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Moderne TLS-Verbindungen nutzen üblicherweise das AES-GCM-Verschlüsselungsverfahren. Das benötigt einen sogenannten Nonce-Wert, der sich nicht wiederholen darf. Ansonsten ist die Sicherheit dahin. (SSL, IBM)

Finnland und Deutschland sollen näher zusammenwachsen - mit Hilfe einer schnellen Unterwasser-Glasfaserverbindung in der Ostsee. Die Kapazität entspricht der von einer Milliarde ISDN-Anschlüssen. Die Leitung ist in Frankfurt und Helsinki eröffnet worden. (Glasfaser, DE-CIX)

Unter der US-Stadt Dallas verläuft ein Gasleitungsnetz, das an hunderten Stellen leckgeschlagen ist. Mit Hilfe von Googles Streetview-Fahrzeugen, die die Straßen durchfahren, ist mit eingebauten Sensoren eine Karte mit den Erdgaskonzentrationen erstellt worden. (Google Street View, Technologie)

Wäre es nicht schön, alle Menschen auf der Welt unabhängig von ihrer Sprache zu verstehen und mit ihnen sprechen zu können? Genau das soll der Pilot von Waverly Labs ermöglichen: Der Ohrstöpsel soll ein Universalübersetzer werden. (Spracherkennung, Instant Messenger)

Google erweitert die Palette an verfügbaren Apps für seine Chromebooks: Künftig sollen Android-Apps auch auf Chrome OS laufen. Die Anwendungen können auch mit Maus und Tastatur genutzt werden. (Chrome OS, Google)

Multi Grammy Award winner Maria Schneider has called out Google for profiting from music piracy, in a submission to the US Copyright Office for changes to the existing DMCA regime.

Schneider, who most recently won three Grammys for her album 'Winter Morning Walks', not only feels that Google hasn't done enough to prevent piracy, a view shared by many in the music industry, but also believes that Google is actively and purposefully profiting from piracy. 

In her submission, Schneider states that "YouTube is guilty of criminal racketeering", and that the company is abusing the "outdated" DMCA for their own gains.

"YouTube has thoroughly twisted, contorted, and abused the original meaning of the outdated DMCA ‘safe harbor’ to create a massive income redistribution scheme, where income is continually transferred from the pockets of musicians and creators of all types, and siphoned directly into their own pockets," Schneider writes in heropen letter.

Using strongly loaded language, Schneider continues to state reasons why she thinks YouTube is deliberately profiting from piracy. Most of Schneider's argument relates to YouTube's upload system and the company's fair use and take-down policy, which Schneider believes is biased towards uploaders, not rights-holders. Schneider is also concerned about the entry requirements into YouTube's anti-piracy Content ID system, as not everyone can be accepted into the program.

And Schneider says none of these actions by YouTube and its parent company Google/Alphabet, is accidental, but rather a "scheme" to siphon revenue from rights-holders into their own pockets, and actually encourages users to behave badly to further their aim.

"The sweeping influence of their scam has succeeded in dismantling copyright from the inside, like a flesh-eating virus, influencing citizens to destroy themselves. Any company influencing behavior like this, especially for the purposes of eroding Constitutional rights, should lose their safe harbor," she adds.

As for a solution, Schneider shares the same talking point that have increasingly been heard from the copyright lobby, that is for Google to implement a "take down, stay down" regime, as well as actively checking and preventing uploads of copyright content, disregarding fair use if necessary.

Schneider also believes rights-holder's identities should remain private when they submit a take-down requests, even if said request is invalid to prevent "intimidation" from the general Internet public.

Purism is expanding its line of Linux-based computers with an emphasis on security, privacy, and open source software. The company’s new Librem 10 is a Linux-based tablet with a 10 inch display and a starting price of $599, while the Librem 11 is a higher-powered model with a bigger screen and a starting price of $999 for early backers of an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign.

Both tablets are expected to ship starting in September.

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Lenovo is adding two new laptops to its line of education-oriented computers. Both the Lenovo N23 and N42 are designed for use in the classroom and feature spill-proof keyboards, anti-peel keys, strong hinges, an reinforced hinges.

But one is a Windows 10 notebook with a convertible design that lets you use it like a tablet, while the other is a Chromebook.

The Lenovo N42 Chromebook features a 14 inch display, up to 4GB of RAM, and up to 32GB of storage.

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