Category Archives: Computers

Safari invalid certificate handling sucks

Posted on 2016-08-07 by Mark Doliner

Last week I filed three bugs with Apple regarding how Safari handles invalid certificates. Bug #1 (Mac OS and iOS): It’s way too easy for a user to bypass a certificate warning. There’s a bunch of text no one will … Continue reading →

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Dear Government: Please Don’t Muck With Encryption

Posted on 2015-12-09 by Mark Doliner

I was prompted to write this after hearing that the Obama Administration is meeting with the creators of a petition for strong encryption (edit: you can now read the EFF’s thoughts). Over the past year officials of various governments have … Continue reading →

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Net Neutrality, Netflix, and Comcast

Posted on 2014-05-07 by Mark Doliner

Net neutrality is weird and complex. It’s been in the news increasingly more over the past few years. Let’s look at an example. Netflix recently started paying Comcast (info, more info) so that Comcast would provide customers with a better … Continue reading →

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Should the NSA be allowed to scan our personal email?

Posted on 2013-08-17 by Mark Doliner

It seems pretty likely that the NSA is operating a large-scale system called XKeyscore that captures and scans private Internet communications like email. Yesterday I talked about the constitutionality of such a system. Regardless of whether the NSA is allowed … Continue reading →

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Violating the Fourth Amendment

Posted on 2013-08-16 by Mark Doliner

I recently tweeted: “Hey why do @NSACareers and @BarackObama seem to think it’s ok to break the law and access my communications? I find that strange.” That’s a bold assertion, so I’m obliged to explain myself. The Fourth Amendment to … Continue reading →

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Four Pidgin Summer of Code students

Posted on 2013-05-27 by Mark Doliner

Pidgin was awarded four students for this year’s Google Summer of Code. It was a difficult process to select just four students from the 34 great applications we received. These are the projects we finally chose: Ankit Vani will be … Continue reading →

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Students: Apply to Pidgin Google Summer of Code now!

Posted on 2013-04-24 by Mark Doliner

The application period for applying to Google Summer of Code opened on Monday and we’ve already received a number of applications. The application period closes next Friday, May 3rd. Just 8 days left—don’t wait, submit your application soon!

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Pidgin in Google Summer of Code 2013

Posted on 2013-04-09 by Mark Doliner

Google has accepted Pidgin into Google Summer of Code 2013. Woo-hoo! We’re looking forward to mentoring a few lucky students again this year. For more information, read Google’s announcement, peruse our application template, and see our list of project ideas. … Continue reading →

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