Tag: isp
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timeline of chinese censorship, cyber attacks
An article at “The Telgraph” provides a 21st Century timeline of censorship and cyber attacks by China. Cisco, a US networking company, sells 200 routers to China in 2003, which enables the government to censor internet traffic. In March 2009, Chinese government blocks You Tube after video showing police beating Tibetan Monks is posted. In…
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10/7 Defcon: Spooks, Satnav & Sightings
Pentagon says ‘the global cyberwar is just beginning’ // Obama pressures ISP’s to censor websites // Microsoft wants govt licensing net access // AOL says Infowars ‘whipping the internet into a frenzy of anxiety’ // UFO forces airport closure in China
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Defcon 7/29: Leaky Lawsuits
100 million Facebook pages ‘leaked’ on torrent site // ‘Minority Report’ technology used by UK police to predict crimes // Tokyo trials digital billboards that scan passers-by // 2nd student sues school district over webcam spying
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fcc loses net neutrality battle against comcast
court: fcc had no right to sanction comcast for p2p blocking from washington post: Comcast on Tuesday won its federal lawsuit against the Federal Communications Commission in a ruling that undermines the agency’s ability to regulate Internet service providers just as it unrolls a sweeping broadband agenda. The decision also sparks pressing questions on how…
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Portland Pimps to Be ‘Ultra-High Speed’ Google Guinea Pig
The City of Portland, Oregon says it’s ready to be one of Google’s test run fiber-to-the-home projects, and how: “No city in the USA is as ready as Portland to launch a citywide or scaled test bed for ultra high speed open platform broadband,” its response to Google’s Request for Proposals proudly declares.
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Defcon 2/25 – Cryptome, Catastrophe, Echelon & CERN
Microsoft takes down whistleblower site, Cryptome.org* Update: Cryptome restored after Microsoft change of heart* Cyber attacks will ‘catastrophically’ spook public, warns GCHQ* Intel hit by cyber attack* Playstation 3: The future of big brother surveillance?* Chinese programmer fingered in Google attacks* US pinpoints coder behind Google attack* Echelon computers can’t cope with bad lines* Italian…
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Some Thoughts on Losing the Internet
Yesterday morning my worst nightmare was realized: I turned on my computer, opened my internet browser and…nothing happened. Then, after an excruciatingly long time in which nothing stubbornly continued to happen, something bad happened…