Healthcare.gov violates security standards
It’s a good thing that Healthcare.gov doesn’t work, because the system is also insecure: As HealthCare.gov was being developed, crucial tests to ensure the security and privacy of customer information...
View ArticleRobot lies
I suppose programming robots to lie is a big step forward in making them behave like humans.
View ArticleHHS won’t disclose security breaches
HHS, which under the execrable Obamacare law gets to make its own rules, has decided that it will not be required to disclose any security breaches, even to the people whose information is stolen. And...
View ArticleCourt rejects net neutrality, again
The DC Court of Appeals has unanimously rejected the Obama administration’s second effort to impose network neutrality. (It unanimously rejected their first effort in 2010.) This is a good thing. In...
View ArticleObamacare malware
Just when you thought Obamacare’s woes couldn’t get any worse: U.S. intelligence agencies last week urged the Obama administration to check its new health care network for malicious software after...
View ArticleIron Beam
Years ago, liberals made an ideological commitment to the idea that missile defense was impossible. It’s easy to understand how: Reagan was for it, and liberals were against everything he was for. Why...
View ArticleIt goes without saying
If Obama won’t follow his own health care law, he certainly won’t follow his own website privacy policy. I do find it amusing that he uses the same tracking company as YouPorn.com though.
View ArticleLightSquared
The LightSquared debacle still isn’t quite over; the remains of the politically connected company are now suing the government over its denial of a permit to operate. Since I was strongly opposed to...
View ArticleNet neutrality, explained
With the recent FCC action on net neutrality, a lot of people are worked up, but almost no one seems to know what it actually means. Here is what it is all about: The Internet is a protocol for...
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