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NY case underscores Wi-Fi privacy dangers (AP)

April 24th, 2011 | Author: admin

In this April 21, 2011 photo, Wi-Fi logos are shown on a computer screen search engine in Buffalo, N.Y. The poll conducted for the Wi-Fi Alliance, the industry group that promotes wireless technology standards, found that 32 percent of respondents acknowledged trying to access a Wi-Fi network that wasn’t theirs. An estimated 201 million households worldwide use Wi-Fi networks, according to the alliance. The same study, conducted by Wakefield Research, found that 40 percent said they would be more likely to trust someone with their house key than with their Wi-Fi network password. (AP Photo/David Duprey)AP – Lying on his family room floor with assault weapons trained on him, shouts of “pedophile!” and “pornographer!” stinging like his fresh cuts and bruises, the Buffalo homeowner didn’t need long to figure out the reason for the early morning wake-up call from a swarm of federal agents.


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Norway ‘bomb plot’ underscores al-Qaida pitfalls (AP)

August 29th, 2010 | Author: admin

FILE - A Monday July 26, 2010 photo from files showing David Jakobsen as he was lead out of Oslo municipal court.He is one of three presently accused of plotting acts of terrorism. When police arrested a suspected al-Qaida cell in Norway last month, they insisted the public was never in danger despite turning up the makings of a bomb lab tucked away in a nondescript Oslo apartment building. An Associated Press investigation shows authorities learned early on about the alleged cell by intercepting e-mails from an al-Qaida operative in Pakistan and — thanks to those early warnings — were able to secretly replace a key bomb-making ingredient with a harmless liquid when one of the suspects ordered it at an Oslo pharmacy. (AP Photo/Scanpix, Erlend Aas, File) ** NORWAY OUT **AP – When police arrested a suspected al-Qaida cell in Norway last month they turned up the makings of a bomb lab tucked away in a nondescript Oslo apartment building.


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