By Blake Neff LinkedIn has become the latest company to be rocked by a massive security breach, as a hacker has put an astonishing 117 million user emails and passwords up for sale. The hack in question, which was first reported by Motherboard, traces back to 2012, when 6.5 million LinkedIn passwords were stolen and…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By GRANT PHILLIPS Liberal media personalities and pages often make claims that appeal to emotion but also contain a very small inkling of fact. Many of them appear to be true on the surface, but a little bit of source checking and scrutiny more often proves them to be patently…
Pope Francis recently praised the internet, social networks, and text messaging as “a gift from God.” While his intentions are well motivated, it’s another instance where this pope has failed to give proper due to free markets. “E-mails, text messages, social networks and chats can also be fully human forms of communication,” the pope said in…
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China’s Internet Censorship Agency has a theme song and it’s nearly as funny as it is creepy. The video, which includes English subtitles, shows a choir lauding the greatness of China and the power of the internet. They keep watch “night and day” to keep the internet safe and protect China’s image. The fact that…
What does this cookie look like to you? If you answered a polar bear wearing a scarf– congratulations, you’re normal. Some see something much more sinister. Some believe this cookie is a polar bear with its throat slit. Because that makes sense. It all started with an idiotic Imgur post of this picture and caption:…
Steve Ambrose A prominent digital privacy group has alleged that the FBI was behind a breach that occurred last year on the their network, and that they might have paid a $1 million prize to Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) for showing them how to do it. The Tor Project — who administrates over Tor, an…
#StopTheNSA Keith Farrell A large campaign against mass surveillance is coordinating call-ins and emails to Congress today. The cooperative effort is being undertaken by a group of leading tech giants, social media companies and civil rights groups. Mozilla, Reddit, the ACLU, Twitter, Amnesty International and Greenpeace are just some of the notable partners. The campaign…