven_microsoft_fixes_and_adobe_shockwave_update/

MtGox fallout bogs down Bitcoin traders as malleability issue goes
mainstream
No real risk to network as flood of traffic suspends trading for many
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/11/mtgox_fallout_bogs_down_bitcoin_traders_as_malleability_issue_goes_mainstream/

Europe shrugs off largest DDoS attack yet, traffic tops 400Gbps
NTP flaw used again, effects minimal
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/11/europe_shrugs_off_largest_ddos_attack_yet_traffic_tops_400gbps/

Survey: Just 1 in 3 Euro biz slackers meets card security standards
Yet PCI-DSS has 'largely been a failure', wails securo-bod
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/11/pci_survey_verizon/

Kaspersky rips The Mask from sneaky Spanish spy campaign
'Ooh, somebody stop me!'
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/11/mask_cyberspy_campaign/

MtGox takes heat as reasons for Bitcoin FAIL surface
Exchange continues to sort through 'transaction malleability' loophole
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/11/mtgox_takes_heat_as_bitcoin_transactions_remain_on_hold/

Barclays Bank probes 'client data sold to rogue City traders' breach
'Initial investigations' suggest 'data from 2008 or earlier'
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/10/barclays_investigates_gold_mine_client_data_breach/

Policy News

Imprisoned Norwegian mass murderer says PlayStation 2 is 'KILLING HIM'

Threatens hunger strike if kiddie-game 'hell' doesn't end

• Apple prevails in Siri marketing lawsuit
  Judge finds no evidence of deception in advertisements
• 'No representation without taxation!' urges venerable tech VC
  Tom 'Kristallnacht' Perkins: 'Iron Lady' Thatcher's poll tax would cure America's ills
• A Year of Code timeline: History of a HYPEGASM
  Comment How 'Coding for All' became 'Cash for Saul'
• Google moves to silence critics - whips out EC search settlement deal
  Claims 'significant' concessions agreed in 93-page whopper
• My smelly Valentine: Europe's perfumers wake to V-Day nightmare
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• EC officials voice doubts about Almunia's planned Google settlement deal
  Concerns could yet derail entire process

Security News

Anons escape human sewer after billionaire bog roll blag

Took down Koch-owned toilet paper business

• Kickstarter kicked by attack
  Reset passwords, people
• Fiendish Internet Explorer 10 zero-day targets US soldiers
  Malware blizzard timed to coincide with snowstorms
• Devs SLAM UK.gov's JavaScript-astic, 'shoddy' security education website
  'This is the kind of code you might write for a bet,' says critic
• Spam, a lot of it: Bubble tea is the Seoul of wit
  Something for the Weekend, Sir? South Korea’s Hall of Shame
• THOUSANDS of Tesco.com logins and passwords leaked online
  Customers locked out of accounts, some discount vouchers AWOL
• Thought mobe banking apps were safe from nasties? THINK AGAIN
  Fake SSL certs let cybercrooks hoover up login creds and redirect transactions

Science News

'The Mystery of the Martian Doughnut' solved by NASA sleuths

Definitely not a fast-growing fungus – sadly

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• LOHAN cops a faceful of Raspberry Pi
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• No, pesky lawyers, particle colliders WON'T destroy the Earth
  Let's all PANIC like it's 1999 ... or, listen to physicists instead