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Uncovering AT&T's Spying Program www.kmov.com — For years the National Securities Agency, has been spying on each & every keystroke. The national headquarters of AT&T is in Missouri, where ex-employees describe a secret room. The program is called "Splitter Cut-In & Test Procedure." Tomorrow the senate will vote to allow this to continue this activity legally & it may be too late. More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Privacy, Technology |
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Why Global Hackers Are Nearly Impossible to Catch www.livescience.com — They're in our computers, reading our files. The Chinese government, that is, according to two U.S. Congressmen who recently accused Beijing of sending hackers to ferret out secret documents stored on Congressional computers. The Chinese deny any involvement, but if they were lying, would we be able to prove it? More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Government, Privacy, Technology |
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102,387,581 Americans Don't Know How to Go Green www.nature.org — According to a Harris survey, more than 90% of Americans are recycling, but over 1/3rd of the entire U.S. population hasn't changed their lifestyle because they "did not know what to do" in order to be more green. More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Lifestyle, Nature, Technology |
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www.reuters.com — Spy bill could shield phone companies from suits - U.S. telephone companies that cooperated with President George W. Bush's warrantless domestic spying program could be shielded from lawsuits under an electronic spy bill finalized on Thursday by congressional and White House. More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Business, Government, Humanity, Privacy, Technology |
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Teen Hacker May Get 38 Years in Jail for Changing His Grades www.timesonline.co.uk — It could be a long time before Omar Khan goes to college: as long as 38 years, according to Orange County prosecutors, who have arrested and charged the 18-year-old student with breaking into his prestigious high school and hacking into computers to change his test grades from Fs to As. More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Technology, Education |
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Is the Internet Making Us Stupid? www.npr.org — Right now, you're probably happy that you have the vast resources of the entire Internet at your fingertips. It's a feeling of power, isn't it? All that information, all that content, right there for you whenever you want it? While the Internet allows us to get lots of information very quickly, it also encourages us not to look at it very closely. More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Humanity, Technology |
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Sweden Approves Bill To Tap All Forms Of Communication techdirt.com — Recently, we had mentioned a bill under consideration in Sweden that would open up all forms of communication to government monitoring, and Slashdot passes on the news that the bill has been narrowly approved. Apparently a few "safeguards" were added, though those were not detailed in the article. There's still plenty of controversy about this, but it seems like yet another law put in place by those who do not understand the law of unintended consequences. This law will be abused -- and the privacy of many people will be at risk. As for those who are actually planning terrorist attacks or whatever, they'll quickly migrate to more secure forms of communication (if they hadn't already). More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Government, Privacy, Technology |
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France to Ban illegal Downloaders From Using the Internet technology.timesonline.co.uk — Anyone in France who persists in illicit downloading of music or films will be barred from broadband access under a controversial new law that makes the country a pioneer in combating internet piracy. "There is no reason that the internet should be a lawless zone," said President Sarkozy, as he endorsed the "three-strikes-and-your-out' rule. More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Government, Technology |
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techdirt.com — Apparently, the state of Virginia has been publishing various government documents on its websites that reveal the social security numbers of various residents. Betty "BJ" Ostergren thought this was a problem -- and when the state wouldn't listen to her, she decided to try to get more attention by republishing those documents on her own website. Basically, in an effort to show why it's wrong for Virginia to post people's SSNs, she's reposting them. More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Government, Technology |
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Internet fraud has taken a sinister new turn www.news.com.au — Organised crime has identified the web as a goldmine – providing opportunities to launch cyber attacks that will earn large amounts of money at a relatively low risk. Learn more. More… 0 Comments Submitted By: destiney Categories: Business, Humanity, Technology |