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Tuesday, 29 April 2008 |
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"Maybe you noticed it too, but over the last couple of years there has been a movement towards less anonymity on the Internet. People obtaining documents they shouldn't, attackers stealing information and governments (sometimes not even yours) obtaining information that you didn't volunteer to give in the first place. All these things undermine the trust people have in technology and make it harder for you to maintain your personal space on-line. SmallSister is meant to do something about that by helping you find the much needed tools, by explaining technologies and the issues at hand and last but not least: by creating solutions to help you increase your own privacy and put you back in the driver seat." Visit SmallSister.org to learn more about online privacy tools. |
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Thursday, 24 April 2008 |
WASHINGTON--The FBI on Wednesday called for new legislation that would allow federal police to monitor the Internet for "illegal activity."
The suggestion from FBI Director Robert Mueller, which came during a House of Representatives Judiciary Committee hearing, appears to go beyond a current plan to monitor traffic on federal-government networks. Mueller seemed to suggest that the bureau should have a broad "omnibus" authority to conduct monitoring and surveillance of private-sector networks as well.
The surveillance should include all Internet traffic, Mueller said, "whether it be .mil, .gov, .com--whichever network you're talking about."
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Monday, 18 February 2008 |
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What do you expect of a nation? Of a land that you call your own? Of a community of which you are a part?
What is it, really, that matters? What is it at the end of the day that speaks to your heart and tells you that this nation or person or belief is one that you're proud of?
What makes this a nation worth dying for? What makes this a nation for which millions have sacrificed over the course of our short history? What makes these United States of America important and strong enough to hold a place in our hearts through civil strife and economic downturns and partisan bickering?
And when was the last time you asked yourself these questions?
And what were your answers?
And what did you do about them?
Did you do anything?
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Sunday, 30 December 2007 |
Privacy International ranks the U.S. as having really crappy privacy protections in the following areas: legal protections, privacy enforcement, use of identity cards and biometrics, visual surveillance, communications interception, workplace monitoring, medical, financial and movement surveillance, and border and trans-border issues.
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Thursday, 01 November 2007 |
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Schneier on Security: "We've opened up a new front on the war on terror. It's an attack on the unique, the unorthodox, the unexpected; it's a war on different. If you act different, you might find yourself investigated, questioned, and even arrested -- even if you did nothing wrong, and had no intention of doing anything wrong."
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Thursday, 18 October 2007 |
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At a press briefing this morning that touched on issues like the White
House's extrajudicial wiretapping program and torture policies, the
president was asked a question about Vladimir Putin's plan to hold on
to power when his term as Russian president runs out.
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Monday, 24 September 2007 |
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This YouTube video features freedom-loving brother Darren Pollard in the U.K. facing down police officers who came onto his property in an attempt to intimidate him into not videotaping them in the course of their duties.
My sincerest thanks to Mr. Pollard for making his video available. All free nations of the world could benefit from several hundred thousand Mr. Pollards.
These are our nations. Our freedoms. Our rights. And we should never allow anyone -- perhaps most especially those in 'authority' in our own lands -- to take them away.
Mr. Pollard: you are ShadowMonkey's hero for today.
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Monday, 27 August 2007 |
I just wanted to say thank you for your service to our nation. That you will be missed is a sure thing.
It's good to see a man fight for what he believes in, and you have certainly done that! Go get 'em, Al!
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