By Cherie Brower |Staff Writer| Faculty salary negotiations remain at an impasse—which may lead to a strike—as the California Faculty Association (CFA) and the California State University (CSU) system stall over 2015-16 and 2016-17 contracts. Scholarly voices in favor of “fair compensation” rise against representatives rallying for reasonable budget expectations, while common footing has yet to be found. Beginning on Oct. 19, and continuing through Oct. 28, more than 25,000 faculty members from across the 23 CSU campuses will participate in a strike authorization vote, which will be organized by the California Faculty Association. If passed, the vote could result in job actions by … [Read more...] about CSU faculty threaten to strike
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Known Facebook security flaw still raises concern
By Jacob Collins |Staff Writer| As of Nov. 14, Facebook has not yet patched a security flaw discovered in 2013, according to security researcher Vivek Bansal. The flaw exploits Facebook’s permissions allowing the user to post on others walls as someone else through apps that should only allow you to access basic profile information. Bansal reported the security flaw to Facebook security in October 2013 and was awarded $2,000 as part of their bug bounty program in which they pay security researchers who find security flaws and report them to Facebook. “I was surprised to discover that in fact no action had been taken to repair the loophole I had originally found. Indeed, I was able … [Read more...] about Known Facebook security flaw still raises concern
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