Links for 2011-02-16
Tom Morris – Request for comment: a ‘Good API’ checklist and committee : Sane suggestions for good HTTP APIs
(tags: apis http rest open-data)Votomatic : Brilliant! “find out which political parties are compatible with you.” The app asks a few questions, you furnish survey-style responses, and it figures out which party is closest in published policy. It works quite well, determining that my optimum is Labour (correct)
(tags: policies politics ireland voting elections surveys)How a Remote Town in Romania Has Become Cybercrime Central | Magazine : the story of Ramnicu Valcea — Romania’s Silicon Valley of phishing
(tags: ramnica-valcea crime romania wired security spam phishing)U.S. Government Shuts Down 84,000 Websites, ‘By Mistake’ | TorrentFreak : DHS/ICE domain seizures suffer a serious false positive problem, resulting in the seizure and shutting down of 84,000 subdomains of a free DNS provider, replacing them with a banner accusing the site of trafficking in child porn. whoops!
(tags: dhs ice censorship internet domains dns seizure false-positives child-porn)Israeli general claims Stuxnet attacks as one of his successes : ‘Haaretz reports [on a] video that was played at a party organized for General Gabi Ashkenazi’s last day on the job. The video contained references to the successes he achieved during his stint as chief of staff, [including] the Stuxnet worm attack on Iran’s uranium enrichment facility at Natanz and and the nuclear reactor at Bushehr.’
(tags: israel iran stuxnet cyberwar via:slashdot malware)
Adrian Colley said,
February 16, 2011 @ 8:41 pm
Votomatic have a good idea, but I’m disturbed by the fact that they don’t publish any information on their data collection practices, while they encourage users to upload sensitive personal data (i.e. political opinions).
Justin Mason said,
February 17, 2011 @ 10:53 am
good point Adrian. hmm, I’ll ask them about that….
Justin Mason said,
February 17, 2011 @ 11:57 am
their response:
‘I admit that we are lacking clarity on how we handle potentially sensitive data. We are taking steps today to rectify the situation and we will be posting a detailed privacy policy on the website later on.’