DNS Pre-fetch Exposure on Thunderbird and Webmail : Ugh, very bad idea indeed. A backchannel for spammers/phishers/attackers from the mail reader is something we definitely do not want to provide. This is why we chose to cut URLs at the registrar boundary for URIBL lookups in SpamAssassin
(tags: privacy email dns mozilla thunderbird prefetching urls abuse security spam)Pricewatch – The route of the problem : great article about Dublin Bus’ shortcomings, featuring an interview with Antoin! Very interesting to hear about the upcoming GPS-based accurate bus timetabling service to be visible via their website, that’ll be fantastic
(tags: gps busses dublin-bus dublin mass-transit commute travel)