Tag: megaupload

  • #MorningMonarchy: April 11, 2017

    #MorningMonarchy: April 11, 2017

    Hugging robots, banishing queues and increasing our influence + this day in history w/firing Dave Mustaine and our song of the day by Future Islands on your Morning Monarchy for April 11, 2017.

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  • Kim Dotcom Planning To Invest In Privacy Startups

    from techdirt.com: We were just discussing how there’s a sudden renewed interest among many entrepreneurs to build much more security and privacy conscious apps. In that post, we noted that Kim Dotcom’s Mega is working on encrypted chat and email, but it appears he wants to go much further. He’s now announced that he’s starting…

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  • Megaupload Boss Wins Right To Sue New Zealand

    Megaupload Boss Wins Right To Sue New Zealand

    Kim Dotcom, internet tycoon and Megaupload founder, has won the right to sue New Zealand’s foreign intelligence agency for unlawful spying by a US led probe on online piracy which led to his arrest earlier this year.

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  • #DataDump: Inception, Recognition, Space Sugar and more

    Researchers Hack Brainwaves to Reveal PIN Numbers, Personal Data* Inception helmet creates alternative reality* Twitter Fights Back to Protect ‘Occupy Wall Street’ Protestor* Russia’s Former Spooks Invest In Social Networking Propaganda Bots* FBI to Share Facial Recognition Software with States* Dotcom’s Frozen Funds Partially Thawed by New Zealand Court* Wiper Malware That Hit Iran Left…

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  • #DataDump: Airspace, Appeals, Algorithms and More

    #DataDump: Airspace, Appeals, Algorithms and More

    Unblinking surveillance stare: Army’s 7-story flying football field-sized blimp // FAA Documents Raise Questions About Safety of Drones in U.S. Airspace // Google Pays Record $22.5 Million Fine for Privacy Violations // George Soros ‘likes’ Facebook with $10m investment

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  • #DataDump: Dossiers, Dismissed and More

    #DataDump: Dossiers, Dismissed and More

    Despite i9/11 Threat, Lawmakers Punt Cyber Security Bill // NSA Chief Tells Hackers His Agency Doesn’t Create Dossiers on All Americans // Feds: We Can Freeze Megaupload Assets Even if Case Dismissed // All systems go for Curiosity rover landing Monday morning // #Audio #Satire: New Hubble Peephole Can See Into Women’s Showers

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  • #DataDump: Rules, Reality and More

    First Newspapers, Now TV: The Internet Reformation Rolls On // Porn Studios Accused of Screwing Their Fans in BitTorrent Lawsuits // Atari Teenage Riot Goes for the Lulz With Anonymous // University of Oregon physicists help discover elusive particle // Future Shock: Bryan Singer Discusses His New Web Series, ‘H+’

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  • #DataDump: Cops, Robots, Minerals and More

    Uncle Sam Wants You! to Combat Online Piracy* DefCon: 20 Years of Hackers, Hijinks and Snooping Feds* How Anonymous Picks Targets, Launches Attacks, and Takes Powerful Organizations Down* Military Judge Orders Obama Admin to Turn over Proof that WikiLeaks Documents Damaged National Security* ‘Big Brother’? No, It’s Parents: Software Helps Parents Monitor Their Children Online*…

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  • New Zealand Judge Rules Kim DotCom Warrants Invalid

    High Court judge finds search warrants were too general and rules the data in cloned drives should not have been released to the FBI.

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  • #DataDump: Megagovernment, Microbes and More

    #DataDump: Megagovernment, Microbes and More

    Wyden Protects Privacy, Blocks FISA Surveillance Law // Sen. Detours Obama Drive to Retain Controversial Wiretap Powers // Assange to Be Extradited to Sweden, Court Refuses Final Appeal // Feds Tell Megaupload Users to Forget About Their Data // Ret. Judge Against Outrageous Seizures in Megaupload Case // Microbes Capable Of Surviving On Mars Found

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  • #DataDump: #HackedIn, Track Default, Radio and More

    #DataDump: #HackedIn, Track Default, Radio and More

    Hacker Claims He Stole 4.5M LinkedIn Password Hashes // IE10′s ‘Do-Not-Track’ Default Dies Quick Death // IPv6 switch to prevent the net from running out of addresses // FBI Illegally Pirated Kim Dotcom’s Data Out of New Zealand, File-Sharing King Charges // Video: ACLU Phone App Lets You Shoot the Cops*

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  • #DataDump: #SuperMoon, Snooping, Sidesteps and more

    #DataDump: #SuperMoon, Snooping, Sidesteps and more

    #Supermoon Saturday: May’s Full Moon coincides with Perigee, first of 6 Celestial events this month // 7M Birds Die in US and Canada a Year because of Communication Towers // Justice Department Clears Google In Wi-Fi Sniffing Scandal // Equipment Maker Caught Installing Backdoor Vows to Fix Following Public Pressure // How Apple Sidesteps Billions…

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  • #DataDump: Macs, Hacks, Sachs and more

    #DataDump: Macs, Hacks, Sachs and more

    Spam Invades a Last Refuge, the Cellphone: Text Message Spam, Difficult to Stop, Is a Growing Menace // Widespread Virus Proves Macs No Longer Safe From Hackers // FAA Grounds $75,000 Surveillance Drone Due to Crowded Skies // Bomb Sniffing Dog Humps Bomb Defusing Robot

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  • 2/2 Defcon: Mind Reading, Brain Living

    2/2 Defcon: Mind Reading, Brain Living

    Scientists trial ‘mind reading’ computer // Window Installed Into a Live Brain // What Will Facebook Do With $10 Billion? // Google changes its privacy policy: Another reminder to use offshore email // FBI spyware not Skype responsible for spilling MegaUpload secrets // Police arrest 5 as hacking scandal spreads to Sun tabloid // NASA…

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