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anyone bought a raspberry pi yet ?
how does it go
what can you do with it !
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anyone bought a raspberry pi yet ?
how does it go
what can you do with it !
teddybear
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What is about:blank, and how do I get rid of it?
I'm too dumb to understand the "Dummies" books. I think
I am running Windows 7. I get the "about:blank" whenever I log on IE. I didn't even know it was a 'whatever ' until recently. What is a simple, fool-proof way to get rid of it?
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I almost discarded this question because it starts withone of the things that frustrates the heck out of me. Please: never, ever refer to yourself as too dumb. You're admitting defeat before you even start and that really makes it difficult for me or people like me to get enthused about even thinking about your question. I don't care who you are – you're not too dumb. With that mini-rant out of the way, let's talk about about :blank – it confuses many people (who, by the way, aren't dumb Continue reading: What is about:blank, and how do I get rid of it? http://ask-leo.com/C5362
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How do I back up my Truecrypt encrypted data?
I'm very confused about Truecrypt and how I should back
it up. Do I back up the files? The container? What if I'm using whole-drive encryption? How do I back up the encrypted stuff? I'm very confused.
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That's actually a condensation of several questionsthat I get about Truecrypt and backing up. Backing up is critical, without a doubt. But when you're using Truecrypt to protect sensitive data, there's no one answer on exactly how you should be backing up. It depends a lot on exactly how you're backing up and But first, we have to start with a clear understanding of the two ways that Truecrypt can work and how that looks on disk. Continue reading: How do I back up my Truecryp encrypted data? http://ask-leo.com/C5361
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How do I boot from CD/DVD?
I burned DBAN to a CD, and then rebooted the machine
with the CD inserted in the drive. To my surprise it just booted right back into Windows. What gives? How do I get the computer to boot up from the CD?
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This is actually a pretty common problem with arelatively simple solution. Your computer's BIOS needs to be instructed to check for a bootable CD or DVD before it tries to load whatever is on the hard drive. Right now your computer is configured to either ignore the CD/DVD at boot time, or check the hard disk first. And since there's something bootable on the hard disk - namely Windows - that's what it boots into. As I said, a simple solution conceptually. The devil, as they say, is in the details. Continue reading: How do I boot from CD/DVD? http://ask-leo.com/C5356
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EFF Newsletter-teddybear says will Australia follow suite ?
tuesday, may 22, 2012
EFF Newsletter-teddybear says will Australia follow suite !
In our 609th issue:
Local Governments Have
The Federal Aviation Administration estimates
that there may be as many as 30,000
drones in the U.S. by the year 2020. The
FAA's loosened restrictions -- coupled with
the Department of Homeland Security and
Department of Justice issuing grants for local
police forces to buy unmanned aircraft --
means it's imperative that local governments
act swiftly to ban surveillance drones outright
or institute robust safeguards for their citizens
Americans cannot afford to wait for the FAA or Congress to act.
The Netherlands Passes Net
Neutrality Legislation
New legislation in the Netherlands makes it the
guage that restricts when ISPs can wiretap their
users, and limits the circumstances under
which ISPs can cut off a subscriber's Internet
access altogether. The Dutch law comes after
vigorous campaigning by civil society groups, i
ncluding influential digital rights group Bits of
Freedom.
U.S. Law Professors Cast
Further
Pre-Review
Fifty leading U.S. legal scholars have cast fresh
doubt on the constitutionality of the Anti-
Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) in an
open letter to the Senate Finance Committee.
At issue is whether the Office of the United States
Trade Representative had authority to enter into
the controversial IP enforcement agreement on
behalf of the United States when the Deputy
U.S. Trade Ambassador signed ACTA in October
2011. The law professors say no, and call on the
Senators to "exercise your constitutional
responsibility to ensure that ACTA is submitted
to the Senate for approval as an Article II treaty
, or to the Congress as an ex-post Congressional
-Executive Agreement."
EFF Updates
Under a new privacy policy, Twitter will be
suggesting accounts for Twitter users to follow
based on data collected from an individual's
browsing habits
on websites that have embedded Twitter
buttons. While this is sure to garner scrutiny
from the press and public, Twitter is also
taking a pioneering step toward respecting
users' privacy choices: it has committed to
respecting Do Not Track -- a simple browser
setting users can turn on to tell website they
don’t want to be tracked.
According to a recent investigation by the
Swedish news show Uppdrag Granskning,
Sweden's telecommunications giant Teliasonera
is the latest Western company revealed to be
colluding with authoritarian regimes by selling
them high-tech surveillance gear to spy on its
citizens. Teliasonera has allegedly enabled
the governments of Belarus, Uzbekistan,
Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Georgia and Kazakhstan
to spy on journalists, union leaders, and
members of the political opposition.
This December, the International
Telecommunication Union (ITU) will hold
the World Conference on International
Telecommunications, an all-important treaty
writing event where ITU Member States will
discuss the proposed revisions to the
International Telecommunication Regulations
(ITR). But media reports indicate that some
proposed amendments to the ITR -- a
egotiation that is already well underway -- could
potentially expand the ITU's mandate to
encompass the Internet.
Iran continues its march towards a "Halal Internet";
Ustream underscores its commitment to freedom
of expression and responds to a crippling DDoS
attack of expression and adding a Russian
language option; and a Brazilian newspaper
uses trademark law to silence a parody website.
miniLinks
In Wired magazine: To expose and intimidate dissidents
, Gadhafi's spy network tracked every communication
in and out of Libya. But the insurgents knew how to
fight back.
The Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether
plaintiffs represented by the ACLU have the right t
challenge the constitutionality of a controversial law
that authorizes the National Security Agency to
conduct dragnet surveillance of Americans
international emails and phone calls.
Ars Technica covers TPP, or "ACTA plus", and
what activists and civil society groups are doing
to stop it.
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A free monthly newsletter providing summaries,
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