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Americans are one step closer to a national contact tracing app for Covid-19

Vox

If someone with Wyoming’s app tests positive, their keys are uploaded to a server and can be accessed by devices using apps from Delaware , New Jersey , New York , North Carolina , North Dakota , Pennsylvania , and parts of California that are participating in a pilot program. Open Sourced is made possible by Omidyar Network.

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Technology Short Take 153

Scott Lowe

This article contains some good information on IPv6 for those who are just starting to get more familiar with it, although toward the end it turns into a bit of an advertisement. Although Linux is often considered to be superior to Windows and macOS with regard to security, it is not without its own security flaws. Networking.

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The Hacker Mind: Shellshock

ForAllSecure

How could open source software be vulnerable for so long? That meant I tested the release candidates -- not the final product you’d buy in the stores - for consumer-grade antivirus programs, desktop firewalls, and desktop Intrusion detection systems. And it's a doozy program.

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The Hacker Mind: Shellshock

ForAllSecure

How could open source software be vulnerable for so long? That meant I tested the release candidates -- not the final product you’d buy in the stores - for consumer-grade antivirus programs, desktop firewalls, and desktop Intrusion detection systems. And it's a doozy program.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Shall We Play A Game?

ForAllSecure

Hammond: So I kind of got a little bit more inquisitive and a lot more curious and wanting to learn and understand more about the technology in front of the computers, the programs that I would use on a day to day basis. Hammond: Yeah, it's funny I see it advertised as like hey it's for middle school and high school students.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Shall We Play A Game?

ForAllSecure

Hammond: So I kind of got a little bit more inquisitive and a lot more curious and wanting to learn and understand more about the technology in front of the computers, the programs that I would use on a day to day basis. Hammond: Yeah, it's funny I see it advertised as like hey it's for middle school and high school students.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Reverse Engineering Smart Meters

ForAllSecure

It's not network security where you can download a spec or code and analyze it on your Linux box. And then I've seen other ones that have been advertised that are, you know, that people tell me about that are available in other areas. Something like this, Vamosi: I'm always curious about the barrier to entry. To this research.