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Turns out the worlds first clean coal plant is a backdoor subsidy to oil producers
2015-03-31 12:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: The worlds first clean coal plant that is, the first full-size coal-fired power plant ever to capture and store the majority of its CO2 emissions is located in, of all places, Saskatchewan. (They should change the name to Of All Places, Saskatchewan.) According to the first financial analysis done on the project, it appears to be functioning primarily as a public subsidy to the provinces aging oil industry. This takes a little explanation. First some quick background on the project....
Some Samsung Galaxy devices contain a file access backdoor, Replicant developers say
2014-03-13 17:20:32| InfoWorld: Top News
The developers of Replicant, a mobile OS based on Android, claim to have found a backdoor vulnerability in a software component shipped with some Samsung Galaxy devices that potentially provides remote access to users' private files through the device modem. The problem is located in the proprietary library that handles communications between the Android OS and the firmware running on the modem chipset, also known as the baseband or radio processor.
Cisco promises to fix admin backdoor in some routers
2014-01-13 21:22:32| Wireless - Topix.net
Cisco Systems promised to issue firmware updates removing a backdoor from a wireless access point and two of its routers later this month.
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Cisco promises to fix admin backdoor in some routers
2014-01-13 14:49:43| InfoWorld: Top News
Cisco Systems promised to issue firmware updates removing a backdoor from a wireless access point and two of its routers later this month. The undocumented feature could allow unauthenticated remote attackers to gain administrative access to the devices.
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NSA developed software for backdoor access to iPhones
2014-01-02 14:35:46| InfoWorld: Top News
The U.S. National Security Agency was developing in 2008 a software implant for Apple iPhones that allowed the agency to take almost total control of the device, including retrieving text messages and voicemail and remotely turning on its microphone and camera, according to a report by Der Spiegel.
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