Internet - Part 8

American ISPs to launch massive copyright spying scheme on July 12
If you download potentially copyrighted software, videos or music, your Internet service provider (ISP) has been watching, and they ...[Read more]
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NSA denies eavesdropping on Americans
A recent article regarding the National Security Agency ...[Read more]
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EFF Surveillance Self-Defense Project
EFF, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, has prepared a guide regarding surveillance. The guide examines what kind of surveillance, threats governments and private corporations pose to your privacy online, on your phone and inside your computer, proceedin ...[Read more]
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Cyberwar Is the New Yellowcake
In last month ...[Read more]
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Who Pays for Online Surveillance?: Police Recommended “Public Safety” Tax on Internet Bills
Who do you think will pay for online surveillance costs that are being pushed with the bill to protect various interests by spying on internet users in Canada ? Taxpayers. Police 'recommended' a 'public safety' tax on internet bills, which will then be u ...[Read more]
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Microsoft and Skype set to allow backdoor eavesdropping
If you are using Skype to place online calls or hold phone conferences, watch out - Skype and Microsoft have managed to leapfrog common sense and build a backdoor into your favourite VOIP application. It is called Lawful Interception and is part of a new ...[Read more]
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Your iPod is worth $8 billion. Ridiculous ? Not so much, if you take up copyright mathematics. In this video, Comic author Rob Reid unveils Copyright Math (TM), a remarkable new field of study based on actual numbers from entertainment industry lawyers ...[Read more]
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US Survey Shows Piracy Common and Accepted
"A new U.S. survey sponsored by the American Assembly has revealed that piracy is both common and accepted. The surveys findings show that 46% of adults and 75% of young people have bought, copied, or downloaded some copyright infringing material. 70% of ...[Read more]
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Why Richard Stallman Was Right All Along
"Late last year, president Obama signed a law that makes it possible to indefinitely detain terrorist suspects without any form of trial or due process. Peaceful protesters in Occupy movements all over the world have been labelled as terrorists by the aut ...[Read more]
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The Un-Internet and War On General Purpose Computers
Facebook, Twitter, Apple and others try to increasingly contain and control how people use their computers and devices, limiting their freedom and choices. This article analyzes this 'un-internet' phenomenon. ...[Read more]
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Some Assembly Required: One last jump to lightspeed | Massively
Blog post by gamer reports the final moments of the massively multiplayer game, Star Wars Galaxies, on the day it is shut down by Sony Online Entertainment. The closedown preceded the launch of Star Wars The Old Republic, the new Star Wars mmo, just by tw ...[Read more]
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