California is one of the few jurisdictions that is belatedly starting to do the right thing with electronic voting machines: subject them to rigorous testing by qualified computer security experts…. Read more »
Update to previous post: Starting with Vista Service Pack 1 (available in early 2008) Microsoft will no longer disable your computer if “Windows Genuine Advantage” decides that your copy of… Read more »
The continuing horror story of electronic voting machines reaches a new level of tragic absurdity: Ohio e-voting review makes a mockery of “recounts”. This illustrates the real reason why we… Read more »
The latest flap about “net neutrality” started with a test by the Associated Press which found evidence that Comcast is slowing BitTorrent traffic over its network. If this were really… Read more »
LWN.net has a good summary of the latest developments in the voting machine scandal. This has been a bad few weeks to be a voting machine vendor. Three separate governments,… Read more »
Alex Eckelberry of Sunbelt Software discusses the SPY-ACT, a bill before Congress whose purpose seems to be to legalize the Sony Rootkit and any other spyware that vendors choose to… Read more »
The Washington Post’s Rob Pegoraro describes a direct encounter with Vista’s DRM: Vista’s “Reduced Functionality” The bottom line seems to be that Woody Leonhard is right (previous posts): Microsoft can… Read more »
Woody Leonhard continues to examine the implications of Microsoft’s product activation scheme from Vista and Office 2007. If your product key is stolen, part 2 – Office Watch The obligation… Read more »
Woody Leonhard discusses the new product activation features in Microsoft Vista and Microsoft Office 2007, which allow Microsoft to remotely disable anyone’s computer at any time if they decide that… Read more »
