[ NNSquad ] Google's Products Reflect Its Character, Says Wired's Steven Levy

y, and what it values. He shared with the Shorenstein Center three key takeaways that he learned from Google, which are featured in his book, In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives." - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/

[ NNSquad ] Centralized DNS systems vs. CDNs

itigate this problem include use of distributed DNS server technology (e.g. as reportedly implemented by Google) and inclusion of client subnet data in DNS queries. An interesting report/posting on this latter technique was just released a week ago: http://j.mp/QJ0QvW (CDN Planet). --Lauren-- Lauren

[ NNSquad ] VeriSign complains that Google is limiting domain name abuses

upset. My sympathy for VeriSign in this situation: ZERO. Keep up the good work, Google! --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.n

[ NNSquad ] Yahoo will ignore Do Not Track for IE10 users

sion by Yahoo. Reference: "Putting a Stake in the Coffin of 'Do Not Track'" ( http://j.mp/RfmVnH [Lauren's blog] / 10/10/2012 ). --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.

[ NNSquad ] Google cancels Monday's launch event in NYC due to Hurricane Sandy

Google cancels Monday's launch event in NYC due to Hurricane Sandy http://j.mp/Y7BuLt (Androidos.in) --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Founder: - Network Neutrality

[ NNSquad ] ICANN new gTLD Independent Objector launches website

ction would trigger a dispute resolution proceeding by an expert panel in the relevant subject area." - - - A useless pretending of due process. What a joke. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibi

[ NNSquad ] "When is a cyberattack an act of war?" + my comments

are. They're very important, and we have a lot of work to do toward properly securing all manner of systems. But a great deal of what we're being fed about "Cyber Pearl Harbors" and the like is self-serving nonsense. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex

[ NNSquad ] Google's Hurricane Sandy info page and map

to Tuesday." - - - During a storm event like this, organized information is orders of magnitude more valuable than gold, or even offshore bank accounts. Thanks Google! --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Respo

[ NNSquad ] Showdown set on bid to give UN control of Internet

for global phone calls." - - - In a battle of wits between the UN and the Internet, which would you bet on? Hmm? --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Founder: - Network

[ NNSquad ] RIAA Failed To Disclose Expert's Lobbying History to "Six-Strikes" Partners

whether it should hire another expert to evaluate the anti-piracy monitoring technology." - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: h

[ NNSquad ] New York Times profile of Peter G. Neumann

h the physicist over breakfast. - - - A great article in the New York Times about Peter G. Neumann, a dear friend and colleague. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Foun

[ NNSquad ] France to act to force Google to pay for news

cal response to France's attitude on this issue: "Au revoir!" --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsqu

[ NNSquad ] Supreme Court seeks a way around "perpetual copyright" on foreign goods

casso without the permission of the copyright holder.' What, as their lawyer, do you tell them? Do you tell them, hey, no problem; or, do you tell them, you might become a law violator; or, do you tell them, I better litigate this? What do you tell them?" - - - --Lauren

[ NNSquad ] U.S. Firm Acknowledges Syria Uses Its Gear to Block Web

vices-which can block websites or record when people visit them-made their way to Syria, a country subject to strict U.S. trade embargoes." - - - Yeah, they were *supposed* to be used to *block* the Web in Iraq, not Syria. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.v

[ NNSquad ] South Carolina says it didn't encrypt hacked social security numbers because ...

's a lot of numbers involved with it." - - - Love their excuse. "A lot of numbers involved." --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Founder: - Network Neut

[ NNSquad ] Privacy Tools for Sharing Research Data Project

tween the Center for Research on Computation and Society (CRCS) and the Institute for Quantitative Social Science (IQSS), generously supported by the Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC) program at the National Science Foundation." - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vor

[ NNSquad ] EFF calls Ubuntu's Amazon search result feature a "major privacy problem"

EFF calls Ubuntu's Amazon search result feature a "major privacy problem" --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://

[ NNSquad ] Superstorm Sandy, Google, France, and Saving the Freedom to Link

ernet in the 21st century -- are not luxuries to be held hostage, but rather key to the survival of individuals and even entire communities. When we save the freedom to link on the Web, we are literally acting to save our families, our friends, our communities, and ourselves. All the best to everyon

[ NNSquad ] EFF's Open Wireless Movement

ome targeted by police actions or lawsuits as a result. If you meet that resource criteria and think you have the stamina to follow through, go for it. Otherwise, probably not. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Respo

[ NNSquad ] Sandy wreaks havoc on Internet infrastructure

ssing the Atlantic Ocean." - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/pr

[ NNSquad ] F.C.C. Describes 911 and Cellphone Problems

often run out very quickly after power goes down, as well. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - PRIVACY F

[ NNSquad ] Meet the Company Spam-Texting Against Barack Obama

iants such as Starbucks and Burger King, according to its website. And it's been at the center of controversies over the legality of its methods before, too. Requests for comment from the company were not immediately returned." - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vo

[ NNSquad ] Comcast Lobbyist Admits To Holding Internet Service For The Poor Hostage To Get NBC Takeover Approved

that would be attractive to the chairman" of the Federal Communications Commission, Cohen said in a recent interview. - - - And the FCC played along. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://ww

[ NNSquad ] AT&T, T-Mobile USA to use each other's networks in NY, NJ

tages and flooding after Hurricane Sandy." - - - At least there will be 2G compatibility for all GSM users. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Founder: - Network

[ NNSquad ] [WCIT] ISOC comments for WCIT

ernet Society?s position on several key proposals that have been submitted to date. This list is not inclusive of all proposals on which the Internet Society may have views. [. . .] - End forwarded message - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Fo

[ NNSquad ] After Sandy, Wired New Yorkers Get Reconnected With Pay Phones

ey are connected by copper directly to the central office and powered from massive batteries there. There are critical public safety issues to be considered in this entire area. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet R

[ NNSquad ] Tweeter arrested; India's march toward a true police state continues

t; - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info - Data Wisdom Ex

[ NNSquad ] Russia launches massive Internet censorship list

) and enforced with deep-packet inspection of all internet traffic across the country, which must be reassuring for those using Russian cloud providers." - - - Stalin Smiles. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People Fo

[ NNSquad ] In Sandy's Wake, Cellphone Users Steaming at Hit-or-Miss Service

, and the hardest to restore. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy

[ NNSquad ] NJ residents displaced by storm can vote by email

mail-in ballot application by fax or email to the local county clerk." - - - If the results are close, this ad hoc process is bound to be a lawsuit magnet. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibi

[ NNSquad ] NJ Lt. Governor invites voters to submit invalid email ballots

x27;s directive: If voters and county clerks follow her instructions, their votes will be invalid." - - - Even worse, the loony "Oh yeah, it's safe to vote by Internet!" contingent is sure to be fired up by all this. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com):

[ NNSquad ] New Twitter policy lets users see tweets pulled down for copyright

ssing, and also brings new transparency to the DMCA process." - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org -

[ NNSquad ] MUST READ: Risks in Internet Voting - From October 2012 CACM

s fundamentally insecure. // Most people do not associate widely publicized viruses and worms with Internet voting. // Internet voting is being pushed in many countries by vendors, election officials, and well-meaning people who do not understand the risks. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vo

[ NNSquad ] Security Researchers Warn New Jersey's Emergency Email Voting Could Be An Insecure, Illegal Nightmare

ware infections." - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info - D

[ NNSquad ] BGP error in Indonesia blocks Google in other areas

m. And, quickly, the bad routes spread. It is unlikely this was malicious, but rather a misconfiguaration or an error evidencing some of the failings in the BGP Trust model." - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People Fo

[ NNSquad ] Online voting system vendors dismiss concerns of hacking and resort to ad hominem attacks against researchers

k anything worth hacking. - - - Note the online voting system vendors dismissing concerns about hacking, and even resorting to ad hominem attacks against computer scientists and other researchers opposed to online voting systems. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.

[ NNSquad ] Google security researcher: Keep Sophos away from high value systems

avoid easy mistakes and issue patches faster." - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - PRIVACY F

[ NNSquad ] AT&T to expand Wireless, Wired Broadband Reach

loaded wireless systems during emergencies, loss of service during customer power failures, and so on. Only copper landline service served directly from the central office tends to be reliable in such circumstances, due to both higher capacity and centrally backed up power systems. --Lauren-

[ NNSquad ] ITU Secretary-General pushes UN's nightmarish Internet regulation scheme in Wired op-ed

ITU Secretary-General pushes UN's nightmarish Internet regulation scheme in Wired op-ed http://j.mp/RFM9eQ (Wired) --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Founder: - Ne

[ NNSquad ] Egypt Moves To Ban Online Pornography

with that, Egypt. A useless and counterproductive effort. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - PRIVACY Forum: h

[ NNSquad ] AT&T wants total deregulation in exchange for expansion plan

are pushing more profitable wireless services." - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - PRIVACY Forum: http:

[ NNSquad ] Patent troll still going after firms for using SSL

oying means for randomly altering the encryption keys." - - - Utter and complete bull - - - -. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: ht

[ NNSquad ] EFF/ACLU sue to block parts of new Calif. sex offender law -- I agree with them

whose offenses were not related to activity on the internet - would have to turn over to law enforcement a list of all identifiers they use online as well as a list of service providers they use." - - - I agree 100% with the EFF/ACLU stance on this issue. --Lauren-- Lauren Wein

[ NNSquad ] President Elect Mitt Romney site surfaces -- then (unsurprisingly) vanishes

x27;s at this Google+ posting: http://j.mp/Z2apK2 (G+) Click on the photo to enlarge, click arrows at lower right to enlarge more, maximize your page for most enlargement. Fascinating. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet

[ NNSquad ] Judge grants EFF/ACLU temporary restraining order on proposition 35

gered this temporary injunction. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-in

[ NNSquad ] Australia abandons vast Internet filtering scheme

, internet service providers will be directed by the Government and the Australian Federal Police to block "child abuse websites" that feature on an INTERPOL block list." - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Fou

[ NNSquad ] AT&T loosens FaceTime restrictions, but only for LTE users on new plans

plan-which are no longer offered to new users-will still be left out of the FaceTime game, as will those customers who are still using devices that can only connect to AT&T's 3G network." - - - Still a blatant net neutrality violation. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@v

[ NNSquad ] Experimental Interplanetary Internet Used to Test Robot from International Space Station

s and through time delays associated with on-orbit or deep space spacecraft or robotic systems." - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Founder: - Network Neutra

[ NNSquad ] "Estonia gets to vote online. Why can't America?"

electoral fraud seems to pop up more frequently in winner-take-all systems - since there's more at stake for the candidates." - - - Online Voting: Just Say No! --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Respo

[ NNSquad ] Facebook Lobbies EU re Privacy Laws

Not Forget: http://j.mp/AatI0J (Lauren's Blog). --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vor

[ NNSquad ] Virus Aimed at Iran Infected Chevron Network

on Corp.'s network in 2010, shortly after it escaped from its intended target." - - - As always with everything reported about Stuxnet, I recommend taking the reported statements with more than a bit of salt. Disinformation is a major part of the game. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau.

[ NNSquad ] [IP] AT&T Admits That The Whole 'Spectrum Crunch' Argument It Made For Why It Needed T-Mobile Wasn't True

r that there is no spectrum crunch -- that's just a bogeyman story that the telcos tell the government when they want a handout. In fact, AT&T is now saying publicly that there is no spectrum crunch. It has more than enough. [snip] Dewayne-Net RSS Feed: <http://www.warpspeed.com/

[ NNSquad ] General Petraeus, CIA, and Gmail

ly distinguished career, but also the lives of people around him who deserved far better. I don't quote the Old Testament very often (to say the least!) -- but in this case I'll paraphrase a bit: Don't blame the computers for your misfortune, for pride goes before destruc

[ NNSquad ] Another misguided call for online voting in The New York Times

ce. Go hi-tech with voting and turn the elections over to hackers, coercion, and worse, or admit that there are still a few things in life that are better done the old-fashioned way -- if we care about democracy, that is. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren

[ NNSquad ] Did Skype Give a Private Company Data on Teen WikiLeaks Supporter Without a Warrant?

notes that Skype handed over the suspect's personal information, such as his user name, real name, e-mail addresses and the home address used for payment." It adds that Skype disclosed the information voluntarily, "without a court order, as would usually be required.&qu

[ NNSquad ] Pakistani officials consider options for filtering YouTube

ck, prompting a re-evaluation of the ban." - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - PRIVACY Forum: h

[ NNSquad ] UK man arrested for posting picture of burning a flower. No joke.

nascent UK police state. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info - D

[ NNSquad ] The Nuclear Option: Ending Copyright and Patent Lawsuit Abuse

st be sufficiently expensive to abuse the system through careless, poorly researched, rogue, or simply false accusations, to seriously get the attention not only of associated corporate executives, but of their shareholders as well. We need to get started on this right now. The time for t

[ NNSquad ] Gmail Location Data Led FBI to Uncover Top Spy's Affair

y: FBI accessed Broadwell's Gmail account. It is not currently public information as to whether or not they also accessed Petraeus' account, which was apparently under a pseudonym. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Inte

[ NNSquad ] Antivirus pioneer John McAfee wanted for murder

ect in the murder of American expatriate Gregory Faull, who was gunned down Saturday night at his home in San Pedro Town on the island of Ambergris Caye." - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Respo

[ NNSquad ] Google's Nicole Wong lands at Twitter

Google's Nicole Wong lands at Twitter Nicole Wong, VP and General Counsel at Google who has worked on many issues relating to privacy and censorship, has announced that she has taken a new position at Twitter. Best wishes to her in the new flock! --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vorte

[ NNSquad ] Sources: Petraeus & Broadwell used draft Gmail texts to avoid sending emails

read the messages." - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privac

[ NNSquad ] Hardcoded passwords leave Telstra routers wide open

ublic disclosure of the flaws on 16 October, 2012, and given the threat posed to Telstra customers, had warned Telstra and delayed publication until the telco and vendor Netcomm had developed and fully tested a firmware fix." - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.

[ NNSquad ] Petraeus and Broadwell's use of Gmail drafts to communicate apparently raised FBI concerns

Gmail drafts (rather than sent messages) to communicate, a technique the FBI views as suggesting purposeful attempted obfuscation. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Fo

[ NNSquad ] Meet the patent troll suing everyone over SSL

lidated by prior art-evidence of previous invention of the same technology. - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad

[ NNSquad ] Petraeus -- And the Bottom Line on Email Privacy

ailure of the ECPA to keep pace with our modern Internet environment sets the stage for abuses in this sphere that should be deemed absolutely unacceptable. This should hold true for all of us -- even if our email is as pure as the driven snow. Even for directors of CIA. --Lauren-- Lauren Wein

[ NNSquad ] TLD extortion gets underway in earnest in .SX

+1.8882678592 MARCARIA.COM 222 Grace Church St. Suite 302 - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://

[ NNSquad ] Aljazeera: Facebook censors Arab women

Aljazeera: Facebook censors Arab women http://j.mp/THHMhW (Aljazeera) "If a photo of a woman removing her veil and saying that she wants to feel the air on her hair and body gets removed, you better stop giving yourself credit for the Arab spring." - - - --Laure

[ NNSquad ] AT&T's $14 Billion Dollar 'Bribe' to Get Rid of Telecom Regulations Is a Multi-Layered Hoax

hone and cable companies in multiple ways." - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - PRIVACY Forum: h

[ NNSquad ] Android 4.2's Super Vision Boost (and a Note for Developers)

ep going! After a number of taps, you'll be informed that you're getting close, then you'll be anointed with Developer status. Take another look at the main Settings menu -- the Developer options will now be available. There are other very useful advances in 4.2 as well -- mo

[ NNSquad ] [WCIT] the WCIT jewels just keep coming

eless filed the complaint against the U.S. - End forwarded message - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.or

[ NNSquad ] ISPs detail copyright blocking/throttling plans -- $35 to appeal

* -- and you have to *pay* to appeal. They're not ISPs, they're LESPs -- Law Enforcement Service Providers. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Founder: -

[ NNSquad ] Apple Now Owns the Page Turn

h, "intense" reactions: http://j.mp/T0Oi2A (Google+) --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - PRIVACY Foru

[ NNSquad ] Leaked docs show Russia's desire for ITU "iron fist" over Internet

ale musicians to send to his labor camps. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.c

[ NNSquad ] GOP publishes report proposing copyright reform, then, uh, says "never mind ..."

down the report. They succeeded. Even though the report had been fully vetted and approved by the RSC, executive director Paul S. Teller has now retracted it ..." - - - Follow the money. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder:

[ NNSquad ] GOP suddenly withdraws intellectual property report (but here it is)

ul Thanksgiving holiday Paul S. Teller Executive Director U.S. House Republican Study Committee paul.tel...@mail.house.gov --- --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfi

[ NNSquad ] Correcting Republican alphabet soup (copyright study)

Correcting Republican alphabet soup (copyright study) To be sure we get the alphabet soup right, the previously noted report was from the House Republican Study Committee, not the Republican National Committee. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co

[ NNSquad ] As Boom Lures App Creators, Tough Part Is Making a Living

many people had suspected: the app world is an ecology weighted heavily toward a few winners. - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Founder: - Network Ne

[ NNSquad ] From Mitch Glazier, Senior Executive Vice President RIAA re Withdrawn Republican Study Committee Report

discussion that will benefit industry and the public." - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - PRI

[ NNSquad ] Google's Kent Walker: "Let's Fight the Patent Trolls"

is senior vice president & general counsel at Google. And I agree with him 100% on this. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://

[ NNSquad ] Judge orders sex harassment plaintiffs to produce Facebook passwords

equests of them. The woman say the corporate office failed to take action to stop his behavior after it was reported." - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info

[ NNSquad ] Outrage at India arrests over Facebook post

ting religious sentiments", were released on bail after appearing in court." - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http:

[ NNSquad ] Senate bill rewrite lets feds read your e-mail without warrants

er digital files." - - - Basically, you'll never go broke betting on Congress taking a bad situation and making it even worse. To paraphrase Bugs Bunny, "This Means War -- on our Civil Liberties!" --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/

[ NNSquad ] Head of USPTO says explosion of patent litigation is "natural and reasonable"

avid Kappos -- NO, the explosion of patent litigation is NOT natural and reasonable! --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.

[ NNSquad ] Senator Leahy tweeting that he does not *personally support* privacy-negative ECPA changes noted earlier today

rn in the article. I'm not yet entirely sure what this means for the legislation in the long run. More info as it becomes available. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-in

[ NNSquad ] More on Sen. Leahy/ECPA: "Leahy scuttles his warrantless email surveillance bill"

ort" such an idea at next week's vote. - - - I would characterize the situation regarding this legislation as cloudy at best. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info

[ NNSquad ] Pew: "Parents, Teens, and Online Privacy"

up on their children's digital footprints, according to a new survey by the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project." - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: htt

[ NNSquad ] Google site battles proposed UN/ITU takeover of the Internet

ernet. Engineers, companies, and people that build and use the web have no vote. The ITU is also secretive. The treaty conference and proposals are confidential." - - - I cannot endorse Google on this strongly enough - Excellent! +1.0E1000. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@

[ NNSquad ] Blogger's Death in Iran Window Onto Cyber Patrols

ington, European allies and rights groups." - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - PRIVACY Forum:

[ NNSquad ] European Parliament passes resolution opposing ITU Internet takeover

ucted its 27 Member States to act accordingly." - - - Excellent. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org

[ NNSquad ] "Anonymous" File-Sharing Darknet Ruled Illegal by German Court

rough encrypted transfers and the network setup ensures that the true sender of the file is always obfuscated. The court, however, has now ruled that RetroShare users who act as an exit node are liable for the encrypted traffic that's sent by others." - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Wei

[ NNSquad ] Washington Post: "Why we need to let our online memories go"

just as illogical, unrealistic, unbalanced, and potentially dangerous as the other calls for this misguided and impractical concept. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Founder: -

[ NNSquad ] Questions re DHS takedowns of YouTube videos

es into this takedown and the legal basis for their issuing DMCA takedowns on such videos. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsq

[ NNSquad ] Libel case turning into extortion via Twitter?

looks like extortion, and smells like extortion, and walks like extortion, and ... --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org

[ NNSquad ] Andrew Gilligan: "Don't put a gag on the public interest"

ssociated Newspapers is a useful reminder of the true, rather more complicated, position." - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Founder: - Network Neutrality Squa

[ NNSquad ] WSJ: The U.N.'s Internet Sneak Attack

WSJ: The U.N.'s Internet Sneak Attack http://j.mp/To7ydH (WSJ) "Letting the Internet be rewired by bureaucrats would be like handing a Stradivarius to a gorilla." - - - Credit where credit is due -- that's a great line. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau.

[ NNSquad ] AP on ITU's Internet takeover plans

ng. - - - My full support to Google in their effort -- which should be our effort too! Reference: "Saving the Internet, Ourselves, and the Future": http://j.mp/N442Tc (Lauren's Blog) --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: Peopl

[ NNSquad ] UN Agency's Leaked Playbook: Panic, Chaos over Anti-Internet Treaty

the Net to national governments who will destroy this great work. Good luck getting those root passwords, ITU. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Founder: - Network Neutr

[ NNSquad ] AP and others repeat apparently FALSE report of Google buying Wi-Fi provider ICOA. Reportedly no such purchase has taken place.

ed: A Google spokesperson tells Mashable that it has not acquired the Internet service provider, and did not issue or approve the press release making the announcement." - - - Nice fact checking there, guys. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/

[ NNSquad ] [IP] Mark Crispin

nion, Annie. I will also post updates to that list as I get them ] Barry Leiba ------- ----- End forwarded message - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http:/

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