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Show Notes – June 1st, 2015

http://money.cnn.com/2015/05/22/technology/jonathan-sposato-investor-women/index.html

logjam:

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/05/logjam-internet-breaks-again

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/05/logjam-part-2-did-nsa-know-years-internet-was-broken

 

http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/06/facebook-users-can-now-add-openpgp-keys-for-improved-email-security/

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/06/us-airport-screeners-missed-95-of-weapons-explosives-in-undercover-tests/

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/05/sunk-how-ross-ulbricht-ended-up-in-prison-for-life/

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/05/ulbricht-at-sentencing-i-respect-the-law-and-its-authority/

http://arstechnica.com/science/2015/05/the-female-mathematician-who-changed-the-course-of-physics-but-couldnt-get-a-job/

 

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