Tag: uk
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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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Think Tank Urges UK to Cut Working Week to 21 Hours
The working week should be cut to 21 hours to help boost the economy and improve quality of life, a left-wing think tank has said. The New Economics Foundation claimed in a report the reduction in hours would help to ease unemployment and overwork.
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davos security head found dead day before economic forum
from bbc: The police commander in charge of security at the World Economic Forum in Davos has been found dead in his hotel room, local authorities have said. Markus Reinhardt, 61, had been head of police in the Swiss canton of Graubunden since 1984. “All indications point to a suicide,” local police said in a…
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emmanuel goldstein releases new ‘osama to obama’ audio
‘bin laden’ tape warns obama of more attacksfrom bbc: A tape said to be from al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden has warned US President Barack Obama there will be more attacks if the US continues to support Israel. In the newly released audio tape aired on al-Jazeera, Bin Laden says the US will never live…
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police state updates: drones, guns, abuse & arrests
video: houston police dept using spy drones from news junkie post: KPRC in Houston recently filmed a secret experiment by law enforcement agencies, including Homeland Security, of a drone intended to spy on Americans. north american security perimeter on the horizon video: el paso police get m4 semi-automatic rifles from kfoxtv: On Tuesday, the El…
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body scanners can store & send images, group says
from cnn: A privacy group says the Transportation Security Administration is misleading the public with claims that full-body scanners at airports cannot store or send their graphic images. The TSA specified in 2008 documents that the machines must have image storage and sending abilities, the Washington-based Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) said. In the documents,…
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food from around the world is in disorder
poll: most not fully confident in US food safety* uk food costs to soar as big freeze deepens from guardian: Britons have been warned to brace themselves for an increase in food prices as plunging temperatures leave farmers unable to harvest vegetables and hauliers struggle to distribute fresh produce. Gordon Brown, who will chair a…
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obamessiah & the expansion of the war of terror
obama sends brennan to sell yemen attack on sunday news showsfrom kurt nimmo: Obama dispatched John Brennan to the Sunday talking head shows to peddle the al-Qaeda is going to get us message. “We’re determined to destroy al Qaeda,” Brennan told ABC News This Week. “And we’re working very closely not just with the Yemenis,…
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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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defcon 11/27: cern, wrecking cru, copyright & crackdown
triumph in geneva! lhc beams up & running again* potty-mouths charged for comcast hijack* nj man sentenced in scientology cyber attack* ‘godfather of spam’ to prison for 4 years* wrecking cru: hackers cause massive climate data breach* climate change hackers leave trail* beginning of the end for the internet in the uk* google previews chrome…
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econocrash updates: black friday, back home & in the red
goodbye jobs, hello mom & dad, say young adults* fdic insurance fund closes quarter $8.2b in debt*fdic insurance fund falls into the red* dollars steepest drop since july*uk poised to lose jobs as £10bn nuclear power plant contract goes to US* german ‘robin hood’ borrowed from rich, loaned to poor*want a stock tip? buy stocks…
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police state int’l: drills, desensitization & hoaxes
gun sales shoot up amid fear of rising crime & terrorism*illinois: the next gitmo?*schwarzenegger aims to transfer iraq military tactics to california*US military employs ‘counterinsurgency’ strategy in californian city*california teens help swat team practice*vigilant guard: national guard exercise begins in buffalo region*rhode island emergency workers train at mock terrorist strike*dna of uk protesters could be…
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police state int’l: crowd control, drills & behavior detection
don’t be alarmed by black helicopters over san fernando valley* pneumonic plague drill held in illinois*sound weapons for vancouver police* china conducts nuclear emergency exercise*india holds maritime drill to prevent another 11/26* flashback: coordinated carnage in mumbai; 145 dead*indian mall owners told to beef security arrangements*uk to ‘spy’ on every phone call, email & web…