ISPs Removing Their Customers' Email Encryption

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/11/starttls-downgrade-attacks

Alabama voter arrested for open carry at polling place

http://personalliberty.com/alabama-voter-arrested-open-carry-polling-place/

Verizon Wireless injecting tracking UIDs into HTTP requests

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8500131

Hackers Can Take Over Your Car With This Simple $26 Device

http://jalopnik.com/hackers-can-take-over-your-car-with-this-simple-26-dev-1519896807

Beware: Never Download “Codecs” or “Players” To Watch Videos Online

http://www.howtogeek.com/198492/beware-never-download-codecs-or-players-to-watch-videos-online/

Devices being remotely wiped in police custody

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-29464889

Your USB Devices Aren’t Safe Anymore, Thanks To BadUSB [feedly]

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Your USB Devices Aren't Safe Anymore, Thanks To BadUSB
// MakeUseOf.com

If you bought a computer before 1997, you probably noticed that the back was a pock-marked mess of connectors and ports. And if you bought a new printer and scanner, odds were good it would only work with a certain type of port. And if the pins on the connector broke, your device was worthless. It was a nightmare. And then USB arrived. Universal Serial Bus (USB) was created by a consortium of seven major technology companies, all hoping to solve one important question; 'How do I connect this device to my computer?'. Almost 20 years later, USB has became...

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