Archive for the 'Crime & Justice' Category

German Police Unable To Decipher Skype Encryption

Technorati tags: skype, internet, voip, internet calls, provider, germany, police, encryption Skype’s encryption is giving the German Polizei a hard time. Apparently they are having severe troubles to decipher encrypted messages. “The encryption with Skype telephone software … creates grave difficulties for us,” Joerg Ziercke, president of Germany’s Federal Police Office (BKA) told reporters at […]

It’s Hard To Be A Female [And To Read About Other Females]

Technorati tags: women, issue, weight, discrimination, scandal, crime, anorexia, diet, extreme I’m not one for reality TV and probably one of the very few who hates Big Brother. Every nation / country seems to have their own version of the reality show and so does Africa where dreadlocked ‘rapist’ Richard Bezuidenhout left the “Fingergate” far […]

The Dangerous Power Of The Cyberspace

Technorati tags: myspace, suicide, teenager, internet, bullying We all know that the Internet is a crazy, strange and sometimes dangerous place. Fraud, crime, spam we’re all pretty much aware of what’s lurking in the shadows of the world wide web but tragic cases like these make us seriously think about where things are heading online… […]

Teen Arrested For Burglary – But Can You Burgle Something That Technically Doesn’t Exist?

Technorati Tags: habbo , online , community , game , hacker , arrest , dutch , crime This is quite hilarious and sparks off some questions: A 17 year old gamer was arrested by Dutch police for burglary and hacking. Apparently he burglarized an online community/game, Habbo Hotel, that reminds me of SecondLife. The game […]