According to the Guardian, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos had his phone “hacked” in 2018 after receiving a WhatsApp message from the personal account of the crown prince of Saudi Arabia. From the report: The encrypted message from the number used by Mohammed bin Salman is believed to have included a malicious file that infiltrated the phone of the world’s richest man,…
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Open Source Initiative Co-Founder Bruce Perens Resigns, Citing Move Toward License ‘That Isn’t Freedom Respecting’
Bruce Perens (Slashdot reader #3872) co-founded the Open Source Initiative with Eric Raymond in 1998. But on Thursday Perens posted “it seems to me that the organization is rather enthusiastically headed toward accepting a license that isn’t freedom respecting. Fine, do it without me, please. “I asked Patrick to cancel my membership, and I would have unsubscribed from OSI lists, including…
Calling for Online Accountability, Columnist Decries ‘Anonymity Masquerading as Connectivity’
An anonymous reader quotes a long-time columnist for the Northwest Florida Daily News: In this age dominated by screens, we have become more prone to sitting in our cars, houses and workplaces and watching the world at a safe remove. From our couches, it’s easy to have an opinion about everything. From that safe perspective, we know everything and we can…