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There have been many concerns over the last few years that foreign entities have been interfering in elections. Microsoft is launching its AccountGuard initiative to protect elections and political campaigns from cyberattacks. AccountGuard is a free program for candidates, campaign offices, and other political institutions that already use Office 365, and it covers both personal and organizational accounts. Microsoft will notify the person or organizations if their accounts are threatened, will offer security advice and training, and will allow their customers to adopt previews of new programs. Microsoft believes that AccountGuard is particularly relevant in light of their recent entanglement...
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Sweden's PiratePartiet (Pirate Party) has secured a win for the European Parliament in yesterday's Swedish European Parliament Elections, becoming - at least in this election - Sweden's 4th biggest party.According to official sources, the Pirate Party secured 7.1% of votes and elected to the European Parliament Christian Engstrom to voice the concerns of filesharers and throughout Europe. Thanks to the Swedish authority's enforcement of a court mandate and shutting down the Pirate Bay, the attempt at restricting the activity of filesharing has backfired and provided a soapbox of sorts for the Party.The Pirate Party's arguments are towards the "reform of copyright law", by making non-commercial...
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