Senate Judiciary Committee Passes Three Data Security Bills
http://j.mp/oz0x9B (CDT)
Three bills cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee in a markup session
yesterday, bringing federal standards for breach notification and data
security one step closer to reality. The three bills,
USPTO grants patent on building a snowman
http://j.mp/mTdNno (Techdirt)
The patent itself declares: 'The following is not a joke patent. Its
completely serious and is a serious undertaking to obtain a patent.'
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No comment.
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com):
Taiwanese NMATV Animation:
Facebook announces big changes at F8 conference
http://j.mp/oGMNBO (Google+ [Video])
The NMATV team does it again. Damn they're fast.
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility:
How to Steal Your Way to #1 In the Copyright Wars
http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000896.html
A seemingly innocuous showbiz headline flashed on my screen today. It
noted that Disney's 1994 animated blockbuster The Lion King was
number one in the U.S. box office
Einar (known to everyone as Stef) went all the way back in the
networking world. We were in almost daily communications back in the
ARPANET days. He was the moderator of one of the very first and most
important network mailing lists -- MSGGROUP -- which we used to
establish, discuss (yes, and
Facebook forms a share everything with us, all the time PAC. Seriously.
http://j.mp/ni88wX (Gawker)
http://j.mp/p1fkQ8 (The Hill)
FB PAC will give our employees a way to make their voice heard in the
political process by supporting candidates who share our goals of
promoting
Microsoft: SSL/TLS attacks highly improbable, but may require patch
http://j.mp/qhXwT6 (ars technica)
Despite the successful demo, attacks are unlikely, according to
officials from the Microsoft Security Response Center. In a blog post
titled Is SSL Broken? the answer provided
Tea Party group slams online copyright bill (PROTECT IP)
http://j.mp/qbooLu (The Hill)
The opposition to Sen. Patrick Leahy's (D-Vt.) Protect IP or PIPA Act
got a lot broader this weekend when the Tea Party Patriots came out
against the legislation on Facebook. The conservative
Santorum, Google, and Colbert
http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000897.html
The Senator Rick Santorum vs. Google controversy exploded in my
inbox yesterday, along with one really, seriously irate phone call
that was particularly notable. Then satirist, ersatz
Report: After denying privacy issues, Facebook suddenly changes cookie
behaviors
http://j.mp/ofZiDF (ZDNET)
Over the weekend, self-proclaimed hacker Nik Cubrilovic accused
Facebook of tracking its users even if they log out of the social
network. The company responded by denying
Congressmen blast supercookies as privacy menace
http://j.mp/pSkgAO (ars technica)
In a Monday letter to the Federal Trade Commission, two prominent
members of the House of Representatives raised alarm about the use of
supercookies by popular websites such as msn.com and
Murdoch Strikes! - WSJ to combine personal data and Web browsing data
without users' consent
http://j.mp/n8eltZ (This message on Google+)
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In a move that confirms many of our worst fears of what would happen
to the Wall Street Journal once within the clutches of Rupert
Murdoch's News
After Washington objects, OnStar reverses tracking policy
http://j.mp/mXIRv4 (Computerworld)
Only a few days after it made what U.S. Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY)
called brazen changes to its privacy policy, General Motors
subsidiary OnStar has backed down and said it would
Which Telecoms Store Your Data the Longest? Secret Memo Tells All!
http://j.mp/o89qXS (Wired)
The single-page Department of Justice document, Retention Periods of
Major Cellular Service Providers, (.pdf) is a guide for law
enforcement agencies looking to get information - like
Schools' Web-Filtering Efforts Have Detractors
http://j.mp/rqHgo5 (New York Times)
Similarly, New Trier High School stopped blocking many sites this year
after teachers voiced concerns that the filtering had grown
oppressive. Entire categories of Web sites had been blocked,
In Android Patent War, Microsoft Channels Al Capone
http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000898.html
As we watch the U.S. still deep in economic turmoil, there are many
fingers pointing in various directions trying to assign blame.
Clearly one primary
Video Available: Google+ Identity and Real Names Discussion Hangout
http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000899.html
Yesterday evening, I conducted an initial Google+ discussion video
Hangout dedicated to the controversies surrounding identity
(real names) controversies on
Unacceptable Incompetency: Microsoft Accidentally
Deletes Google's Chrome Browser from Users' PCs
http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000900.html
Microsoft now claims that about 3000 users were impacted when their
Security Essentials antivirus
Massive Security Vulnerability In HTC Android Devices Exposes Much
http://j.mp/oqmudY (Android Police)
In recent updates to some of its devices, HTC introduces a suite of
logging tools that collected information. Lots of information. LOTS.
Whatever the reason was, whether for
60 Minutes Meets the ARPANET
Andy Rooney signed off from doing his regular commentaries on 60 Minutes
this evening -- he'd been doing them weekly since 1978. His farewell
was heartfelt and bittersweet:
http://j.mp/qEHEa9 (Gawker)
I couldn't help thinking myself about all the years that 60
NY State Senators Say We've Got Too Much Free Speech; Introduce Bill
To Fix That
http://j.mp/oixhsy (Techdirt)
Proponents of a more refined First Amendment argue that this freedom
should be treated not as a right but as a privilege - a special
entitlement granted by the state on a
Will Copyright Stifle Hollywood?
http://j.mp/omXV3q (New York Times)
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments today in Golan v.
Holder, a case challenging the copyright provision of the 1994 act.
There are many reasons the justices should conclude that Congress went
California: Appeals Court Approves Cell Phone Search During Traffic Stop
http://j.mp/rf40oH (theNewspaper)
In sum, it is our conclusion that, after Reid [Nottoli] was arrested
for being under the influence, it was reasonable to believe that
evidence relevant to that offense
Apple Looks to Burn Google with 3rd Party In-App Purchase Patent
http://j.mp/qeCt7y (BNet)
That's where this could, if granted, come crashing down on
Google. Under Apple's definition, if Google served an ad that
provided a way of buying a product, Google owns the ad and the
WashPost: Innovators, data will set you free
http://j.mp/pZkxfd (Washington Post)
The pace of data creation on the Internet is growing at an
exponential rate. In any 48-hour period in 2010, more data was
created than had been created by all of humanity in the past
30,000
Online voter registration comes to California
http://j.mp/nvLPQg (Capital Alert)
http://j.mp/rsf0cS (Text of Legislation)
Senate Bill 397, by Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, allows to
(sic) state to begin registering voters online ahead of the
completion of a new
Computer Science Titan Dennis Ritchie dead at 70
http://j.mp/o3xgWh (Google+)
Dennis Ritchie has died after a long illness. He was only 70. I've
known him since the earliest UNIX days at Bell Labs. I can't even
begin to explain his contributions to computer science and these
systems you're
A Few Brief Thoughts on the Death of Computer Science Titan Dennis Ritchie
http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000903.html
Dennis Ritchie has died after a long illness ( http://j.mp/pQfU8J [CNET]).
He was only the relatively young age of 70. Unlike Steve Jobs, Dennis
was not
Secure Android kernel could make for 'classified' smart phones
http://j.mp/n3yJYj (Government Computer News)
A research team from Google, George Mason University and the National
Security Agency have developed a hardened kernel for the Android 3.0
operating system that could
Google killing off Google Buzz
http://j.mp/pjJXFe (PCMag)
Google killing Google Buzz, but existing content will continue to be
viewable via Profiles (that is, existing content links will continue
to work). This latter point is crucial for those of us -- like me --
who have vast numbers of
GOP trying to use social media to discredit Occupy movement
I know for a fact that the Republican Congressional Committee is
monitoring social media around the Occupy Wall Street movement,
looking for ways to show potential voters that the movement is full of
the most extreme
Link for GOP Social Media story ...
http://j.mp/oWT6Xv (Christian Science Monitor)
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org
Founder:
- Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org
Undercover Cops and Politicians Escape BitTorrent Lawsuits
http://j.mp/q6cfK1 (TorrentFreak)
Besides undercover cops, the adult entertainment company also has a
policy of dismissing their cases against military personnel stationed
oversees, according to the lawyer. The dead and
Facebook Wants Congress to Give Facebook Your Children
http://j.mp/pU42Or (New York Times)
Within weeks of the Consumer Reports news, Mark Zuckerberg, the
founder of Facebook, called for challenging the 1998 Children's Online
Privacy Protection Act (Coppa), which prevents
Must-Have Android App for Activists: I'm getting arrested! automatic
notification app
http://j.mp/q7WPuL (Android Market)
Alert your lawyer, loved ones, etc ... that you are being arrested
with a click. I'm Getting Arrested enables anyone, with one click, to
broadcast a custom
DOE: 21 Steps to improve Cyber Security of SCADA Networks
http://j.mp/r4FnTx (DOE [PDF])
SCADA networks relate to industrial control processes, power, water,
and other infrastructure systems, and so on.
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren
Take This Lollipop Spooks Facebook Users
http://j.mp/qSCn6x (Brand Channel)
Just when you thought you had your online privacy settings all figured
out, along comes Take This Lollipop. Give this Facebook app
permission to connect to your profile and up comes a video of a
jittery,
Raping by the Domain-Industrial Complex Continues: Family gTLDs for $500,000
http://j.mp/mYi522 (This message on Google+)
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http://j.mp/nOHxQT (ReadWriteWeb)
Now we have dotFamilyName getting into the action and promising your
own gTLD for as little as $500,000 for your family,
Mr. Spock Explains the Google+ Anonymity Controversy and the Nymwars
http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000905.html
Mr. Spock, may I speak to you for a moment?
Of course, Captain.
Spock, what do you know about someone named Google in the 21st
century?
Google. Yes. An
Adobe flash design would let authorities order Adobe to turn on your mic/camera
remotely
http://j.mp/pmyAJI (CirleID / Steven Bellovin)
From a technical perspective, it's simply wrong for a design to
outsource a critical access control decision to a third party. My
computer
FBI Official Calls for Secure, Alternate Internet
http://j.mp/qk4xTq (military.com)
In an Associated Press interview Thursday, Henry said jihadist
militants looking to harm the U.S. can tap organized crime groups who
are willing to sell their services and abilities to attack
Google Modifies SSL Behavior -- and the Results Are Troubling
http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000906.html
A few days ago in another venue, I noted that Google has moved toward
default SSL search for its logged-in users. I have long been an
advocate for broader use of
Hacker group releases simple denial of service tool to attack SSL
http://j.mp/tazqhK (Hackers choice)
Today the German hacker group The Hacker's Choice officially
released a new DDoS tool. The tool exploits a weakness in SSL to kick
a server off the Internet.
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--Lauren--
John McCarthy, creator of Lisp and AI pioneer, dies at 84
http://j.mp/sR3L9e (TechCrunch)
The creator of Lisp and arguably the father of modern artificial
intelligence, John McCarthy, died today. He studied mathematics with
the famous John Nash at Princeton and, notably, held the
Pakistan plans to (try) block 150,000 explicit Web sites
http://j.mp/rtPL8r (pro pakistani)
We are told by PTA officials that a list of 150,000 websites has been
sent to ISPs, Mobile Phone service providers, and international
bandwidth providers to get them blocked. The process
More info on Visa patent application for targeted advertising,
including use of DNA databanks!
http://j.mp/tXjJYd (Wall Street Journal Blogs)
[0048] In FIG. 1, the profile generator (121) generates transaction
profiles (127) based on the transaction data (109), the account data
How Netflix Lost 800,000 Members, and Good Will
http://j.mp/uwe9wJ (New York Times)
Like many other companies built in Silicon Valley, Netflix prides
itself on its analytical, data-driven approach to making decisions.
But it made a classic business misstep. In its reliance on data
FTC to monitor Google privacy practices for next 20 years
http://j.mp/uMNBVQ (TPM)
The FTC's settlement with Google requires the company to inform
and obtain its users' consent before it shares any of their
information with third parties, and subjects the company to 20
House of Representatives declares nuclear war on Internet Freedoms
around the world
http://j.mp/swTa1x (Techdirt)
Oh, and because PROTECT IP wasn't enough of a misleading and idiotic
name, the House has upped the ante. The new bill is called: the
Enforcing and Protecting
The Impending Chaos and an Internet Scent of Fear
http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000907.html
I'm old enough to remember much of the civil rights movement. I'm
definitely old enough to vividly remember the peak years of the
Vietnam war.
In the decades since, the
China Cracks Down on Bloggers and 'Excessive' Entertainment
http://j.mp/uMvWLZ (New York Times)
Now, the party appears to be saying enough. Whether spooked by
popular uprisings worldwide, a coming leadership transition at home or
their own citizens' increasingly provocative
Swedish password hacking scandal expands
http://j.mp/v4Itvf (The Local)
A password hacking scandal which on Tuesday exposed login details
of 90,000 Swedes, including several journalists and celebrities,
has widened to include 180,000 users on nearly 60 websites. On
L.A. Times on E-PARASITES legislation (they are not enthusiastic)
A bipartisan attempt to regulate the Internet?
http://j.mp/uOwGwu (L.A. Times)
There's broad support for cutting off the financial lifeline for
piracy hotbeds. But the bills' requirement that ISPs try to block
Meet the Real Parasites: Congress Declares Nuclear War on the Global Internet
http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000908.html
We don't have health care. We don't have jobs. Our civil liberties
are being quashed. Income and wealth disparities in this country are
immense and
Android browser Dolphin HD apparently is sending your URLs to a remote server
http://j.mp/rBwTZz (Android Police)
As it turns out, Dolphin HD, one of the top browsers the Android
platform has to offer, sends pretty much every web page url you visit,
including those that start
India proposes UN takeover of Internet
http://j.mp/w19BYF (.nxt)
The Indian government has formally proposed a government takeover
of the Internet at the United Nations General Assembly in New
York. In a statement sent yesterday, India argued for the
creation of a new body
Update on Android Dolphin HD Browser URLs privacy problem
Yesterday in http://j.mp/v5kPw3 I noted concerns over a popular Android
browser apparently sending user URL information (including https: SSL
URLs) in the clear apparently to a Dolphin server.
The original source for the story at:
Audio From Last Night's Coast to Coast AM Radio Show:
Internet Freedom and Other Internet Topics Galore
http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000909.html
Audio from my two hours back on Coast to Coast AM radio last night
is now available.
Host George
Official FCC Handbook for first ever national Emergency Alert System
(EAS) test (9 Nov 2011)
http://j.mp/umcMfI (Lauren's Blog)
This handbook provides EAS Participants with instructions for
participating in the first nationwide test of the EAS, scheduled for
November 9, 2011, at
In UK, police using gear to intercept and monitor cell phones via
mobile network spoofing
http://j.mp/s9aJyb (Guardian)
Britain's largest police force is operating covert surveillance
technology that can masquerade as a mobile phone network, transmitting
a signal that allows
RIM opens center to help India spy on Blackberry users
http://j.mp/tk5rsS (Register)
It is encrypted email and BBM messages in particular that Indian cops
are interested in, the Indian government reportedly fearing that the
messaging channels could be used for organising terrorist
Portland Police using Facebook to try shame and suppress Occupy Protesters
http://j.mp/rxftux (BoingBong)
As inadvisable police tactics around Occupy Wall Street go, this feels
like it's right up there with tear gassing people in wheelchairs: The
Portland, Oregon police department
Iran set to widen computer crime laws to include blogs, comments, more
http://j.mp/vDThRC (Radio Zamaneh)
Iran's Parliament is preparing a proposal to widen the scope of
computer crime laws to include text messages, weblogs and comments
left on websites. The computer crimes
Cloud shredder protects data by ripping it up
http://j.mp/uusFCH (New Scientist)
Now, researchers have come up with a third option that offers the best
of both worlds. Their system, dubbed Cloud Shredder, splits files
into two pieces that must be combined before use. Files are
Hypocrite of the Week Award - UK Foreign Secretary on Internet censorship
http://j.mp/u49d25 (Guardian)
The UK has issued a direct challenge to China and Russia over
regulation of the internet, with William Hague insisting that
cyberspace must not be stifled by government control
Venture Capitalists Take Fight Against IP Bill To The Hill
http://j.mp/uzWQYH (National Journal)
Talk about good timing. One day after legislation was proposed to
crack down on infringement on foreign websites was introduced, more
than a dozen venture capitalists came to Washington
A Site for Data Scientists to Prove Their Skills and Make Money
http://j.mp/vFIWpZ (New York Times)
Organizations from airlines to insurance companies to hospitals are
trying to figure out how to corral all their data and turn it into
something useful. Kaggle, a start-up, has
Google+ Blocking Issues Redux
http://j.mp/sL43cX (Google+)
[ Note, any not-logged in user can see any public G+ posts, regardless
of blocking status. This is as it should be, since public IS public,
and I oppose efforts to dilute the concept of public. ]
+Kee Hinckley - Regarding the
New report obliterates competitors' claims of unfair or
anticompetitive search bias by Google
http://j.mp/u5ikHK (International Center for Law Economics [PDF])
Most critics simply ignore the myriad of procompetitive explanations
for vertical integration in the economics literature.
Tim Porter (Google patent counsel) on the broken patent system
http://j.mp/sdn0Dh (SFGate)
_
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org
Founder:
- Network Neutrality Squad:
Darpa Begs Hackers: Secure Our Networks
http://j.mp/soauqH (Wired)
There's about 700 people packed into this ballroom, listening to Darpa
or military speakers, snacking on bowls of MM's and sipping
blueberry-infused lemonade. Some are in uniform. More are in business
suits. A
First national Emergency Alert System (EAS) test: FAIL in many areas
Apparently the first ever national test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS)
can be declared a failure in many areas.
Reports are coming in of broadcast stations that did not show the test, even
while local cable systems did,
International Cyber Ring That Infected Millions of Computers Dismantled
http://j.mp/uQEFxU (FBI)
Beginning in 2007, the cyber ring used a class of malware called
DNSChanger to infect approximately 4 million computers in more than
100 countries. There were about 500,000 infections
Warner Bros: we issued takedowns for files we never saw, didn't own
copyright to
In a Monday court filing, Warner Brothers admitted that it has issued
takedown notices for files without looking at them first. The studio
also acknowledged that it issued takedown notices for a number of
TIME: Congress's Piracy Blacklist Plan: A Cure Worse than the Disease?
http://j.mp/s0UsFy (Time)
There are many reasons to dislike these anti-piracy bills-from overly
broad definitions of what counts as infringement, to how they may
shift the burden of policing from content owners
How to Hit 100K Cyber Targets - marketing to Snoopy Spooks
http://j.mp/uFs6In (Network World)
Forget passive monitoring; go stealth to hit your target says the
Hacking Team which sells hacking techniques and tools for invasive
surveillance of the masses. Better yet, hit a hundred
Smart Grid tech faces indifferent customers, pricing, and privacy issues
http://j.mp/ujp1as (Washington Post)
But 13 years later, Izzo says, 'I have only now come to realize that
what I really wish my customers would do would be to use more
caulking.'
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--Lauren--
Misleading Metaphors That Drive The War On Online Sharing
http://j.mp/vXxskQ (techdirt)
Certain terms crop up time and again in the arguments around copyright
infringement and file sharing. Words like theft and stealing
clearly represent an attempt to frame the debate in a certain
House Judiciary Committee Refuses To Hear Wider Tech Industry Concerns
About SOPA
http://j.mp/v8sfwh (techdirt)
Today, we're hearing that the head of NetCoalition, who many people
expected to represent the wider tech and internet industry's
significant concerns about SOPA has been
The Coming Fascist Internet
http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000911.html
Around four decades ago or so, at the U.S. Defense Department funded
ARPANET's first site at UCLA -- what would of course become the
genesis of the global Internet -- I spent a
Schools buying .xxx domains for protection
http://j.mp/rXNulu (CBS)
Schools nationwide, including The University of Missouri and
Washington University, are snapping up .xxx domain names to avoid
links of their names to porn sites.
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Extortion via gTLD, plain and simple,
How SOPA, et al. could waylay open source
http://j.mp/u8hgFK (IT World)
The article goes on to highlight the various examples of software that
could be affected by a SOPA-based law: VPN, proxy, privacy, or
anonymization software--including SSH; software that works with zone
Google BigQuery Service: Big data analytics at Google speed
http://j.mp/vRVaGz (Google Enterprise Blog)
Michael J. Franklin, Professor of Computer Science at UC Berkeley,
remarked that BigQuery (internally known as Dremel) leverages
thousands of machines to process data at a scale
Co-founder of Facebook alternative Diaspora commits suicide at 22
http://j.mp/vkBVQj (CNN)
Ilya Zhitomirskiy, one of four co-founders of social network
Diaspora, died over the weekend in San Francisco at age 22.
Zhitomirskiy committed suicide, a source close to the company
Famous 1st Amendment Lawyer says SOPA/E-PARASITE is just peachy
http://j.mp/tr0Bhp (ars technica)
Of course, it's probably not a coincidence that the Abrams letter was
sponsored by Hollywood. Seltzer suggested that there's a divergence of
opinion between lawyers who mostly work
New York Times: Who Decides Who You Are Online?
http://j.mp/s9UcL0 (New York Times)
As the Internet becomes the place for all kinds of transactions, from
buying shoes to overthrowing despots, an increasingly vital debate is
emerging over how people represent and reveal
Vint Cerf: The government is going overboard in Internet copyright control
http://j.mp/vwooUt (VentureBeat)
When asked what he would tell the developer of the Next Big Thing, the
technology that could replace the Internet, Cerf said, Shoot the
patent lawyer. The room, which was
Google announces opt-out for wi-fi location database, but beware of
possible side effects
http://j.mp/uWyC6Y (This message on Google+)
It's late, and I have to knock off for the night, but I wanted to
quickly note a posting Google made on their official blog late Monday
evening, relating to a
Google, Facebook, Zynga, and others come out in opposition of SOPA
http://j.mp/szPEg2 (CNET)
They sent a letter last night to key members of the U.S. Senate and
House of Representatives, saying the Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA,
pose a serious risk to our industry's continued track
The Other Shoe Drops: Massive Coalition Forms to Oppose ICANN TLD Expansion
87 Major Assns. and Businesses Join with ANA to Form Coalition to
Oppose ICANN's TLD Expansion Program
Eighty-seven major national and international business associations
and companies have joined forces with
More on Google's Wi-Fi Location Database Opt-Out
http://j.mp/s9vABx (This message on Google+)
I received a pile of mail this morning in response to my quick discussion
of Google's new Wi-Fi location database opt-out procedures last night:
http://j.mp/uWyC6Y (Google+) [My discussion of
Feds want to make sure lying about your age on the Net is criminalized
http://j.mp/tkDGcc (NPR)
In English? When you sign up for a Web service, a dating one or even to
attain the ability to comment on NPR.org, you usually agree to a long
terms of service that we bet most people
Google's Eric Schmidt blasts SOPA, but at the hearing, the fix is already in!
http://j.mp/tf3dLh (Reuters/Huffington)
The solutions are draconian, Schmidt said during an appearance at
the MIT Sloan School of Management. There's a bill that would require
(Internet service
Congress Declares War on the Global Internet - Internet Replies Bring It On!
http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000912.html
In my previous posting The Coming Fascist Internet
( http://j.mp/uc70Lp [Lauren's Blog] ), I explained how government
moves to control and censor the
Facebook's tracking of other Web site visits under fire
http://j.mp/rPOKmj (USA Today)
Facebook officials are now acknowledging that the social media
giant has been able to create a running log of the web pages that
each of its 800 million or so members has visited during the
Manwin Licensing (YouPorn, Playboy Enterprises) files suit against
ICANN/ICM re .XXX
http://j.mp/vFesfg (Wall Street Journal)
http://j.mp/trpvV3 (Business Wire / Virtual-Strategy)
Manwin Licensing International, an information technology company
specializing in highly trafficked
Alexandra Petri in Washington Post: Stop SOPA
http://j.mp/s7VKVn (Washington Post)
Either the people behind the bill don't realize the horrible
possibilities it would leave open, or they're doing it on purpose. I'm
not sure which possibility is more frightening. The phrase a bill
Full Text of Manwin Lawsuit Against ICANN / ICM re .XXX
http://j.mp/vl0InX (Xbiz [PDF])
Interesting Reading!
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lau...@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org
Founder:
- Network Neutrality
Why SOPA Censorship Is Actually Aimed at Google
http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000913.html
As I've discussed very recently in Congress Declares War on the
Global Internet - Internet Replies 'Bring It On!'
( http://j.mp/tTrE1l [Lauren's Blog] ) and The Coming
CarrierIQ on various mobile handsets
http://j.mp/vCyUA1 (Android Security Test)
Carrier IQ (CIQ) sells rootkit software included on many US
handsets sold on Sprint, Verizon and more. Devices supported
include android phones, Blackberries, Nokias, Tablet devices and
more
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