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The new Brazilian Internet surveillance 12
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| The ISP is turned into a surveillance apparatus, and is mandate to inform the
| authorities about any of the crimes the Law deals with, as states article 22.
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| Here I am writing today to tell something that might not be known outside
| Brazil – at least, I haven’t read much in English about it – the attempt to
| turn the Internet into a government surveillance device.
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http://www.nardol.org/2008/7/18/the-new-brazilian-internet-surveillance
More intrusion. Another reason to use specialised distros, Tor, and Free
software on the client- and server-side. More new madness here:
Anti-Terrorism Stupidity at Yankee Stadium
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| They're confiscating sunscreen at Yankee Stadium...
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| [...]
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| Next, I suppose, is confiscating liquids at pools.
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| We've collectively lost our minds.
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http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/07/antiterrorism_s.html
"War on Shampoo".
Related:
Microsoft patents the mother of all adware systems
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| The adware framework would leave almost no data untouched in its quest to
| sell you stuff. It would inspect "user document files, user e-mail files,
| user music files, downloaded podcasts, computer settings, computer status
| messages (e.g., a low memory status or low printer ink)," and more. How could
| we have been so blind as to not see the marketing value in computer status
| messages?
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070717-microsoft-patents-the-mother-of-all-adware-systems.html
New software can identify you from your online habits
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| That is the spectre raised by new research conducted by Microsoft.
| The computing giant is developing software that could accurately
| guess your name, age, gender and potentially even your location,
| by analysing telltale patterns in your web browsing history. But
| experts say the idea is a clear threat to privacy - and may be
| illegal in some places.
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http://www.newscientisttech.com/article.ns?id=mg19426046.400&feedId=being-human_rss20
http://tinyurl.com/2lrazk
Microsoft could be teaching police to hack Vista
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| Microsoft may begin training the police in ways to break the
| encryption built into its forthcoming Vista operating system.
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http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2150555/microsoft-teaching-police-hack
Data Protection Commissioner criticizes search of private PCs online
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| "In the case of a search via the Internet a police officer covertly,
| without the person knowing about it, accesses a person's computer."
| During such an operation he or she might copy data and obtain all
| kinds of personal documents; the police officer was acting as a "state
| hacker," so to speak. Mr. Schaar observed. "Such an approach is in
| conflict with the legal obligation to protect the core of
| individuals' privacy," Mr. Schaar stated emphatically.
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http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/82529/from/rss09
German Supreme Court Deems Police Hacking Illegal
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| Germany's supreme court determined Monday that police may not
| secretly hack into suspects' computers. Some are celebrating
| the decision as a civil rights victory, but the ruling may
| not be the last word on the matter.
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http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2337932,00.html
Data Protection Commissioner criticizes search of private PCs online
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| "In the case of a search via the Internet a police officer covertly,
| without the person knowing about it, accesses a person's computer."
| During such an operation he or she might copy data and obtain all
| kinds of personal documents; the police officer was acting as a "state
| hacker," so to speak. Mr. Schaar observed. "Such an approach is in
| conflict with the legal obligation to protect the core of
| individuals' privacy," Mr. Schaar stated emphatically.
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http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/82529/from/rss09
United States Government Online Watchdogs? Part of the war on terror?
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| Is there anyone in the abandonia community with a US based connection who is
| experiencing this watchdog behavior? Are any foreign Vista users experiencing
| similar attacks from their own countries ministries and governing agencies?"
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http://www.whitedust.net/news/3984/United_States_Government_Online_Watchdogs?_Part_of_the_war_on_terror?.../
FBI ducks questions about its remotely installed spyware
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| There are plenty of unanswered questions about the FBI spyware that, as we
| reported earlier this week, can be delivered over the Internet and implanted
| in a suspect's computer remotely.
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http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9747666-7.html
Yahoo!, Microsoft ink web pact with Chinese government
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| Microsoft and Yahoo! have signed a pact with the Chinese government
| that "encourages" the big name web players to record the identities of
| bloggers and censor content. So says Reporters Without Borders, an
| organization that fights for journalistic rights across the globe.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/24/yahoo_and_microsoft_ink_chinese_blogging_pact/
Microsoft, Yahoo Tailor Ads To Users' Behavior
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| Google will remain on the sidelines — at least for now. But its Web portal
| rivals are stepping up their efforts to use behavioral targeting to make
| display, or banner, ads more relevant to Web site visitors.
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http://investors.com/editorial/IBDArticles.asp?artsec=17&issue=20070823
India’s Cops Get Orwellian
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| If Orwell were brought back from the dead, I presume he’d chuckle and think
| how little things have changed. He would certainly have been bemused by
| happenings in India. A few days ago, Mumbai’s police revealed their plans to
| install keystroke loggers in Mumbai’s cyber cafes, besides imposing licensing
| requirements on them.
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| [...]
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| The government’s rationale (or rationalization) behind this is familiar and
| silly. Whenever the government wants to restrict freedom, it invokes
| security, and cops justify this move under the grounds of fighting terrorism.
| Well, firstly, at a practical level, the cops won’t have the manpower to
| scrutinize the massive volume of keystroke logs generated everyday, or to
| figure out what is terrorist code and what is teenage lingo. Secondly, at a
| moral level, it is simply wrong to deny people of their privacy in this
| manner.
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http://indiauncut.com/iublog/article/indias-cops-get-orwellian/
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