NXDOS

NXDOS is a open source dos operating system, It is mostly complete except it needs a working FAT file system and test/debugging.

NXDOS is a opensource embedded X86 DOS operating system. Need funds for development tools.

Why would anyone want to write yet another DOS based OS, for x86 when there are plenty of free alternatives available? You could even use a slimmed down version of Linux with DOSBox.

Link (Kickstarter)

It is now illegal to run TOR exit nodes in Austria

Not only the immediate perpetrator commits a criminal action, but also anyone who appoints someone to carry it out, or anyone who otherwise contributes to the completion of said criminal action.

In other words, it’s a form of accomplice liability for criminality. It’s pretty standard to name criminal accomplices liable for “aiding and abetting” the activities of others, but it’s a massive and incredibly dangerous stretch to argue that merely running a Tor exit node makes you an accomplice that “contributes to the completion” of a crime. Under this sort of thinking, Volkswagen would be liable if someone drove a VW as the getaway car in a bank robbery. It’s a very, very broad interpretation of accomplice liability, in a situation where it clearly does not make sense.

Link (Techdirt)

Lipscomb: Do you have a penis? Guilty!

In response to a third party subpoena, the internet service provider disclosed the Defendant’s wife as the owner ofthe IP address that was allegedly downloading Plaintiff’s copyrighted movies. (Amended Complaint at ¶ 26 (Doc. No. 11)).However, Plaintiff brought suit against the Defendant, not his wife, alleging that the Defendant’s wife likely did not engage in the infringing downloads. (Id. at ¶ 28). Plaintiff suspected that since Defendant resides with his wife and had the means to use the BitTorrent in the house where the infringement emanated, he was “most likely” the person to engage in the infringement.

So basically, if you’re male, then you must have been the one who did it.

Copyright troll Lipscomb: Do you have a penis? Guilty! (Fight Copyright Trolls)

How Traffic Shaping Can Help the NSA Evade Legal Oversight

Bruce Schneier has a blog post on how traffic shaping can help the NSA evade legal oversight

New research paper on how the NSA can evade legal prohibitions against collecting Internet data and metadata on Americans by forcing domestic traffic to leave and return to the US. The general technique is called “traffic shaping,” and has legitimate uses in network management.

Another one with “free perpetual energy”

We are very dedicated to changing the world for a better purpose. With Global Warming and People getting sick from the bad air its time we made something happen. My father is the brains and i am the drive. He recently fought and as of now beat Colon Cancer so its wonderful news! yet it put us financially behind. Time is of Value as well as Money for this to come alive and start making a difference. We need $30,000.00 to get back on track! Details will be discussed if you are interested in making a change. we have every intention to move forward.

Yours truly,

David kaplar & Whitney Kaplar

Either he fought against some guy called Colon Cancer (weird name), or these people Randomly capitalize Words To make The sentences Seem interesting.

Link (Kickstarter)

Vodafone Spain using inline page injection?

Sam Nazarko has written a blog post about how he discovered that Vodafone in Spain is injecting JavaScript into every web page he browses:

I’ve started noticing requests to ’1.2.3.4′. Seeing as most ISPs use this IP internally, I thought I’d check out what’s going on.

No response to ping, and HTTP requests to that page will return a 500 status code. However I noticed this nasty:

<script src="http://1.2.3.4/bmi-int-js/bmi.js" language="javascript"></script>

This script is injected in to every HTTP page I request. When I request this web page, the server responds, identifying itself as WebProxy 6.0

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For Vodafone to do this, they must be running a transparent HTTP proxy. This likely infers they are sniffing HTTP traffic for other purposes.  It paves the way for deep packet inspection (DPI), much the same way that having a national web filter does. Vodafone can then implement infrastructure that allows the interception and modification of web pages in real time under the guise that this will deliver a better user experience.

PayPal unfreezes Protonmail funds after media storm…

Claims it was all a mistake.

Anuj Nayar, senior director of global initiatives at PayPal, told The Register that the whole furor had been caused [by] a couple of errors on its part.

Nayar added that senior executives will review procedures to make sure this doesn’t happen again.

Next time, PayPal will check if the company in question has the contacts necessary to bring this to the media, and will only freeze funds if there is little to no risk of a PR fallout.

Link (The Register)