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The UK "Porn" Filter Blocks Kids' Access To Tech, Civil Liberties Websites
It fell to the UK Tories to actually implement the Nanny State. Too bad Nanny Tory does not want kinds to read up on tech web sites, or civil liberties ones. Read on for a small sample of what the filter blocks, from a blocked-by-default tech write
From the Internet to the iPod, technologies are transforming our society and empowering us as speakers, citizens, creators, and consumers. When our freedoms in the networked world come under attack, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is the first line of defense. EFF broke new ground when it was founded in 1990—well before the Internet was on most people's radar—and continues to confront cutting-edge issues defending free speech, privacy, innovation, and consumer rights today. From the beginning, EFF has championed the public interest in every critical battle affecting digital rights.
Avant de mourir, le regretté Aaron Swartz travaillait sur un projet (En python) dont le but est de permettre aux lanceurs d'alertes (Whistleblowers) tels que Snowden, d'envoyer des documents un peu "chauds" aux médias sans mettre en péril leur sécurité. Et surtout sans se faire griller par les grandes oreilles de la NSA.
Aaron bossait sur ce code avec Kevin Poulsen (Wired) et après sa disparition, c'est la FPF (Free Press Foundation) qui a repris le flambeau avec l'aide de James Dolan, rebaptisant le projet initial Deaddrop en projet SecureDrop. (je pense pour éviter les jeux de mots foireux avec le terme "dead"... bref...)
Block camera could be prevented by simply setting a “geofence” around a particular location, whether it’s a movie theater, celebrity hangout spot, protest site, or the top secret rooms...
In June of last year, we reported on an unsettling patent filed by Apple that would allow certain infrared signals to remotely disable the camera on iPhones. It showed the potential downsides of bringing cameras into the world of wireless connectivity, which appears to be the next big thing in the camera industry. Now, a newly published patent is rekindling the fears of those who don’t want “Big Brother” controlling their devices.
(Reuters) - A Chinese couple sued Yahoo and its Chinese affiliates on Wednesday, alleging the Internet firms provided information that helped the Chinese government prosecute the man for his Internet writings.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/08/30/wang_dissident_yahoo_free_from_prison/
A Hidden Service is a server which location is protected and obscured by the Tor Network. It allows anyone to publish information without fear of physical violence from someone who wants to shut up and censor them. It is close to a perfect form of freedom of speach; one of the greatest aids against corruption in the modern sosciety.
If you want to learn more about Hidden Services and how they work, visit the Tor Project's documentation about Hidden Services.
let's take a screenshot
Paste the address (URL) of any web page and the tool will capture a screeshot of the full page as a PNG image.
This infographic created by Jason at Frugal Dad shows that almost all media comes from the same six sources.
That's consolidated from 50 companies back in 1983.
NOTE: This infographic is from last year and is missing some key transactions. GE does not own NBC (or Comcast or any media) anymore. So that 6th company is now Comcast. And Time Warner doesn't own AOL, so Huffington Post isn't affiliated with them.
But the fact that a few companies own everything demonstrates "the illusion of choice," Frugal Dad says. While some big sites, like Digg and Reddit aren't owned by any of the corporations, Time Warner owns news sites read by millions of Americans every year.
When the government gathers or analyzes personal information, many people say they're not worried. "I've got nothing to hide," they declare. "Only if you're doing something wrong should you worry, and then you don't deserve to keep it private."
Encore une fois, Overblog protège avec succès la liberté d'expression d'un client
The Obama administration has asserted a right to kill Americans overseas who are plotting attacks against the United States, laying out specific details for the first time about a policy that critics argue violates US and international
The end of Habeas Corpus - 11-30-2011
"Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one."
Today (11-30-2011) is a sad day for freedom. The United States Senate voted in favor of indefinite military detention without a trial. The provision that would allow this was part of the National Defense Authorization Act which was supposed to be a Pentagon spending bill.
Sen. Mark Udall (D-CO) led an unsuccessful attempt to pass an amendment to remove the detention and the military custody provisions from the bill. Sen. Udall requested further study of the issue. Udall said “These provisions could well represent a threat to our constitutional liberties. What is not clear is what we do with someone arrested in his home because of suspected terrorist ties. These detainee provisions would authorize that person’s indefinite detention, but it misses a critical point. How do we know that a citizen has committed these crimes unless they are tried and convicted? Do we really want to open the door to domestic military police powers and possibly deny U.S. citizens their due process rights?”
Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-CA) said “The U.S. government should not have the ability to lock away its citizens for years and perhaps decades without charging them. We don’t pick up citizens, we don’t incarcerate them for 10 or 15 or 20 years until hostilities end - and no one knows when they will end - without giving them due process of law.”
UPDATE 12/15/2011
None of those efforts to overturn this or to encourage the President to keep his word and veto this bill as he promised had any effect.
It is difficult to believe, but President Obama has now said that he will not veto the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) which would allow the indefinite detention of Americans suspected of terrorism. Will not veto means that he will sign this into law.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/31/obama-defense-bill_n_1177836.html
http://www.salon.com/2011/12/16/three_myths_about_the_detention_bill/singleton/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEypM_BRe5Y
http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Fascism/Nazification_GermanyvsAmer.html