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Japan Pushes Ban What You Can’t Understand Policy With Tor

Tom Wyrick — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:30:05 +0000

A recent report from The Mainichi claims Japan’s National Police Agency (roughly equivalent to the FBI in the United States) urges ISPs to block internet connections for users found abusing Tor (The Onion Router) clients. Tor’s purpose is to create secure, anonymous connections to internet sites by splitting up the data stream and routing it […]

Apple Refuses To Publish Saga #12 On Any Of Its Apps Due To Sexual Content

Justin Davis — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 23:34:36 +0000

Brian K. Vaughn, renowned writer of c0mic books such as Y: The Last Man and Ex Machina, has released a statement saying Apple is refusing to carry tomorrow’s edition of his and Fiona Staples’s Saga on any iOS device. Apparently, two small images of gay sex in the book has prompted Apple to halt digital […]

IBM Bans Siri, Dropbox, iCloud And More

Tom Wyrick — Wed, 23 May 2012 19:26:04 +0000

Following the lead of other large businesses, IBM implemented a “bring your own device” policy in 2010, allowing employees who work outside of the office to use devices other than corporate-issued smartphones. Unfortunately, the company felt it had to follow this liberal policy with a conservative ban on technologies that IBM considered potential security issues. […]