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HTTPS Everywhere goes 1.0: make your browser support to secure connections when they’re available

Posted by Cory Doctorow on Friday, Aug 5th at 10:13am

HTTPS Everywhere, the Electronic Frontier Foundation's browser add-on that forces encrypted connections to sites that have the option, has just hit 1.0, 13 months after its first public beta. By using HTTPS Everywhere, you can protect your browsing habits from being peeked at by people on your network and by your ISP, as well as protecting potentially valuable login credentials. I use it.

"HTTPS secures web browsing by encrypting both requests from your browser to websites and the resulting pages that are displayed," said EFF Senior Staff Technologist Peter Eckersley. "Without HTTPS, your online reading habits and activities are vulnerable to eavesdropping, and your accounts are vulnerable to hijacking. Today's Paxfire revelations are a grand example of how things can go wrong. EFF created HTTPS Everywhere to make it easier for people to keep their user names, passwords, and browsing histories secure and private. With the revelation that companies like Paxfire are out there, intercepting millions of people's searches without their permission, this kind of protection is indispensable."

HTTPS Everywhere 1.0 encrypts connections to Google Image Search, Flickr, Netflix, Apple, and news sites like NPR and the Economist, as well as dozens of banks. HTTPS Everywhere also includes support for Google Search, Facebook, Twitter, Hotmail, Wikipedia, the New York Times, and hundreds of other popular websites.

It's true -- and regrettable -- that BB doesn't have HTTPS options for its readers yet. It's something that we've talked about a lot, but the costs associated with it are substantial, as it's much more processor-intensive than serving pages without encrypting them, and we often seem to be at the limits of our existing hardware. We're always investigating the possibility, and I really hope we'll be SSL-enabled soon.

Encrypt the Web with HTTPS Everywhere

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Rowan Atkinson reportedly injured in crash

Posted by Rob Beschizza on Thursday, Aug 4th at 3:27pm

Fresh from setting the fastest time ever recorded by a celebrity on the BBC's Top Gear, Blackadder and Mr. Bean star Rowan Atkinson reportedly received "minor injuries" in a car accident today. Hollie-Rae Merrick writes:

Emergency services were called to the A605 at Haddon at 7.30pm following reports that a man had been involved in a single car collision – believed to be a McLaren F1. On arrival, paramedics found that the car had left the road.

Rowan Atkinson in hospital following crash [Evening Star]

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska—

Air Force investigators are looking into whether engine startup procedures for F-22 Raptor jets at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson could be responsible for reports of hypoxia related to the stealth fighters' oxygen-supply system.

According to the Air Force Times, most of the hypoxia incidents have occurred at JBER, where F-22s are often started up inside hangars due to harsh weather outside. Investigators believe carbon monoxide generated by the Raptors’ own jet engines could be getting ingested back into the engines’ bleed air intakes. Those intakes supply the on-board oxygen generation system, or OBOGS, which provides oxygen to the pilot.

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JBER officials had no comment on the issue Thursday.

The Air Force barred the 158-aircraft Raptor fleet from flying above 25,000 feet in January after receiving nine reports of symptoms similar to hypoxia, a form of oxygen deprivation. The fleet later received a May stand-down order to investigate OBOGS concerns, following five more reports of similar symptoms within a week.

Air Force Capt. Jeffrey Haney, 31, was killed on impact Nov. 16 when his 525th Fighter Squadron F-22 lost contact with air traffic control and a partner aircraft, then crashed during a training exercise about 100 miles north of Anchorage.

The Air Force said its investigation of the November crash was incomplete, and it had no conclusive evidence to connect Haney’s death to the OBOGS issue.

Officials say the F-22’s bleed air intake positions are fairly common for jet aircraft, and that no immediate fix is in sight. Aviation-safety expert Hans Weber told the Times, however, that simple solutions might include starting Raptors’ engines outside hangars or delaying startup of the oxygen system until leaving the hangar.

Failing that, Weber said, tackling the problem might require adding CO scrubbers to the plane’s oxygen system.

The Navy experienced similar problems with its F/A-18 Hornet fighters during carrier operations from 2002 to 2009, with 64 hypoxia cases reported -- including two involving pilot deaths. An investigation suggested that the problem was caused by carbon monoxide entering the oxygen system while pilots idled behind other aircraft waiting to take off, and the Hornets were modified to fix the problem.

No similar incidents have been reported in F/A-18s since the fix, according to the Navy.

Very James Bond. I really want these.