Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 130730 -
http://bit.ly/12EhxlK yesterday's
tweets as a single Web page #MMDD
Daniel Ellsberg on the #Manning verdict
- http://bit.ly/1eaifqL lots
of useful context
Discontent With #Secrecy And
One-Sided Nature Of #TPP Spreads
Among Participating Nations - http://bit.ly/19wvXGJ of
note
Here’s why ‘trust us’ isn’t
working for the NSA any more - http://wapo.st/14hDqs9 good
summary (v @schestowitz)
Staffers 4 Rep. Rogers Apparently Claim
They Could Sue Me For Defamation - http://bit.ly/16Cip7o @mmasnick of
"Streisand Effect"? not wise
European Heart Guidelines Based On
Disgraced Research May Have Caused Thousands Of Deaths -
http://onforb.es/17h3Oxf shocking
Bradley Manning trial: what we know
from the leaked WikiLeaks documents - http://bit.ly/1ccNLYt reasons
to be grateful for his bravery
The world’s shortest poem and why it
may be important - http://bit.ly/14hHKaP lovely
meditation with intriguing idea at its core
On the emptiness in the concept of
“neutrality" - http://bit.ly/18MdvHm elegant
debunking of #MIT's
jesuitical casuistry #aaronswartz
The Internet As We Know It Is On Its
Deathbed - http://bit.ly/11u40ub not
dead yet, but a little green around the gills
Why the world’s governments are
interested in creating hubs for open data -
http://bit.ly/13yh7XV good
intro to #ODI #london
The Madness of the Willful Destruction
of Our Dependable Popular Way of Life - http://bit.ly/19wBM7c fine,
angry piece from john pilger #uk
weather forecast -
http://bit.ly/1bIM31J nice
#xkcd
What is the Shortest Poem? -
http://bit.ly/18Mfyeo surprisingly
dense and witty video (v @Documentally)
#TTIP Update
I - http://bit.ly/14hM4aj and
so it begins; examining the entrails for clues in the absence of
#transparency #TAFTA
Why I blew the whistle on Atos
fitness-for-work test - http://bit.ly/13YMfUX let
us now praise whistleblowers - and encourage more to speak
#Egypt’s
‘#ThirdSquare’ activists reject both army and Morsi -
http://f24.my/13YMrUc great
concept (v @MaliciaRogue)
Crooked officials should fear
#opendata journalism
- http://bit.ly/19wFFJg such
an imporant trend (v @eellak @karounos)
Solutions to the looming crisis in
science - http://bit.ly/17T32sq great
post about hugely important issue #SciELO #arXiv #openaccess
Saudi Arabia: 600 Lashes, 7 Years for
Activist - http://bit.ly/1aWh1zH for
"Insulting Islam". disgusting #barbarism (v
@nycjim @Glinner)
#TTIP:
"there’s a political will to address some issues that have
never been addressed" - http://bit.ly/16CK1te #EU surrending
on #GMOs?
Report Highlights Need for Major
Overhaul of #Copyright -
http://bit.ly/15arnME sounds
sensible stuff (v @carobotero)
Fox Claims That Feeding Seniors In Need
Is An Effort To Buy Their Vote - http://bit.ly/1aWjLwX you
couldn't make it up (v @schestowitz)
"ACPO guidance: There are no
powers prohibiting the taking of photographs" -
http://bit.ly/14i1cnV cut
out & keep (v @PoliceStateUK)#/UK
"I believe what we're seeing is a
move towards the global imposition of a police state in the developed
world" - http://bit.ly/13mkSED
last quote from great piece by
@cstross. note investor-state dispute settlement is part of this
attack on liberty: http://bit.ly/13ml5HX
6 police face misconduct after young
woman left naked in cell - http://ind.pn/14CgrBc has
our friendly Bobby come to this? (v @JackofKent)
Lewisham hospital services decision
reversed by judge - http://bit.ly/14i4Y0F welcome
decision #nhs
"#censorship is
incapable of telling the difference between political contexts and
purely pornographic ones" - http://bit.ly/16DgjUR
#MIT’s
betrayal of hacker culture - http://bit.ly/17TnKIG interesting
viewpoint from @koxinga21
"They are ingenious people, it
can't be beyond their wit to stop these crimes" -
http://bit.ly/17hRWuW UK
police showing ignorance of tech
#NSA program
collects 'nearly everything a user does on the internet' -
http://bit.ly/1cnSANk "with
no prior authorization" (v @Glinner)
"analysts can begin surveillance
on anyone by clicking few simple pull-down menus designed to provide
both legal & targeting justifications"
"#NSA tool called DNI Presenter,
also enables an analyst using XKeyscore to read the content of
Facebook chats or private messages."
"Analysts can search for internet
browsing activities using a wide range of information, including
search terms entered or websites viewed."
"allows analysts to store
"interesting" content in other databases, such as 1 named
Pinwale which can store material for up to five years."
Obama's secret #TPP threatens
prescription drug prices on global scale -
http://bit.ly/17i0wdl could
lead directly to many dying (v @PCGTW)
XKeyscore presentation from 2008 –
read in full - http://bit.ly/1co0dmF see
what they see (or rather saw - will be far more now) #nsa
fun fact: #XKeyscore runs
on distributed #linux cluster,
over 700 servers globally (back in 2008) - http://bit.ly/1co0dmF
confirmed: if you use
#encrypted documents
or PGP you are an "anomalous event" for #XKeyscore;
also talks about decrypting VPNs
one slide talks about "exploitable
machines" in a given country - there are obviously lots...
XKeyscore - http://bit.ly/1co0dmF
GÉANT's terabit upgrade for European
science - http://bit.ly/19xckyq strange
EU telcos can't do same 4 us (v @NeelieKroesEU)#netneutrality
Author Claims That 'Fair Use Is Theft
By Any Other Name' - http://bit.ly/13zyJmp great
rebuttal #copyright
Warrantless Cellphone Tracking Is
Upheld - http://nyti.ms/16EtTY3 "victory
for law enforcement":@nytimes is just pathetic (v
dangillmor)
More #Encryption Is
Not the Solution - http://bit.ly/19xGu4u not
"the" solution, but certainly part of it (v @raycorrigan)
Seizing personal data without
reasonable suspicion - http://bit.ly/15bRhiT a
reminder about the outrageous laws at UK borders
#TPP:
The Coming Fast-Track Trade Outrage - http://bit.ly/13ZTvQf USians,
you might want to fight this
"encrypting information while it
is stored would prevent Google from showing right online
advertisements to users." - http://on.wsj.com/17U2mmO
Parimet Ndërkombëtarë për Zbatimin
e të Drejtave të Njeriut për Përgjimin e Komunikimeve -
http://bit.ly/12G3psm also
fab & impressive
