Privacy is a stateside return
US lawmakers have proposed a bill on privacy surprise this week, in a move that would see the powers of snooping in the current line FBI slowed considerably, to the delight of the defenders of privacy across the country. The "law on online communications and the protection Geolocation" seems to have the support of all parties in the House of Representatives, and would require enforcement officers nosy law to seek a warrant before sift accounts mail or access mobile location data from the American public.
Those behind the bill argue that it would be a logical extension of the fourth amendment, which guarantees freedom of searches. If a greater privacy online is certainly something to celebrate, the bill does not appear to be in contradiction with the CISPA legislation rightly criticized, is still making waves uncomfortable in the United States.
Oracle caught again
Java has unfortunately succeeded in strengthening its reputation as one of the security flaws prone pieces of software on the market, with Oracle still forced to issue another emergency update to consolidate its leaks. The last update was rushed on Oracle HQ earlier this week, following news of new critical vulnerabilities in Java software. Java problems were responsible for a series of high profile hacking recent incidents, with companies including Apple, Facebook and Twitter all fall victim.
The last error concerns a vulnerability that allowed users running Java software in their browser open to attack after visiting a malicious Web page, to confidential information and the integrity of the system at risk - nothing too serious, then!
machine Chinese censorship revealed
A group of US researchers believe they have discovered the full scale and sophistication of online censorship regime in China, after studying the activity of Sina Weibo, the Chinese equivalent of Twitter. According to the team, "tweets" controversial and unwanted are usually removed from the site within 30 minutes, with the majority disappearing within 5-10 minutes.
This is a shocking example of the growing trend of private companies to self-censorship in China, evade the state of anger by using huge censorship teams - according to research, Sina Weibo censors would need until 40 to track the number of messages posted on the site that need testing.
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