DOJ Fears Automatic Encryption Makes Data Too Safe; YouTube Ditches Flash for HTML5

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New Google Fiber Cities Announced | Valve Economist Appointed Greece's Finance Minister To view a web version of this message, click here Send this message to a friend DOJ Fears Automatic Encryption Makes Data Too Safe YouTube Ditches Flash for HTML5 'Ultrarope' Makes World's Highest Elevator Possible New Google Fiber Cities Announced Valve Economist Appointed Greece's Finance Minister   Hot Comment: "I suspect you could also use an unregulated trebuchet to launch..." From the Vault: Bill Gates: Anti-Vaccine Effort Kills Children Watch It: Charged Up Over Chargers at CES  Sponsored Resource: Top 10 Tips for Increasing Workers' Cybersecurity Smarts   DOJ Fears Automatic Encryption Makes Data Too Safe Assistant Attorney General Leslie Caldwell, said that the Justice Department is "very concerned" by Google's and Apple's decision to automatically encrypt all data on Android and iOS devices. Motherboard reports she also said, "The move has been extremely controversial with the government, because it makes data too safe." Sound Off>> YouTube Ditches Flash for HTML5 YouTube announced it has finally stopped using Adobe Flash by default. The site now uses its HTML5 video player by default in Google's Chrome, Microsoft's IE11, Apple's Safari 8, and in beta versions of Mozilla's Firefox browser. At the same time, YouTube is now also defaulting to its HTML5 player on the web. Sound Off>> 'Ultrarope' Makes World's Highest Elevator Possible Kone has released Ultrarope -- a material composed of carbon-fiber covered in a friction-proof coating that weighs a seventh of the steel cables, making elevators of up to 1km (0.6 miles) in height feasible to build. A 1km-tall tower may seem staggering, but is this the build-able limit? Sound Off>> New Google Fiber Cities Announced Google has announced the next group of cities set to receive gigabit fiber infrastructure. The company is concentrating on cities around four metro areas: Atlanta, Charlotte, Nashville, and Raleigh-Durham. Google also said it's currently looking into Phoenix, Portland, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, and San Jose. Sound Off>> Valve Economist Appointed Greece's Finance Minister For the past three years Yanis Varoufakis has been working at Steam to analyze and improve the Steam market but now has the opportunity to improve one of the most troubled economies in the world. Greece's new prime minister has appointed Varoufakis as the country's finance minister.   Sound Off>>   Well... "I suspect you could also use an unregulated trebuchet to launch something over a fence, or perhaps an unauthorized weather balloon with a payload to drop something on your neighbor's lawn from altitude. Or a slingshot (although those might be illegal within city limits). The notion of a serious 'security gap' is farcical because any reasonably intelligent person could come up with a number of clever ways to outwit fences and exclusion zones." --by Dzimas Read More>>   Bill Gates: Anti-Vaccine Effort Kills Children During a CNN interview with Bill Gates about vaccines four years ago, Gates had harsh words for those who engage in anti-vaccine efforts, especially Dr. Andrew Wakefield, who falsified data to "prove" a fraudulent link between vaccines and autism. "It's an absolute lie that has killed thousands of kids," Gates said. Read More>>   Charged Up Over Chargers at CES Timothy Lord hit the vast CES floor and brought back up-close looks at some interesting power-oriented products. First up is Skiva's Octofire 8-port USB charger that pulled in nearly five times the requested amount from a Kickstarter campaign. Then he took a look at the "stylish" Juiceboxx case for your Macbook charger. Watch the Video>>   Top 10 Tips for Increasing Workers' Cybersecurity Smarts Do you know the most common risk factor for corporate cybercrime? Employees. Download Kaspersky Lab's Top 10 Tips for Educating Employees about Cybersecurity, which will show you why and how to develop an effective security policy, examples of common threats to employees and your business, and tools to reduce risk and cybercrime. Learn More>>  Follow Slashdot on Twitter and Facebook. To unsubscribe, click here or send an email to: unsubscribe-213087@elabs10.com To ensure delivery of this newsletter to your inbox and to enable images, please add slashdot@newsletters.slashdot.org to your e-mail address book or safe senders list. Slashdot | 594 Howard Street, Suite 300 | San Francisco, CA 94105 To view our Privacy Policy click here.