![]() a pro-privacy handset being developed by Spanish startup Geeksphone, in partnership with U.S. ![]() > FIRST LOOK: A closer look at Blackphone, the Android smartphone that simplifies privacy, by Natasha Lomas: ". say data needed in lawsuits challenging such surveillance Wall Street Journal > Obama officials seek to hold NSA phone records longer. > NSA reform advocates oppose White House proposal to hand data to FBI The Guardian > Government still pretending that letting phone companies hold mass surveillance data would improve privacy TechDirt ![]() Of the three options for relocating the data, two of them - with phone companies or another government agency - appear most technically possible." Wall Street Journal But failure to agree on one of them would leave only the option of abolishing the program, which would be a setback for intelligence agencies and other backers of the surveillance effort. None of the three options for relocating the data have gained universal favor. > That which does not kill bitcoin makes bitcoin stronger Tom Robinson > PRIVACY PRIMER: White House weighs four options for revamping NSA telephone surveillance, by Siobhan Gorman, Devlin Barrett: "Administration lawyers have presented the White House with four options for restructuring the National Security Agency's phone-surveillance program, from ditching the controversial collection altogether to running it through the telephone companies. Gox won't take bitcoin down with it Mashable > Senator Charles Schumer calls for bitcoin ban in letter to financial regulators Forbes > The Mt Gox bitcoin scandal is the best thing to happen to bitcoin in years The Guardian > Everything you need to know about the latest bitcoin crisis WaPo Gox never resumed service before going dormant on Tuesday, leaving customers unable to recover their funds." Reuters At least three exchanges were forced to halt withdrawals of bitcoins on February 7, including Mt. In the attacks - known as distributed denial of service attacks - hackers overwhelmed bitcoin exchanges by sending thousands of phantom transactions. ![]() Gox, other bitcoin exchanges, and businesses that deal in bitcoin to seek information on how they handled recent cyber attacks, a source familiar with the probe said on Wednesday. Gox, other bitcoin businesses: source, by Emily Flitter: "Manhattan Attorney Preet Bharara has sent subpoenas to Mt. > RSA security attack demo deep-fries Apple Mac components NetworkWorld > LIBERTY & JUSTICE: Attorney subpoenaed Mt. ![]() > Apple makes big improvements in iOS management tools for enterprise and education TechCrunch Apple delivered the final security update for Snow Leopard in September 2013." Computerworld Snow Leopard was also ignored in December, when Apple patched Safari 6 and 7 for newer editions of OS X, but did not update Safari 5.1.10, the most-current Apple browser for the OS. Apple provided Snow Leopard security updates for slightly more than four years, just four months shy of the record set by Tiger (OS X 10.4), which received its final fixes in September 2009. As Apple issued an update for Mavericks, or OS X 10.9, as well as for its two predecessors, Mountain Lion (10.8) and Lion (10.7), Apple had nothing for Snow Leopard or its owners yesterday. > LEFT OUT IN THE SNOW: Apple retires Snow Leopard from support, leaves 1 in 5 Macs vulnerable to attacks, by Gregg Keizer: "Apple on Tuesday made it clear that it will no longer patch OS X 10.6, aka Snow Leopard, when it again declined to offer a security update for the four-and-a-half-year-old operating system. > Welcome to Googletown Mountain View, Calif. > Mountain View City Council inks deal with Google for new Wi-Fi network San Jose Mercury News Google announces Project Ara developers' conference, taking place online via live webstream April 15-16 Android Police ![]()
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