"Code kennt keine Fairness" - Larry Lessig on democracy in virtual worlds. And perhaps worth considering for the advocates of the eternal "Code is Law" approach on the net.
Archive 28. June 2007
EU and USA have reached agreements on the transfer of flight passenger and financial data - the data trading continues. What can all be justified with the fight against terrorism and how the politicians' brains turn off (do they really believe that no economic espionage would be added to this, or do they just not give a shit?), is frightening. What do we actually have representatives of the people for, if they then behave like traitors to the people?
'Intel Core 2' - buggy as hell, according to Theo. And well, if that guy knows one thing, it's exploitable bugs.
Millionenschaden durch manipulierte Geldautomaten - if you're affected, have fun discussing it with the bank. Because they still assume that ATMs are secure and the customer is initially suspected of fraud. Because that's the best way to deal with customers who have a problem.