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(Category: Wendy)
Posted by Wendy McElroy
Thursday 20 July 2017 - 16:18:47
From the Hacker News:Hacker Uses A Simple Trick to Steal $7 Million Worth of Ethereum Within 3 Minutes.[Ed: ha. This is cautionary tale. When I heard of this in passing, I thought the blockchain had been compromised but it was sloppy,sloppy security on website. Ouch. Expensive cautionary tale. Hat tip to cb who posted this item on the forum associated with this blog.]
From the American Conservative: The Disgraceful ‘Anti-Boycott Act’ [Ed: a federal a law that would make it a felony for Americans to support the international boycott against Israel]
From Politico:Trump threatens to gut Obamacare markets. The president has repeatedly told aides and advisers that he wants to end the subsidy payments, and he has not changed his position.