Advocatus Diaboli (1627651) writes For the last two years, the FBI has been quietly experimenting with drive-by hacks as a solution to one of law enforcement's knottiest Internet problems: how to identify and prosecute users of criminal websites hiding behind the powerful Tor anonymity system. The approach has borne fruit—over a dozen alleged users of Tor-based child porn sites are now headed for trial as a result. But it's also engendering controversy, with charges that the Justice Department has glossed over the bulk-hacking technique when describing it to judges, while concealing its use from defendants.

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Advocatus Diaboli (1627651) writes For the last two years, the FBI has been quietly experimenting with drive-by hacks as a solution to one of law enforcement's knottiest Internet problems: how to identify and prosecute users of criminal websites hiding behind the powerful Tor anonymity system. The approach has borne fruit—over a dozen alleged users of Tor-based child porn sites are now headed for trial as a result. But it's also engendering controversy, with charges that the Justice Department has glossed over the bulk-hacking technique when describing it to judges, while concealing its use from defendants.

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BBC:s ryskspråkiga hemsida kan komma att blockeras för ryska internetanvändare, hotar myndigheterna, sedan det brittiska medieföretaget vägrat att censurera en intervju med vad Moskva kallar en extremist.

BBC:s ryskspråkiga hemsida kan komma att blockeras för ryska internetanvändare, hotar myndigheterna, sedan det brittiska medieföretaget vägrat att censurera en intervju med vad Moskva kallar en extremist.

Cludge (981852) writes with a snippet from the BBC: "And rich they will be: With The Big Bang Theory commissioned until 2017, the show's three biggest names, Jim Parsons (Sheldon), Johnny Galecki (Leonard) and Kaley Cuoco (Penny) are guaranteed to earn $72m (£42.6m) each over the next three seasons. Unsurprisingly, the cost of producing the sitcom has spiraled." I wonder what that works out per line?

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Justin Williams wrote Thinking In Terms Of iOS 8 Size Classes shortly after WWDC this year.

Since I use and recommend Interface Builder, my work load is significantly less than those that are still living by the “write everything in code” mantra. If you find yourself still in that camp, I’d highly recommend using iOS 8, Xcode 6, and trait collections as an opportunity to get on the Interface Builder bandwagon.

Ceasefire between Lebanese army and armed groups in bordering town collapses after army post came under fire.

Ceasefire between Lebanese army and armed groups in bordering town collapses after army post came under fire.

njnnja (2833511) writes In an incredibly misguided attempt to reduce the quantity of bad reviews (such as these), the Union Street Guest House, a hotel about 2 hours outside of New York City, had instituted a policy to charge groups such as wedding parties $500 for each bad review posted online. The policy has been removed from their webpage but the wayback machine has archived the policy. "If you have booked the Inn for a wedding or other type of event anywhere in the region and given us a deposit of any kind for guests to stay at USGH there will be a $500 fine that will be deducted from your deposit for every negative review of USGH placed on any internet site by anyone in your party and/or attending your wedding or event If you stay here to attend a wedding anywhere in the area and leave us a negative review on any internet site you agree to a $500. fine for each negative review."

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A futurist says it is "possible" the Chinese could start mining for fuel on the Moon.

Den libanesiska armén har misslyckats med att återta en gränsstad som övertagits av Syrienrebeller. I stället har armén tvingats acceptera en vapenvila för att försöka få tillfångatagna soldater fria.