Clinton slams Turkey on media freedom
Editor’s Note: And now from today’s “laughable hypocrisy” section . . . Turkish Foreign Minister and Hillary Clinton in Istanbul © AFP Saul Loeb AFP…
Technology
ACTION ALERT: Oppose Congress’ Criminal Streaming Bill
EFF S. 978 is a reckless attempt to attack online streaming by focusing on the “unlawful public performance” area of copyright law. By increasing the…
Executive Order # 13575: The theft of rural and agricultural lands for UN Agenda 21
Marti Oakley, Contributing Writer Activist Post Obama recently signed EO 13575, establishing the White House Rural Council. The council is a list of the most…
Smart meters: public health nightmare or public utility boon?
Madison Ruppert, Contributing Writer Activist Post Like a lot of things, so-called “smart meters” seem quite reasonable and even beneficial from a public health stance…
Pentagon releases strategy for cyberspace
US Deputy Secretary of Defense William Lynn unveiled the Pentagon’s strategy for cyberspace © AFP/File Jewel Samad AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – The Pentagon unveiled its…
Choking off Internet won’t stop Arab Spring: US official
A journalist works at his office in Damascus in 2010 © AFP/File Louai Beshara AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – Regimes that choke off citizens’ access to…
Nanotechnology: Tracking food from farm to fork…and you right along with it
image source Marti Oakley, Contributing Writer Activist Post I had come across an article in the Dairy Reporter last year, about the coming plans to…
McCain calls for special cybersecurity panel
Senator John McCain urged the creation of a special Senate committee on cybersecurity and electronic intelligence leaks © AFP/Getty Images/File Win McNamee AFP WASHINGTON (AFP)…
How to protect your mobile phone and computer from illegal police searches
Dees Illustration J.D. Heyes Natural News The U.S. Constitution is clear about the issue of privacy. In fact, the Fourth Amendment states, in part, “The…
Blogger Sues To See If Government Kept a File on Him
Spencer Ackerman Wired The intelligence community may have had a file on a liberal blogger and academic. Now he wants to see what, if anything,…
Police: Internet providers must keep user logs
Declan McCullagh CNET Law enforcement representatives are planning to endorse a proposed federal law that would require Internet service providers to store logs about their…
Spy Agency’s Next Top Analyst: You
image source: Gizmodo Adam Rawnsley Wired Crowdsourcing. It’s been used for everything from handicapping the next election to making a kick-ass encyclopedia to building a…
Former CIA Director: Build a New Internet to Improve Cybersecurity
Cryptogon AD So, here are some guesses as to what voluntary will mean: Do you want to login to your bank? You’ll need your trusted…
The FBI’s Next Generation Identification: Bigger and Faster but Much Worse for Privacy
Biometrics – FBI image Jennifer Lynch EFF This week, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and several other organizations released documents from a FOIA lawsuit that expose the concerted efforts of the FBI…