This
has been going on too long and involves too many “rebels” in
uniforms with too many weapons to be a spontaneous bunch of
protesters. Or am I wrong?
Pro-Russian
rebels take control of 3 government bases in eastern Ukraine
Pro-Russian
insurgents dislodged government troops from three bases in eastern
Ukraine, a new blow to beleaguered armed forces as its
president-elect vowed new initiatives to help end the regional
mutiny.
…
The move follows nearly two months of fighting in the region
If I
block your device, I'm a privacy advocate. If you block my device,
you're denying my First Amendment rights! Is there any law
covering this?
For
the privacy-conscious: An app that can jam Google Glass' WiFi
Here's
something for the privacy-conscious who are wary of Google Glass'
secret recording capabilities - an app to jam the wearable computing
device's WiFi access.
Berlin-based
artist Julian Oliver created the program "Glasshole.sh" to
detect any Glass device and block it from accessing a WiFi network, a
report on Wired.com said."
When
it detects Glass, it uses the program Aircrack-NG to impersonate the
network and send a 'deauthorization' command, cutting the headset’s
Wi-Fi connection. It can also emit a beep to signal the
Glass-wearer’s presence to anyone nearby," Wired.com
reported.
Robots,
like any “Thing” connected to the “Internet of Things” will
know everything the Internet knows. What will they be programmed to
do with it?
Robots:
Can we trust them with our privacy?
Joss
Wright is training a robot to freak people out.
Wright,
a computer scientist, is plotting an experiment with a humanoid robot
called Nao. He and his colleagues plan to introduce this cute bot to
people on the street and elsewhere – where it will deliberately
invade their privacy. Upon meeting strangers, for
example, Nao may use face-recognition software to dig up some
detailed information online about them. Or, it may tap into their
mobile phone's location tracking history, learn where they ate lunch
yesterday, and ask what they thought of the soup.
Can
I use one to conduct academic research? I want before and after
pictures of certain politician's homes.
Hollywood
to feds: Let us use drones
It's
almost entirely illegal to use drones for money-making purposes in
the United States. But a little Hollywood magic could change that.
…
Currently, there's only one exemption to the Federal Aviation
Administration's nationwide ban on commercial drones, called unmanned
aircraft systems or UAS. That's a spot off Alaska's coast where
drones are used by an oil company.
For
my students (and my lawyer friends)
E-Mail
Self Defense
by
Sabrina I.
Pacifici on June 5, 2014
“Bulk
surveillance violates our fundamental rights and makes free speech
risky. This
guide
will teach you a basic surveillance self-defense skill: email
encryption. Once you’ve finished, you’ll be able to
send and receive emails that are coded to make sure that a
surveillance agent or thief can’t intercept your email and read it.
Even if you have nothing to hide, using encryption helps protect the
privacy of people you communicate with, and makes life difficult for
bulk surveillance systems. If you do have something important to
hide, you’re in good company; these are the same tools that Edward
Snowden used to share his famous secrets about the NSA. This
guide
relies on software which is freely licensed; it’s
completely transparent and anyone can copy it or make their own
version. This makes it safer from surveillance than proprietary
software (like Windows). Learn more about free software at fsf.org.
Email Self-Defense is a project of the Free Software Foundation. We
fight for computer user’s rights, and promote the development of
free (as in freedom) software like GnuPG, which is used in this
guide. We have big plans to get this guide in the hands of people
under bulk surveillance all over the world, and to make more tools
like it.”
“Hey,
we got him down, let's stomp on him!”
“Hey,
he stole all that money, why should we let him use it to defend
himself?”
Record
companies want Kim Dotcom's assets frozen
Dotcom's
assets had been frozen since January 2012 when his home was raided
and Megaupload service was shut down. In April this year, a New
Zealand court refused to extend the freeze on Dotcom's assets, which
include a garage full of luxury cars, millions in cash, and other
items taken from the raid of his mansion.
The
court's decision has since been appealed by the Crown with a hearing
due on July 30, and six major Hollywood studios also want Dotcom's
assets to remain frozen while the case against him proceeds.
They
are now joined by four record companies - reportedly Warner Music,
UMG Recordings, Sony Music and Capitol Records - with papers served
on Tuesday seeking to have Dotcom's assets frozen.
Learning
how the (Brave new) world works.
Cloud
Services For Dummies
For
my student Mac users.
The
Swift Programming Language
This
book is available for download with iBooks on your Mac or iOS device,
and with iTunes on your computer. Books can be read with iBooks on
your Mac or iOS device.
Tools
& Techniques
–
lets you easily monitor the file access activities on your system.
Have you ever wondered what’s going on with your disk system behind
your watch? Why the disk is busy? What’s scratching your HDD?
You may find them out using this simple program. There is an
installable version and also
a portable version.
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