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Heartbleed and Internet Security
The so-called Heartbleed security flaw has revealed every user’s worst nightmare about security on the Internet. Should somebody take charge?
By Warren Olney • • 51m ListenThe so-called Heartbleed security flaw has revealed every user’s worst nightmare about security on the Internet. If we’re already vulnerable now, what’s going to happen when electrical grids and driverless cars are operated online? Should somebody take charge, or is it better when nobody can?
Also, NATO establishes military patrols along the eastern borders of NATO countries, and the NYPD shuts down its controversial surveillance program that targeted Muslim communities following 9/11.
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3 storiesNATO Searches for Options in the Ukraine
Since Russia first moved to seize Crimea from its neighbor, Ukraine, NATO has warned about threats to peace.
Read the story8 minHeartbleed Bug Reignites Debate over Net Security, Governance
Every Internet user has now been warned: change all your passwords. Two thirds of all websites could be vulnerable to a security flaw called Heartbleed. Then again, they might not.
Read the story36 minNYPD Scraps Program that Surveilled Muslims
After 3000 people were killed and the World Trade Center was brought to the ground, the New York Police Department established a special unit to conduct non-stop surveillance in Muslim neighborhoods.
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