“MicroISV on a Shoestring” posted in September 2010 a funny and detailed review of security flaws found in the open-source Diaspora platform. Authentication != Authorization: The User Cannot Be Trusted Mass Assignment Will Ruin Your Day NoSQL Doesn’t Mean No SQL Injection Take Care With Releasing Software To End Users Is Diaspora Secure After The … Continue reading Social Network Platform Security Lessons: Why I Deleted Facebook
A Canadian airline called Air Transat gave a British passenger’s name to the American government, which resulted in him being barred from flying to England. Canadian Civil Liberties Association is expressing concerns about why Canadian airlines were willing to give passenger information to the U.S. when they are not legally obligated to do so. A … Continue reading Brit Stranded in Canada by US No-Fly List
Al Masry Al Youm has posted an update from Libya delivered via Egypt, since Libya’s Internet access has been cut. Suleiman Saghir, a Libyan who made it to Egypt’s Marsa Matrouh through Salloum, described the current events back home as “atrocious and unimaginable.” He said hunderds of Libyans have sought refuge in Egypt since the … Continue reading Libyans Flee to Egypt, Release Evidence of Crimes
Reuters reveals an interesting African development related to protests in the Middle East and mobile communication: Uganda has ordered phone companies to intercept text messages with words or phrases including “Egypt”, “bullet,” and “people power” ahead of Friday’s elections that some fear may turn violent. “Messages containing such words, when encountered by the network or … Continue reading SMS protest language censored by phone companies in Uganda