Tag: isp
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#GoodNewsNextWeek: Stopping Sonar, Marijuana Water, Vindicating Farmers (Audio)
The military is again told to stop killing animals with sonar; that big headline about Colorado pot contamination was just a bunch of smoke on the water; and the farmer wins again.
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#GoodNewsNextWeek: There Was Never Marijuana In The Colorado Water (Video)
The military is again told to stop killing animals with sonar; that big headline about Colorado pot contamination was just a bunch of smoke on the water; and the farmer wins again.
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#MorningMonarchy: July 12, 2016
Pokémon control, broader biometrics and the drone zone + this day in history w/the Bisbee Deportation and our song of the day by Mindz Of A Different Kind on your Morning Monarchy for July 12, 2016.
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#MorningMonarchy: June 7, 2016
Secret channels, usage caps and traffic apps + this day in history w/Operation Opera and our song of the day by Goodbye Heart on your Morning Monarchy for June 7, 2016.
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#NewWorldNextWeek: Government Worried About Sharing Economy (Video)
Court rules cops can legally lie to pull people over and fish for criminal behavior; Uber is sharing more than just rides as the company’s first transparency report shows 12 million users data was shared with the cops; And governments with offshore holdings are worried that others aren’t sharing their offshore holdings.
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#NewWorldNextWeek: Cops Lie Legally, Sharing Uber Data, Offshore Economy (Audio)
Court rules cops can legally lie to pull people over and fish for criminal behavior; Uber is sharing more than just rides as the company’s first transparency report shows 12 million users data was shared with the cops; And governments with offshore holdings are worried that others aren’t sharing their offshore holdings.
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#MorningMonarchy: April 5, 2016
Drone zones, hacked elections and empty Nest + this day in history w/Kurt’s death and our song of the day by Field Music on your Morning Monarchy for April 5, 2016.
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Major U.S. ISP’s Accused of Deliberately Slowing Traffic
from yahoo.com: Five major internet service providers in the US and one in Europe have been accused of abusing their market share to interfere with the flow of the internet for end users. The accusations come from Level 3, a communications company that helps connect large-scale ISPs like Comcast or AT&T to the rest of…
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Net Neutrality Questions Raised by Netflix Comcast Deal
from guardianlv.com: Net Neutrality questions raised by Netflix Comcast deal in which Netflix paid Comcast to install additional servers to supply streaming content after Comcast throttled Netflix data to the point of being unwatchable. The Net Neutrality debate has raged for weeks, mostly centered around who should foot the bill for upgrades and administration when…
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Obama Nominates Former SOPA Lobbyist to Help Lead TPP Negotiations
By Maira Sutton / from EFF.org: President Obama has nominated former SOPA lobbyist Robert Holleyman to join the team of U.S. negotiators leading the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) talks. If confirmed by the Senate, the former chief executive officer of the Business Software Alliance (BSA) would serve as a Deputy to the U.S. Trade Representative. Coincidentally,…
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Australian ISP’s against government crackdown on piracy
from afr.com: Australia’s leading internet service providers have hit out at proposals by Attorney-General George Brandis to stop internet piracy as being a “political thought-bubble” and burden on the industry that won’t stop crime. Senator Brandis last week said the government was considering the introduction of graduated warnings scheme, known in the industry as a…
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‘Black Boxes’ to Monitor All UK Internet and Phone Data
from channel4.com: As part of the Home Office’s communications data bill, internet service providers (ISPs) and mobile phone companies will be obliged to collect communications records and keep them for a year. The government has insisted that the actual content of messages won’t be stored, but until now it has not been clear how communications…
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ISPs Warn UK Over Government Email Surveillance ‘Plans’
Internet firms have warned that government plans to monitor email and social media use in Britain are liable to be used by repressive regimes elsewhere in the world to justify their state surveillance.
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5/12 defcon: secret service, globalhell, expendables
cyberwarfare rules included in defense bill* white house to unveil cyber security proposal* US secret service takes to twitter* after approving nbc buyout, fcc commish becomes comcast lobbyist; fcc chairman applauds colleague departing to become fcc lobbyist* obama meets with giffords, husband (and his identical astro-twin) in florida* giffords aims to return for shuttle launch*…
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3/24 defcon: mobile, micro, mystery, messenger
at&t to purchase t-mobile for US$39b; as strangling of the free internet begins continues* microsoft, feds pull plug on spam network* fbook traffic mysteriously passed through chinese isp* goldman programmer gets 8yrs for code theft* tracking your wi-fi trail at the airport* first tweet & other communication firsts* nasa ‘messenger’ enters orbit around mercury* chavez…