Open Source Security Revisited – With Enough Eyeballs, All Bugs Are Shallow

It is a common knowledge that, usually, Open Source projects are successful because of the developers scratching their personal itch. It often starts with a group of disgruntled developers frustrated with a proprietary software because it fails to satisfy their needs. The very fact that they are left helpless due to the absence of source [...]

Facebook – Scoble Fiasco Series: Data ownership

This is the first post in the Facebook-Scoble Fiasco Series. I want to use this incident to raise the awareness of the users of social networks. This incident brought into focus many claims and counterclaims. Some of them are valid and the rest are plain bullshit. I hope this series helps people make a distinction [...]

The notion of Privacy and Morality in the facebook world

Image via Wikipedia Today I woke up reading a troubling news about an University of Washington student was held in Italy on the suspicion of her involvement in the murder of her apartment mate. Later, Monica Guzman of Seattle PI kickstarted a discussion on facebook about how the media is using the information from the [...]