This is an amazing one, and I'll actually use his name for it, because on occasion he does good things: (stopped clock accurate twice a day?) TRUMP ELIMINATES INTEREST ON STUDENT LOANS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE! Details have yet to be finalized, but I'll bet the loan companies are screaming.

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To the best of my knowledge, it is not Tom Hanks that ( Read more... )

Basically, the NSA doesn't want to watch communications on a computer-by-computer basis. They tap backbones, the connections where huge amounts of information flows between internet servers. They tap major ISPs. Your computer? Chump change. If they know what you're saying to other people, they don't really need to tap your computer. And the ( Read more... )

Yesterday afternoon a post went up on Slashdot wherein this guy wails that he always has to restart his Linksys WRT54G wireless router. And my first thought is: "Whaa? Nani?" What the heck is this guy talking about? I've been using that router for ages, I've recommended it to others who've used them and they've been pretty much trouble-free ( Read more... )

In this case, we're talking about The Onion Router from the EFF.