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Archive for March, 2010

The Great Content Lockdown of 2010

Posted: Wednesday, March 31st, 2010 @ 6:43 pm in autonomy, policy, web | 4 Comments »

I had an invigorating and thought-provoking chat with my good friend Oliver Roup today. We agreed that the Apple iPad is going to be an unbelievable success. I’ve thought from day one that it would be huge, but I think it will be bigger than huge. Before the end of the summer, millions of people [...]

Protecting against web history sniffing attacks: an alternative

Posted: Wednesday, March 31st, 2010 @ 11:18 am in security, web | 6 Comments »

When a web site links to another web site, the link appears in a different color, usually a lighter shade of blue, if you’ve already visited the site. Unfortunately, this means that a malicious web site can learn what sites you visit by putting up a few links and checking to see how your browser [...]