Few days ago, someone called me up and asked me to delete some contents from my Pinoy Bloggers Directory site because according to him the content is libelous. I asked him about the content and he gave me the link to the Yahoo! archived page.
I then checked the archived page and I found out that [...]
Stay Safe, Avoid Libel
SELaplana, 8 August 2007 Learn Lessons from Halvar Flake’s Entry to US
A German hacker, Thomas Dullien who is known as Halvar Flakes, was denied entry to the US when the custom detected the training materials he’s bringing with for the Black Hat USA Conference.
The problem actually, according to the post of Mr. Dullien on his blog, was the way he enter US.
Had there been an agreement [...]
Mozilla’s Latest Firefox Security Issue
A security issue was raised about the latest release of the Mozilla’s Firefox browsers and is now currently examined by Mozilla.
We are currently investigating an issue on Windows XP, where some urls for “web” protocols that contain %00 launch the wrong handler and appear to be able to launch local programs, with limited argument passing.
To [...]
Google Cookies To Expire After 2 Years
Today, Google announced that they will start to reduce the lifetime of users cookies up to 2 years. However, we should note that every time you visit Google, the cookie will be automatically be updated. The 2 years expiration will only be applicable if you’ll not revisit the site. So, just like what almost all [...]
Comments For Sale?
It might be true that bloggers need commenters or commentators so that their blog will be looked like much active. This is the reason why bloggers employ some ways that will encourage reader to drop their comments regarding the posts they’re reading.
But what about if someone will only say, “hi! nice site”, “informative site” and [...]
Beware of BotNet Attack
What is botnet?
A botnet is a collection of compromised computers under the remote command and control of a criminal “botherder.” Most owners of the compromised computers are unknowing and unwitting victims. They have unintentionally allowed unauthorized access and use of their computers as a vehicle to facilitate other crimes, such as identity theft, denial of [...]
Something Wrong with Privacy Accusation Against Google
Privacy International accused Google’s stand on privacy sucks. In an open letter to Google, Privacy International said:
You may be aware that Privacy International yesterday published its first privacy ranking of leading companies operating on the Internet. Google Inc performed very poorly, scoring lowest among the other major companies that we surveyed.
I am confused about this [...]
