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Monthly Archives: September 2007

Will hacked iPhones become iBricks?

19th
Sep. ร— โ€™07
By Kevin A. Thompson
Jacqui Cheng’s article at Ars Technica points out the dilemma facing consumers who want to hack their iPhones so they are not tied to Apple’s exclusive service provider in the USA, AT&T. While hacks are available, they are quasi-legal at best. And, users who do it face the possibility that their $600/$400 iPhone could become [...]
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Video on National Security Letters

15th
Sep. ร— โ€™07
By Kevin A. Thompson
The Bill of Rights Defense Committee has put together a 26-minute video entitled “FBI Unbound: How National Security Letters Violate Our Privacy”, which can be viewed online or ordered on DVD.ย  It features interviews with Lisa Graves, Bruce Fein, and George Christian, who actually received one of these letters and can talk about it. Hat [...]
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