July, 2011

  1. Affiliate Programs to Require Transparency

    I received this from BlueHost the other day: We’ve made an important addition to the BlueHost.com Affiliate Agreement (http://www.bluehost.com/affiliate_terms.html) that may impact the way you manage your online promotions. The change expressly requires you to disclose that there is a “material connection” between you and BlueHost.com anytime you offer an endorsement or testimonial on our…

  2. Around the web

    Analysis of the jailbreakme v3 font exploit – Sogeti ESEC Lab – initial code execution is obtained through a vulnerability in the Freetype Type 1 font parser, allowing subsequent exploitation of a kernel vulnerability to disable code signing enforcement, get root privileges and “install” the jailbreak. Wow. The iPhones Home Button – agreed. BBEdit 10…