[ NNSquad ] Report: India may demand access to Skype and Google encrypted data

2010-08-13 Thread Lauren Weinstein
Report: India may demand access to Skype and Google encrypted data http://bit.ly/dfpxKG (AP / Metronews) As I mentioned yesterday, attempts to demand monitoring access to Google data (for example) will be an entirely different kind of situation than when dealing with RIM. --Lauren-- NNSquad

[ NNSquad ] Tea Party groups come out against Net Neutrality

2010-08-13 Thread Lauren Weinstein
Tea Party groups come out against Net Neutrality http://bit.ly/chIqDI (Huffington) Generally speaking, whenever the Tea Party (which surveys suggest is mostly -- not entirely -- composed of extreme right-wing GOP voters using a different label) comes out against something, you can bet the

[ NNSquad ] Battle over Australian Broadband

2010-08-13 Thread Lauren Weinstein
Battle over Australian Broadband http://bit.ly/daW95k (Slashdot) --Lauren-- NNSquad Moderator

[ NNSquad ] Re: Irish Times: A modest proposal on internet neutrality

2010-08-13 Thread George Ou
You pay your service provider a fixed charge, and it mostly keeps no eye on who you connect to, or who connects to you. In a non-neutral world, the ISP could block your access to a popular website until you paid an extra fee (like extra satellite or cable channels) That is clearly a clueless and

[ NNSquad ] WashPost: FCC and the bandwidth wars

2010-08-13 Thread Lauren Weinstein
WashPost: FCC and the bandwidth wars http://bit.ly/9rSjel (Washington Post) --Lauren-- NNSquad Moderator

[ NNSquad ] Can you trust SSL/TLS certificate authorities?

2010-08-13 Thread Lauren Weinstein
Can you trust SSL/TLS certificate authorities? http://bit.ly/aJHUIk (New York Times) --Lauren-- NNSquad Moderator

[ NNSquad ] Vint Cerf talks with Peter Nowak about Google/Verizon deal.

2010-08-13 Thread Kevin McArthur
Peter Nowak has interviewed Rick Whitt and Vint Cerf on the Google/Verizon deal. The audio is here: http://www.cbc.ca/video/news/audioplayer.html?clipid=1565890135 Parsing of the interview is done for this story:

[ NNSquad ] MagicJack set to invade smartphones

2010-08-13 Thread Lauren Weinstein
MagicJack set to invade smartphones http://bit.ly/biJ5Ld (AP / Businessweek) --Lauren-- NNSquad Moderator

[ NNSquad ] Wired: Surrender Monkey or Not, Google Remains Last, Best Hope for Net Openness

2010-08-13 Thread Lauren Weinstein
Wired: Surrender Monkey or Not, Google Remains Last, Best Hope for Net Openness http://bit.ly/9UqoS7 (Wired) --Lauren-- NNSquad Moderator

[ NNSquad ] Visual Matrix: How Fanboys see Operating Systems

2010-08-13 Thread Lauren Weinstein
Visual Matrix: How Fanboys see Operating Systems http://bit.ly/bdN9lj (Google Buzz) --Lauren-- NNSquad Moderator