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The extradition of TVShack’s Richard O’Dywer: is it right?

19

Jan

2012

UK student Richard O’Dwyer is facing copyright infringement charges in the US for running TVShack.net, a site that provided links to movies and television series infringing copyright. On the 13th January, Westminster Magistrates Court confirmed that the 23-year-old could be extradited to the US for trial. This case highlights broader policy issues about US-UK extradition […]

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Is Yahoo’s $610 Million anti-spam win meaningless?

09

Dec

2011

For consumers, spam is not the big issue it once was. Improved email filtering technologies and preventative CAPTCHA tests deal with much of the unwanted inbox traffic. Even if the “You have won $100,000 in the Lottery, please send us your details to collect your prize” somehow gets through, it is easily tackled. The realisation […]

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Fresh Phish disguised as a PayPal Urgent Account Review Notification

06

Nov

2011

While browsing the web this evening waiting for thotcon 0x3 general admission tickets to go on sale, my wife’s spidey senses were tingling when she asked me, “Is this a scam?” Turning towards her monitor I see she has an email open inside her webmail account. The email has a pretty good sense of urgency […]

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