In brief:
* TV no-show for networks that are too slow (2012-Oct-15) [The Age]
… The huge audience drop for Homeland raises serious questions about the challenges facing traditional TV. The brutal reality is this: content that has screened in other parts of the world is increasingly subject to online piracy and other bypassing platforms such as iTunes, DVD and websites that allow internet browsers to get around “geo-blocks” on content. …
* Unmasking Reddit’s Violentacrez, The Biggest Troll on the Web (2012-Oct-12) [Gawker]
Oops!
* MSD’s Leaky Servers (2012-Oct-14) [http://publicaddress.net]
“… This stuff was all a few clicks away at any WINZ kiosk, anywhere in the country. The privacy breach is massive, and the safety of vulnerable children was put at risk. …“
* MSD shuts Winz kiosks after lax security exposed (2012-Oct-15) [NZ Herald]
“… The exposure of the lax security comes just a week after Minister of Social Development Paula Bennett announced the Government will work to “better share” information on vulnerable children. …“
A combination of security errors;
1.) A network that was not secured/lacking boundaries between the corporate and public facing computers
2.) File shares with no authentication
Some reading/listening:
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Something from Bandcamp:
