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by FranTaylor

The government doesn’t think that your data is something that should be protected from unreasonable search, you shouldn’t either.

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by Technician

Maybe it’s because all the more recent clients are supporting encryption by default?
Your snail mail is able to deliver packages in plain brown wrappers. Online the delivery is in clear plastic baggies and carried by many people besides the government post office. In addition, third parties are able to examine your packets. Now that [...]

First HD video footage of the moon

The Japanese probe “Kaguya” has delivered stunning HD video footage while in orbit around the moon.
Wish we could get the same of Mars…

How to get the most out of Excel

Joseph Rubin’s Exceltip.com is completely packed with Excel tips. The site is very user-friendly, and opting to sort the data by version of Excel makes the most immediate use out of the overall abundance of data.

Hushmail not as secure as advertised

As reported by Wired and The Register, Hushmail’s service is compromised. Passwords can be freely had by using the non-Java configuration (along with a court order), and even using the Java configuration may not be trustworthy any longer due to backdoor embedding possibilities.

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by fyngyrz

Considerably more germane to how the US is supposed to work than a religious quote, the constitution has this to say:
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, [...]