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115 messages starting Feb 01 18 and ending Feb 28 18
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Thursday, 01 February

Xerox Is No More, Will Now Merge Into Japan's Fujifilm Dave Farber
Now even YouTube serves ads with CPU-draining cryptocurrency miners Dave Farber
NYC bill would make non-English language access required at public meetings Dave Farber

Friday, 02 February

Philadelphia smears Crisco on lampposts to deter Super Bowl fans. How did we come to this? | Cities | The Guardian Dave Farber
Re Philadelphia smears Crisco on lampposts to deter Super Bowl fans. How did we come to this? | Cities | The Guardian Dave Farber
'Fiction is outperforming reality': how YouTube's algorithm distorts truth | Technology | The Guardian Dave Farber
How the Spies Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Fitbit Dave Farber
Re Philadelphia smears Crisco on lampposts to deter Super Bowl fans. How did we come to this? | Cities | The Guardian Dave Farber
Re How the Spies Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Fitbit Dave Farber

Saturday, 03 February

The good economic news is actually bad. Here's why. Dave Farber
Artificial Brain Synapses Replicated in a Chip Dave Farber
Warnings as Trump administration hardens nuclear policy against Russia | US news | The Guardian Dave Farber
Re The good economic news is actually bad. Here's why. Dave Farber
How the U.S. Would Launch a Nuclear Strike Dave Farber

Sunday, 04 February

Re Nationalizing the imaginary 5G Network? Dave Farber
Re The good economic news is actually bad. Here's why. Dave Farber
Re How the Spies Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Fitbit Dave Farber

Monday, 05 February

NYTimes: I Helped Sell the False Choice of War Once. It’s Happening Again. Dave Farber
George Soros | Remarks delivered at the World Economic Forum Dave Farber
Exclusive: U.S. consumer protection official puts Equifax probe on ice - sources Dave Farber
Re How the Spies Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Fitbit Dave Farber
Re How the Spies Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Fitbit Dave Farber

Tuesday, 06 February

Re How the Spies Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Fitbit Dave Farber
Re How the Spies Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Fitbit Dave Farber
OII: Polarization, Partisanship and Junk News Consumption over Social Media in the US Dave Farber
Google Agrees to $2 Billion-Plus Chelsea Market Deal - Bloomberg Dave Farber

Wednesday, 07 February

John Perry Barlow, Internet Pioneer, 1947-2018 | Electronic Frontier Foundation Dave Farber
DHS exec: Russians penetrated US voter registrations in '16 Dave Farber
Re John Perry Barlow, Internet Pioneer, 1947-2018 | Electronic Frontier Foundation Dave Farber

Thursday, 08 February

WEBCAST TODAY: John Perry Barlow 2008 Lecture ‘The First Internet Election’ at NYU Dave Farber
Can The States Really Pass Their Own Net Neutrality Laws? Here's Why I Think Yes. Dave Farber
Samsung and Roku Smart TVs Vulnerable to Hacking, Consumer Reports Finds Dave Farber
Digital Preservation: Business Models and Financial Incentive on Livestream ISOC NYC Dave Farber
Cable operator Fidelity Communications admits it that secretly created the fake-grassroots "Stop City-Funded Internet" campaign to kill Missouri municipal net Dave Farber
Re Can The States Really Pass Their Own Net Neutrality Laws? Here's Why I Think Yes. Dave Farber
Quantum computers will never overcome noise issues? Dave Farber

Friday, 09 February

CLOUD Act: A Dangerous Expansion of Police Snooping on Cross-Border Data Dave Farber
Re Quantum computers will never overcome noise issues? Dave Farber
Re Can The States Really Pass Their Own Net Neutrality Laws? Here's Why I Think Yes. Dave Farber
Talk is cheap: the myth of the focus group Dave Farber

Saturday, 10 February

CLOUD Act: A Dangerous Expansion of Police Snooping on Cross-Border Data Dave Farber
How a Low-Level Apple Employee Leaked Some of the iPhone's Most Sensitive Code - Motherboard Dave Farber

Monday, 12 February

Facial Recognition Is Accurate, if You're a White Guy Dave Farber
Russian Scientists Arrested for Using Nuclear Weapon Facility to Mine Bitcoins Dave Farber
45 admin threatens to ban outlet when reporter refuse to censor facts – and does it Dave Farber
Re CLOUD Act: A Dangerous Expansion of Police Snooping on Cross-Border Data Dave Farber
Re Facial Recognition Is Accurate, if You're a White Guy Dave Farber

Tuesday, 13 February

White Paper Points Out Just How Irresponsible 'Responsible Encryption' Is Dave Farber
Even after bedbugs are eradicated, their waste lingers | Science News Dave Farber
Insider trading has been rife on Wall Street, academics conclude Dave Farber
Fwd: [Dewayne-Net] Stronger Than Steel, Able to Stop a Speeding Bullet - It's Super Wood! Dave Farber
More Than 4,000 Government Websites Infected With Covert Cryptocurrency Miner Dave Farber
Computer ethics Dave Farber

Wednesday, 14 February

Re Computer ethics Dave Farber

Thursday, 15 February

WH Science Advisor, Age 31, Has a Political Science Degree Dave Farber
Somewhere in Between Dave Farber
House Republicans Just Voted to Eliminate the Only Federal Agency That Makes Sure Voting Machines Can't Be Hacked Dave Farber
EFF Report: Law Enforcement Use of Face Recognition Threatens Civil Liberties, Disproportionately Affects People of Color Dave Farber
"Bacow May Be Harvard's New President, But It's The Entrenched Bureaucracy That Runs the Show," Silverglate for WGBH News, 2/15/18 Dave Farber
Someone Is Sending Amazon Sex Toys to Strangers. Amazon Has No Idea How to Stop It. Dave Farber
Well worth reading and trying to understand Re Quantum computers will never overcome noise issues? Dave Farber

Friday, 16 February

Re Someone Is Sending Amazon Sex Toys to Strangers. Amazon Has No Idea How to Stop It. Dave Farber
NSF award abstract data point Dave Farber
Facebook’s ‘Protect’ feature on iOS essentially installs spyware on iPhone and iPad DAVID FARBER
Skype bug could allow malicious attacker ‘system’ level access, Microsoft says fix is ‘too much work’ DAVID FARBER

Saturday, 17 February

Stop Saying 'Smart Cities' Dave Farber
Re Quantum computers will never overcome noise issues? Dave Farber
Parkland school shooting survivors give voice to a nation's outrage - CNN DAVID FARBER

Sunday, 18 February

Nuclear risk at its highest since Cuban missile crisis, says ex-energy secretary Dave Farber
Re Stop Saying 'Smart Cities' Dave Farber
Project Loon team gave Puerto Rico connectivity—and assembled a helicopter | Ars Technica Dave Farber
Re Stop Saying 'Smart Cities' Dave Farber
Re Stop Saying 'Smart Cities' Dave Farber
Federal Judge Says Embedding a Tweet Can Be Copyright Infringement | Electronic Frontier Foundation DAVID FARBER

Monday, 19 February

Former CIA Chief Admits US Meddling In Foreign Elections "For Their Own Good" Dave Farber
The NY Times Fires Tech Writer Quinn Norton, and It's Complicated Dave Farber
Editorial: Gold-Plated Travel Should Not Be Standard Government Issue Dave Farber
Chinese and US officials scuffled over 'nuclear football' during 2017 Trump visit – report | World news | The Guardian Dave Farber
Graph Analysis of Russian Twitter Trolls using Neo4j * 4:30PM, Wed Feb 21, 2018 in Gates B03 Dave Farber
Re Editorial: Gold-Plated Travel Should Not Be Standard Government Issue Dave Farber
Re The NY Times Fires Tech Writer Quinn Norton, and It's Complicated Dave Farber

Tuesday, 20 February

The Car of the Future Will Sell Your Data Dave Farber
Aliens, Bigfoot, Illuminati: Do Conspiracy Theories Stand Up? - Bloomberg Dave Farber
The First Step Toward a Personal Memory Maker? - The New York Times Dave Farber
Re The Car of the Future Will Sell Your Data Dave Farber
Money Laundering Via Author Impersonation on Amazon? Dave Farber
Cockamamie #broadband pricing from #Cox. Dave Farber
FRe The Car of the Future Will Sell Your Data Dave Farber
Re Cockamamie #broadband pricing from #Cox. Dave Farber

Wednesday, 21 February

America First? To the World, It’s Eighth - Knowledge@Wharton Dave Farber
‘I am not a crisis actor’: Florida teens fire back at right-wing conspiracy theorists - The Washington Post Dave Farber

Friday, 23 February

Re Cockamamie #broadband pricing from #Cox. Dave Farber
NYTimes: The Myth of the Hacker-Proof Voting Machine Dave Farber
US Border Patrol Hasn’t Validated E-Passport Data For Years Dave Farber
Silicon Valley Billionaire Wants You Off His Stretch Of The California Coastline Dave Farber

Saturday, 24 February

Apple moves to store iCloud keys in China, raising human rights fears Dave Farber
The Evolution of Public Key Cryptography * 4:30PM, Wed Feb 28, 2018 in Gates B03 Dave Farber
Switzerland makes it illegal to boil a live lobster Dave Farber
Fwd: Is this an argument for or against technology literacy for everyone? :-) Dave Farber
Fwd: A cybersecurity style guide Dave Farber

Sunday, 25 February

Russia hacked the Olympics and tried to make it look like North Korea did it Dave Farber
Connecticut Hunting Down Online Shoppers Who Didn't Pay Sales Tax Dave Farber
A cybersecurity style guide Dave Farber
Re A cybersecurity style guide Dave Farber
FwThe Guardian view on Neanderthals: we were not alone Dave Farber
Bloomberg: New Jersey Transit’s Hidden Danger: Bad Brakes, Bare Wires, Rotten Parts Dave Farber
Children struggle to hold pencils due to too much tech, doctors say Dave Farber
Re IT IS NOT TECH —Children struggle to hold pencils due to too much tech, doctors say Dave Farber

Monday, 26 February

AT&T loses years-long quest to cripple FTC authority over telecoms | Ars Technica Dave Farber

Tuesday, 27 February

Face Off: Law Enforcement Use of Face Recognition Technology Dave Farber
Needed Barlow quote favorites? Dave Farber

Wednesday, 28 February

The Washington Post: We studied thousands of anonymous posts about the Parkland attack — and found a conspiracy in the making Dave Farber
The Feds Can Now (Probably) Unlock Every iPhone Model In Existence Dave Farber
No climate change? To the Dismay of Some, Spring Comes Early in the U.S. Dave Farber
Re MAYBE NOT. The Feds Can Now (Probably) Unlock Every iPhone Model In Existence Dave Farber