Reports indicate that networking giant Cisco Systems, Inc., an American company based in Silicon Valley, has been knowingly selling Internet surveillance and censorship tools to the Chinese government for years. The Chinese government's "Great Firewall... Read more »
Hacking
Hacking Hacking List Price: 22.95 Cost: 22.26 Hacking: The Next Generation (Animal Guide)With the advent of wealthy Internet applications, the explosion of social media, and the increased use of potent cloud computing in… Social Engineering: The Art of Human HackingThe first book to reveal and dissect the technical aspect of several social engineering maneuvers From [...] Read more »
House panel approves bill forcing ISPs to log users’ web history
The House Judiciary Committee approved legislation on Thursday that would require Internet service providers (ISPs) to collect and retain records about Internet users' activity.CNET reported the bill would require ISPs to retain customers' names, addre... Read more »
House Committee Approves Bill Mandating That Internet Companies Spy on Their Users
Despite serious privacy concerns being voiced by both Democratic and Republican leaders and by thousands of digital rights activists using EFF's Action Center, this afternoon the House Judiciary Committee voted 19 to 10 to recommend passage of H.R. 198... Read more »
EFF Warns Congress: Data Retention Would Endanger Privacy, Gain Little
EFF has joined civil liberties and consumer organizations in publicly opposing H.R. 1981, a bill that would threaten online privacy and anonymous speech by requiring Internet service providers (ISPs) to retain logs of customer-identifying information t... Read more »
Mark Dice & Alex Jones: New Cybersecurity Bill Gives Obama ‘Power To Shut Down Companies’ 1/3
Mark Dice & Alex Jones: New Cybersecurity Bill Gives Obama 'Power To Shut Down Companies' 1/3 Paul Joseph Watson www.infowars.com www.prisonplanet.tv www.infowars.net www.prisonplanet.com September 28, 2010 An amalgamated cybersecurity b... Read more »
Google Is Ruining Your Memory
Columbia University Professor Betsy Sparrow says we just don't bother remembering anything anymore. From Columbia News:
The rise of Internet search engines like Google has changed the way our brain remembers information, according to research by Columbia University psychologist Betsy Sparrow published July 14 in Science. “Since the advent of search engines, we are reorganizing the way we remember things,” said Sparrow. “Our brains rely on the Internet for memory in much the same way they rely on the memory of a friend, family member or co-worker. We remember less through knowing information itself than by knowing where the information can be found.”... Read more »
Salon: Michele Bachmann the Tax Collector vs Ron Paul Fans
http://www.salon.com/news/michele_bachmann/?story=/politics/... The Wall Street Journal picks up today on a bit of Michele Bachmann opposition research that various Ron Paul-supporting Internet commenters have been trying to publicize for months: The a... Read more »
Randi Zuckerberg Runs in the Wrong Direction on Pseudonymity Online
The Nymwars rage on. Over the past several weeks Google has been engaged in a very public struggle with its users over its “real names” policy on Google+, prompting blog posts and editorials debating the pros and cons of allowing pseudonymous accou... Read more »
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