Tag: piracy
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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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4/28 defcon: guilt trips down the surveillance highway
obama on manning: ‘he broke the law’ – so much for fair trial* video: ‘pentagon papers’ whistleblower daniel ellsberg says bradley manning can’t get fair trial after obama’s comment* some fbi cyber agents lack adequate skills, report finds* tomtom apologies for giving customer driving data to cops* android data tied to users? some say yes*…
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‘mafiaa fire’: firefox add-on to reverse US govt domain censorship
from boingboing: Earlier this year, the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement shocked the world by asserting the right to seize any .com or .net domain that it characterized as a “pirate” or child porn site, with little due process or judicial oversight. ICE conducted a series of high-profile seizures that were notable in that they…
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White House Wants New Copyright Law Crackdown
The White House today proposed sweeping revisions to U.S. copyright law, including making “illegal streaming” of audio or video a federal felony and allowing FBI agents to wiretap suspected infringers.
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2/10 Defcon: Harsh Sentences, Trojan Horse, Hotfile
Hackers hit NASDAQ computers // Hypnosis by LCD becoming increasingly rampant // FCC net neutrality is a regulatory ‘trojan horse’ // Motion Picture Association sues Hotfile.com for direct copyright infringement & theft ‘on a staggering scale’
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10/28 Defcon: The Dark Ages & Leaking Data
One EMP burst and the world goes dark // Feds let Google off with warning for Wifi–sniffing cars // Google admits street view cars took emails & passwords from computers // Netflix now accounts for 20% of downstream bandwidth during peak
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Defcon 5/13: Web Tax, Hacks & Output Jacks
FCC lets Hollywood turn off your output jacks // World Health Org moving ahead on billions in internet & other taxes // Richard Clarke says cyber attack will wreck US in 15min // Pentagon turns to brain implants to repair damaged minds // Nintendo CEO: Apple is the ‘enemy of the future’
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Defcon 4/1: CyberCensors & Torrents of Controversy
Censorship act: New amendment could block Wikileaks // Army intel ACORN-ing Wikileaks? Web publisher under attack // UK lords pass controversial internet piracy bill // Computer-controlled swarm of bacteria builds tiny pyramid
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‘Zionism Is Stupid’ & Other Incendiary Situations
Israeli professor proclaims ‘Zionism Is Stupid’ // Israeli MP likens British to ‘dogs’ for Israeli expulsion // ‘Most moral army in the world’ strikes again: IDF ‘used child to check for booby-traps’ // Saudis arrest 50 militants planning attacks // CIA involvement in Mumbai’s false flag terrorism
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the rising tide of internet censorship
will recent successes in fighting internet controls be enough to stave off tyranny? it depends largely on public outcry… from corbett report: The focus is back on Internet censorship this week as a pair of articles from Time Magazine and The New York Times came out almost simultaneously advocating for licences to operate web sites.…
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defcon 12/7: track, leak, shock & confuse
feds ‘pinged’ sprint gps data 8m times over a year*yahoo issues takedown notice for spying price list*yahoo threatens cryptome over leaked surveillance document*yahoo, verizon: our spy capabilities would ‘shock & confuse’ consumersibm poised to acquire database security start-up for $225m*google expands tracking to logged out users*murdoch accuses google of news ‘theft’*pub ‘fined £8k’ for wi-fi…
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pirate bay retires the world’s largest bit torrent tracker
from threat level: Operators of the The Pirate Bay shuttered the site’s BitTorrent tracker on Tuesday, six years after it was founded. Trackers – the servers that bootstrap each BitTorrent download – are no longer necessary with enhancements like DHT and PEX that allow peers to locate one another without accessing a central server, site…