Governments and companies pushing for greater monitoring of Internet activity pose a major threat to freedom and democracy, according to Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web. Questions: 1) Net neutrality. 2) Government data. ("t's better if dat
May 2008. The document is the first evidence that the networking giant has marketed its routers to China specifically as a tool of repression. It reinforces the double-edged role that Americans’ technological ingenuity plays in the rest of the world. Com
Si le filtrage du moteur Google.cn était un arrangement d’ordre pratique avec un pouvoir qui entend lutter contre le free flow of information, Google a fini par reconnaître que les exigences du gouvernement chinois entraient de manière fondamentale en con
On November 15, at the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Sharm El Sheikh (Egypt), OpenNet Initiative (ONI) partners were set to hold a reception for the as-yet-unreleased volume Access Controlled, in a room which ONI had been given permission to use for
Stefan Flod, ung pirat, på Sourze, skriver att också MP och V nu godkänner datalagringsdirektivet " Alla dina telefonkontakter registreras och sparas i minst ett halvår. - Alla dina SMS-kontakter registreras och sparas i minst ett halvår. - Alla dina e-
Ydinmateriaalien löytäminen ja tunnistaminen nopeutuu ja herkistyy merkittävästi, kun Euroopan komission tutkimuslaitos JRC (Joint Research Center) Saksan Karlsruhessa saa uuden laajan geometrian sekundääri-ionimassaspektrometrin (LG-SIMS). Uutta tietoa n
Today (24 March 2010) two computer security researchers, Christopher Soghoian and Sid Stamm, released a draft of a forthcoming research paper in which they present evidence that certificate authorities (CAs) may be cooperating with government agencies to
"The Yemeni-American cleric Anwar al Awlaki, a former imam at a mosque in Falls Church, Va., was in contact with both Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the perpetrator of the failed Christmas airline bombing, as well as Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the officer accuse
IPS 5 April: "The efforts of the Barack Obama administration to maintain the secrecy of the counterterrorism policies of its predecessor, the administration of former President George W. Bush, hit a major speed bump last week. On Mar. 31, a federal judge
"Like other technology and communications companies, we regularly receive requests from government agencies around the world to remove content from our services, or provide information about users of our services and products. The map shows the number of
2009. Google has made "woefully little effort to articulate how it intends to adequately protect reader privacy as part of this giant project," the groups said. "Under its current design, Google Book Search keeps track of what books readers search for an
Toronto police have purchased four, long-range acoustic devices (LRAD) — often referred to as sound guns or sound cannons — for the upcoming June 26-27 summit, the Star has learned.
Karl Palmås sept 2008: "“The turn to affects”, som ju sveper genom social theory, is alive and kicking inom intelligence världen, och ligger implicit i Tolgfors tankar. Därför måste vi diskutera det krångliga A-ordet."
Publicerad: 15 juni 2010, EU-kommissionen sade i dag ja till Cecilia Malmströms nya Swiftavtal. Avtalet är ombearbetat sedan EU-parlamentet avslog det i februari – men många kontroversiella delar finns fortfarande kvar. Bland annat kan USA lagra bankup
"I can tell you the 'Terrorism Finance Tracking Program' (TFTP) provided support to the Norwegian investigation of that al Qaeda threat," under-secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence Stuart Levey told Brussels journalists in a conference call
By Philip Giraldi July 19, 2010 "If one goes into an internet café it is now legally required in most countries in the European Union to present a government issued form of identification." "As this article was being written, a story broke reporting that
20 July, 2010, by Steve Lohr. "John Morris, general counsel at the Center for Democracy and Technology, said that while he did not know the details of the case, the shutdown does “encapsulate the fragility of free speech on the Internet” and its depende
Mr Alvaro also stressed that the agreement will not cover financial transactions between EU states but only those to non-EU countries. Article 4 of the accord rules out transfers of any data relating to the Single Euro Payments Area. The compromise was b
Noah Schachtmann: "Right, so, you know, Google—we sort of make an implicit bargain with Google, right? Google reads our email to deliver advertisements. They look at how we’re traveling from point A to point B as they—as we use Google Maps. They look at o
"These events clearly demonstrate that Etisalat and the UAE regulatory environment within which it operates are institutionally hostile to the existence and use of secure cryptosystems. It is therefore of great concern to us that Etisalat is in possession
EFF, working with the Samuelson Law, Technology, and Public Policy Clinic at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law (Samuelson Clinic), filed suit on December 1, 2009 against a half-dozen government agencies for refusing to disclose their p
As an example of the government’s substantial information collection capability, several documents [PDF] in the CIA’s disclosure discuss the CIA’s so-called Open Source Center, established in 2005, which has been collecting information from publicly acces
"– FRA avlyssnar allt. Precis allt. Med FRA-lagen försöker de rättfärdiga vad de gjort hela tiden. Han gick också direkt in på piratpolitik (vilket även är nyckelpolitik för flera nyckelspelare i både röda och blå laget — men som tyvärr inte har sina lagk
afp/svd aug 2010: Den thailändska regeringen har tagit bort tiotusentals dokument från internet under de senaste åren – främst på grund av förolämpningar mot kungahuset. Ett brott som i Thailand kan resultera i 15 års fängelse. En speciell it-brottsenhet
EU-parlamentet är nära att anta ett förslag som innebär att sökmotorer som Google och Yahoo ska omfattas av datalagringsdirektivet. Det skulle innebära att sökningar som görs med till exempel Google måste sparas mellan sex månader och två år.
19 August 2010 By Kirill Rogov On July 29, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed into law a bill introducing amendments to the Federal Law on Security and to the Russian Federation’s Code on Administrative Offenses, expanding the powers of the Federal
”Kun puolustaa sananvapautta, pitää puolustaa niitä asioita, joita enemmistö ei halua nähdä, koska ne muut asiat, joilla on jo enemmistön tuki, eivät tarvitse mitään erityistä suojelua tai puolustamista.” - Matti Nikki
Hervé Bourlard, from Idiap Research Institute ("an independent, non-profit research foundation specializing in multimedia information management and in multimodal man-machine interaction").
Background: The 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) , which regulates U.S. government agencies' carrying out of physical searches, and electronic surveillance, wherein the main purpose is the gathering of foreign intelligence information. So
Indymedia case , autumn 2009: "officials in the Bush and Obama Justice Departments tried to get the IP addresses of every visitor to Indymedia.us, a left-wing, anticapitalist news site. When the site’s administrators wanted to share the story with the Ele
Seth Schoen , 27 Sept 2010: "The New York Times reported this morning on a Federal government plan to put government-mandated back doors in all communications systems, including all encryption software. The Times said the Obama administration is drafting
Isa Saharkhiz, a distinguished Iranian journalist and a key political reformer behind the 1999 Tehran Spring of press freedom, was arrested on June 20, 2009 in the small village of Tirkadeh in northern Iran where he had been hiding. The intelligence agent
Tor is free software and an open network that helps you defend against a form of network surveillance that threatens personal freedom and privacy, confidential business activities and relationships, and state security known as traffic analysis
December 1, 2004. "Mr. Tenet, who retired in July as director of the CIA after seven years, warned that ...""I know that these actions will be controversial in this age when we still think the Internet is a free and open society with no control or accoun
The Guardian, 16 Oct 2010: "Moneybookers, a British-registered internet payment company that collects WikiLeaks donations, emailed the organisation to say it had closed down its account because it had been put on an official US watchlist and on an Austral
"USA:s bevakning och registrering av svenskar har nu lett till en förundersökning om olaglig underrättelseverksamhet. Det innebär att nervösa statsråd och tjänstemän i staten slipper besvara irriterande frågor från undrande reportrar. De kan hänvisa till