USBs Fight N. Korea’s Media Ban; Facebook’s Dilemma in India

Posted February 9th, 2016 at 11:07 am (UTC-4)
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Today’s Tech Sightings:

FILE - A notification saying, "Warning! You can't connect to this website because it's in blacklist site" is seen on both a computer screen and on a smartphone screen in Pyongyang, North Korea, June 20, 2015. (AP)

FILE – A notification saying, “Warning! You can’t connect to this website because it’s in blacklist site” is seen on both a computer screen and on a smartphone screen in Pyongyang, North Korea, June 20, 2015. (AP)

Old USB Drives Fight North Korea’s Media Ban

The New York-based Human Rights Foundation and Silicon Valley nonprofit Forum 280 have launched a new initiative to collect USB flash drive donations and then ship them to the Koreas. Once activists in Seoul, such as the non-profit North Korean Strategy Center, receive the drives, they then stuff them with Western and South Korean films and TV shows and ship them across the border to fight North Korea’s ban on foreign media.

Facebook’s India Stumble Could Embolden Other Regulators

Web analysts say Facebook will now have to reconsider its approach – and pricing – to providing free Internet access after its Free Basics initiative was banned in India. More importantly, the recent decision by India’s regulators that prohibits Internet service providers from offering different prices for different content could encourage other countries to follow suit.

Modular Malware Hides From 24 Different Security Apps

T9000, as Palo Alto Networks calls it, is an intelligence-gathering, data-harvesting malware that can also record audio from Skype and .WAV files. According to Palo Alto researchers, the new strain goes after Microsoft Office files both on a computer hard drive and on removable drives.

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Aida Akl
Aida Akl is a journalist working on VOA's English Webdesk. She has written on a wide range of topics, although her more recent contributions have focused on technology. She has covered both domestic and international events since the mid-1980s as a VOA reporter and international broadcaster.

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