Avoid “Change Bank Details” Scam By Adding This To Your Agreements.

Posted on February 24, 2020February 24, 2020 by Jonathan

In the last months, I’ve seen a general rise in banking detail scams. This scam involves a real relationship between parties, where one party is hacked and notifies the other about a change in b... Read More

Israeli Tax Authority to Utility Token Issuers: Come to Israel, Get Tax Benefits.

Posted on January 18, 2018 by Jonathan

Yesterday, the Israeli Tax Authority issued a draft guideline for issuance of utility tokens. The full text is in Hebrew and available here. But in summary, the guidelines are welcoming and inviting ... Read More

Wix, WordPress and the GPL

Posted on November 2, 2016 by Jonathan

Quite a lot has been going on through the grape vine and blogoshpere about the recent legal dispute between Wix and WordPress. The story began last week, when Matt Mullenweg, WordPress’ founder,... Read More

Microsoft Open Source Patent License: Bad Flavor?

Posted on December 6, 2014 by Jonathan

Last week, Microsoft released the core of its .net framework under a permissive MIT License, and readjusted its clocks to fit the new millennium. Until recently, Microsoft’s approach toward open... Read More

Privacy By Design [2014] : Plan Your Apps

Posted on May 27, 2014May 25, 2014 by Jonathan

[Based on my WordCamp 2014 Presentation, Prezi here] 0. Take a look at this video about Woosh Water‘s project. Woosh provide an amazing service, where the ordinary municipal water fountains were... Read More

Israeli Waze hit with GPL class action lawsuit: plaintiff requests source code.

Posted on March 27, 2014 by Jonathan

An interesting class action lawsuit has been brought in Israel against Waze, the Israeli navigation company who were acquired by Google last year. The class action raises an interesting question: acco... Read More

PRISM? Come to Israel to study our surveillance state.

Posted on June 10, 2013 by Jonathan

It seems that those who were astonished, abhorred, enraged or outraged from finding out that the National Security Agency (NSA) tracked millions of united states citizens and did so with the cooperati... Read More

Israeli Bill to Block Access to Gambling & Child Porn Websites

Posted on December 22, 2012December 22, 2012 by Jonathan

0. Israel is to attempt, again, to pass a bill that authorizes police officers to issue warrants to Internet service providers to block or restrict access to specific websites involved either in gambl... Read More

Putin’s Pussy Scandal may Be Inspiration for Israel

Posted on August 20, 2012August 20, 2012 by Jonathan

0. A few months ago, Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, arrived to Israeli for a brief visit. The President, who receives embarrassing support from Israel’s minister of foreign affair, Av... Read More

Legislating Surveillance: Was the biometric act needed?

Posted on December 4, 2011November 30, 2014 by Jonathan

0. Abstract. [This Wednesday I shall lecture at the LiSS working group conference, here is a draft of my lecture] From 2003, and until today, the Israeli Government has been working diligently in orde... Read More

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