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what do we consider to be an act of war in cyberspace?
from washington times: U.S. military officials seeking to boost the nation’s cyberwarfare capabilities are looking beyond defending the Internet: They are developing ways to launch virtual attacks on enemies. But first the military will have to figure out the proper boundaries. “What do we consider to be an act of war in cyberspace?” asked Lt.…
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March Clearinghouse
russian general predicts april 6 attack on iran*middle school kids threatened with terrorist watch list*airport screening makeover promises soothing music, see-through x-rays*urine tester guilty of using drugs*paul campaign goes on*why ron paul scares the gop*obama: i don’t carry a cfr card or know any ‘special handshake’*hope, change, & pissing in the wind, ‘of obama, democrats,…
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military to ‘recruit or hire bloggers’ & intellipedia
military report: secretly ‘recruit or hire bloggers’from danger room: A study, written for U.S. Special Operations Command, suggested “clandestinely recruiting or hiring prominent bloggers.” Since the start of the Iraq war, there’s been a raucous debate in military circles over how to handle blogs – and the servicemembers who want to keep them. One faction…
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Comcast Cameras to Start Watching You?
If you have some tinfoil handy, now might be a good time to fashion a hat. At the Digital Living Room conference today, Gerard Kunkel, Comcast’s senior VP of user experience, told me the cable company is experimenting with different camera technologies built into devices so it can know who’s in your living room.
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facebook wants your bloodtype
from tech.co.uk: An initiative in the US aimed at increasing blood transfusion stocks now allows Facebook to register their blood type and willingness to give blood. The scheme is the brainchild of Takes All Types (TAT), a non-profit organisation dedicated to creating the first national network for blood donation in the US. According to TAT…
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cyber storm II gets started
from fcw: The private sector owns more than three-quarters of the country’s critical infrastructure. A large-scale, successful, coordinated attack could cripple the country’s economy. A cyberattack can originate in one country and pass through several others before reaching its target. That dark side of cyberspace is the backdrop for this week’s Cyber Storm II exercise,…
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poll: americans have lost faith in mainstream media
from press tv: A new opinion poll suggests that over 54 percent of Americans do not trust mainstream media and consider news websites more reliable. Some 41 percent said they trust the ‘Internet news and information websites’ more than the press. The new Harris Interactive survey reflects the findings of a Harvard University study (1.12mb…
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60 minutes heat ray, wikileaks again & the jfk materials
military heat ray gun zaps 60 minutes reporterfrom raw story: “You have to feel the ray gun to believe it,” says 60 Minutes correspondent David Martin, speaking about a non-lethal weapon the Pentagon has developed, “and there’s only one way to do that.” Martin was reportedly “zapped” 17 times for this piece, demonstrating the effects,…
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cyber storm II, silver dragon
‘cyber storm II’ stirringfrom fcw: During the second week of March, nine states, four foreign governments, 18 federal agencies and 40 private companies will participate in Cyber Storm II (110kb PDF) – a weeklong simulation designed to better prepare the players for cyberattacks. DHS, FBI and the Defense Department are among the federal agencies that…
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pakistan ‘sparks youtube outage’
from bbc: Pakistan’s attempts to block access to YouTube has been blamed for an almost global blackout of the video website for more than an hour on Sunday. BBC News has learned that the outage was almost certainly connected to Pakistan Telecom and Asian internet service provider PCCW. A leading net professional said the global…
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‘dc madam’ posts client numbers online
from raw story: Following the judge’s lifting of a gag order, “DC Madam” Deborah Jeane Palfrey promised to release her phone records to selected sources. However, those records have now been posted in full to her website. Because the website has suffered from a series of periodic outages since the records were posted Monday evening,…
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‘good copy bad copy’
from rosforth: Good Copy Bad Copy is a terrific new documentary about copyright and culture, directed by Andreas Johnsen, Ralf Christensen, and Henrik Moltke. It features interviews with Danger Mouse, Girl Talk, Siva Vaidhyanathan, Lawrence Lessig, and many others with various perspectives on copyright.
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telecommunication breakdown
riaa uses local cops in oregon raidfrom slashdot: Fake cops employed by the RIAA started acting like real police officers quite a while ago — one of the earliest examples unfolded in Los Angeles in 2004. From a distance, the bust, ‘looked like classic LAPD, DEA or FBI work, right down to the black “raid”…
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spooks at google… & myspace, paypal, youtube, ebay & yahoo
from kurt nimmo: It comes as no surprise that Google is in bed with the CIA, or rather it is no surprise the CIA ate Google and has turned it into yet another front company. “A former clandestine services officer for the CIA who also maintains close relationships with top Google representatives says that the…