Submitted by chicago dyke on Fri, 11/30/2012 - 7:49am
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Submitted by danps on Thu, 09/22/2011 - 4:56pm
When the opposition to the radical Republican agenda in Wisconsin exploded over the winter, Russia Today highlighted a stark contrast in mainstream outlets: Attention and praise lavished on Arab Spring uprisings compared to an all-but-formally-declared news blackout in Madison. Read below the fold...
Submitted by twig on Thu, 08/11/2011 - 1:44pm
In an attempt to prevent protestors from communicating with one another, British politicians are looking at censoring BlackBerry, Twitter and Facebook.
The question, according to Prime Minister David Cameron, is whether government has the right to "stop people using social media to 'plot' further disorder."
Meanwhile, the police aren't waiting for Parliament to sort it out: Read below the fold...
Submitted by danps on Sat, 01/22/2011 - 6:41am
Submitted by danps on Sat, 01/08/2011 - 6:38am
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We will probably always have to balance computer security and ease of use. Ideally security is baked in, and we go on our merry way without having to think about it. This is the case with viruses. Users were once expected to download service packs, signature updates, and so on. Since most people would not, the industry gradually moved to a silent update model. Now these things generally happen in the background. Provided you trust the company it is a much easier arrangement. Read below the fold...
Submitted by danps on Sat, 12/18/2010 - 6:16am
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The rise of Internet-enabled mobile devices has had some interesting consequences. On the face of it, smart phones and tablets are a boon. They allow people to access email and web sites anywhere, not just when tethered to a desktop. Laptops, with their greater bulk and relatively short battery life, have traditionally been business devices for those who need to work remotely. Read below the fold...
Submitted by twig on Wed, 10/13/2010 - 7:59pm
Bad news first. Any shred of privacy that might still be around won't be for long. Blog comments and other online communications are the latest target of data scrapers, says the Wall Street Journal. Scrapers aren't solitary hackers trying to steal passwords or your gf's cell phone number. Some of these enterprises are run by major corporations, including Nielsen and the Journal's parent company, Dow Jones.
Operating in a legal "gray area," scrapers are hired guns that infiltrate blogs, forums, etc., and then sift through comments, looking for information their clients can use. Read below the fold...
Submitted by chicago dyke on Wed, 09/01/2010 - 5:34am
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Submitted by captain nemo (not verified) on Mon, 01/18/2010 - 8:49pm
"Wikileaks has probably produced more scoops in its short life than the Washington Post has in the past 30 years" — The National, November 19. 2009
Wikileaks:
To concentrate on raising the funds necessary to keep us alive into 2010, we have reluctantly suspended all other operations, until at least Jan 18.
We have received hundreds of thousands of pages from corrupt banks, the US detainee system, the Iraq war, China, the UN and many others that we do not currently have the resources to release. You can change that and by doing so, change the world. Even $10 will pay to put one of these reports into another ten thousand hands and $1000, a million.
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Submitted by captain nemo (not verified) on Sat, 01/16/2010 - 3:38pm
Seriously.
Apparently, this guy was even on the shortlist to be nominated to the Supreme Court.
Raw Story:
In a 2008 academic paper, President Barack Obama’s appointee to head the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs advocated “cognitive infiltration” (What a nice word) of groups that advocate “conspiracy theories” like the ones surrounding 9/11.
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Submitted by DCblogger on Mon, 12/15/2008 - 12:05pm
Submitted by chicago dyke on Tue, 03/11/2008 - 10:26am
A Classic in the "No! They Would Never Do That!" Department. He himself admits it's not going anywhere, so beyond political points for himself locally, what is the purpose of this sort of bill? To keep people talking about it as if it were a viable, reasonable option to 'keep the children safe' or whatever the logic is behind it:
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Submitted by chicago dyke on Sun, 03/09/2008 - 9:50pm
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