Jonathan Zittrain will debate the premise of his book ‘The Future of the Internet – and How to Stop It.’ on Thursday Nov 6 – 3.30pm-5pm – at the New America Foundation in Washington DC.
The debate will be webcast live.
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Building a Safer Web: Web Tripwires and A New Browser Architecture (webcast)
As part of the Stanford EE Computer Systems Colloquium Charlie Reis of the University of Washington will today talk about the increasing practice of intermediaries messing with web content between server & client, and ways to proscribe such. He will also talk about browser security, focusing on the deficiencies of today’s web as an application platform.
The talk, which takes place from 4:15-5:30 PST will be webcast live and thereafter be available on demand. Continue reading
StopBadware labels RealPlayer as badware
StopBadware.org, the consumer protection initiative backed by the Berkman Center and the Oxford Internet Institute, today released an alert declaring RealPlayer to be badware.
The group found inadequate disclosure of advertising behavior on RealPlayer v. 10.5 and that RealPlayer v. 11 bundles an additional application without disclosure. Continue reading
2008 kicks off with massive server malware infections
Two different pieces of malware have infected many web servers in recent days. Continue reading