An anonymous reader quotes Bloomberg: Demand for digital coins is soaring in Venezuela amid an escalating political crisis that has protesters demanding that President Nicolas Maduro step down. Inflation has spiraled to the triple digits, debasing the bolivar and depleting…
What Happens When Software Companies Are Liable For Security Vulnerabilities?
mikeatTB shares an article from TechRepublic: Software engineers have largely failed at security. Even with the move toward more agile development and DevOps, vulnerabilities continue to take off… Things have been this way for decades, but the status quo might…
Debian 9 (Stretch) Will Be Released Today
The Debian Project has been liveblogging today’s release of Debian 9 (Stretch) using the Twitter hashtag #releasingstretch. Some of the announcements: The oldstable suite (wheezy) has now been renamed to oldoldstableDebian jessie now been renamed to oldstable!The Debian stretch suites…
The Right To Repair Movement Is Forcing Apple To Change
The executive director of Repair.org says Apple has “decided to be nicer to consumers in order to stop them from demanding their right to repair,” according to Motherboard. Slashdot reader Jason Koebler shared this article: It’s increasingly looking like Apple…
Ask Slashdot: How Do You Prepare For The Theft Of Your PC?
A security-conscious Slashdot reader has theft insurance — but worries whether it covers PC theft. And besides the hassles of recreating every customization after restoring from backups, there’s also the issue of keeping personal data private. I currently keep important…