Tag: information technology

Would ending Net neutrality mean a better Web or a digital divide? – KansasCity.com

http://www.kansascity.com/2014/01/18/4760941/would-ending-net-neutrality-mean.html

I was a bit surprised to read an article on net neutrality from my local metropolitan newspaper.  Good balanced one too.

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Article: Feigning Deafness, Giving Your Dog’s Email and Other Reader Tips to Thwart Privacy Grubbers

Feigning Deafness, Giving Your Dog’s Email and Other Reader Tips to Thwart Privacy Grubbers

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/01/14/feigning-deafness-giving-your-dogs-email-and-other-reader-tips-to-thwart-privacy-grubbers/

This made me laugh. Homework for the next time I need to sell my soul to the Devil (i.e. A retailer): come up with a snarky fake email address.

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Article: NSA review panel argues in Senate against bulk collection of phone data

NSA review panel argues in Senate against bulk collection of phone data

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/14/nsa-review-panel-senate-phone-data-terrorism

Interesting update in the government surveillance fiasco.  I’m not holding my breath.

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Article: With Great Computing Power Comes Great Surveillance

With Great Computing Power Comes Great Surveillance

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/01/with-great-computing-power-comes-great-surveillance/282933/

Moore’s Law turning insidious, morphing.

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Article: Report: NSA Intercepting Laptops Ordered Online, Installing Spyware

Report: NSA Intercepting Laptops Ordered Online, Installing Spyware

http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2013/12/29/report-nsa-intercepting-laptops-ordered-online-installing-spyware/

I really shouldn’t be shocked any more. I should feel right at home in this George Orwell world I woke up to.

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Article: What’s the Titan Supercomputer Been Up To Lately? You Won’t Believe It.

What’s the Titan Supercomputer Been Up To Lately? You Won’t Believe It.

http://allthingsd.com/20131218/whats-the-titan-supercomputer-been-up-to-lately-you-wont-believe-it/

I can see the headlines now: “Skynet cures cancer. Has second thoughts.”

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Article: How feds use one “seed” and 3 “hops” to spy on nearly everyone

How feds use one “seed” and 3 “hops” to spy on nearly everyone

http://gigaom.com/2013/12/17/how-feds-use-one-seed-and-3-hops-to-spy-on-nearly-everyone/

The Brave New World dawns over the Animal Farm.

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Court Says NSA Bulk Telephone Spying Is Unconstitutional | Threat Level | Wired.com

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/12/bulk-telephone-metada-ruling/

Let’s hope the checks and balances envisioned by our Founding Fathers work as they were designed and stop the privacy invasion train wreck.

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Article: International bill of digital rights: call from 500 writers around the world

International bill of digital rights: call from 500 writers around the world

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/10/international-bill-digital-rights-petition-text

Better even to hear from so many and not just the big corporations.

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