140606

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 140605 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/140605_5.html yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Vodafone reveals secret wires that allow state surveillance - http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/jun/06/vodafone-reveals-secret-wires-allowing-state-surveillance "Direct-access systems do not require warrants" #gchq

Labor rejects tobacco industry claim of plain packaging policy failure - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/06/labor-rejects-tobacco-industry-claim-of-plain-packaging-policy-failure?CMP=soc_568 raw data “commercially sensitive” =secret

great letter from @GlenisWillmott to head of EMA about latter's betrayal on open #clinicaltrials data [pdf] - http://www.gleniswillmott.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Gwillmott-to-Grasi-060614.pdf

#TAFTA/#TTIP: detailed Appraisal of European Commission’s Impact Assessment - http://epthinktank.eu/2014/05/26/eu-us-transatlantic-trade-and-investment-partnership-detailed-appraisal-of-the-european-commissions-impact-assessment/ important: I aim to write on it soon

Help @labour Get Its Digital Policy Right This Time - http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2014/06/help-labour-get-its-digital-policy-right-this-time/index.htm if you can forgive them for the Digital Economy Act...

Guardian Installed SecureDrop Outside The UK, Due To Legal Threats - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140605/13073127485/guardian-installed-securedrop-outside-uk-due-to-legal-threats.shtml be crazy not to... #gchq

Chemical exposure a bigger threat than climate change - http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/ockhamsrazor/chemical-exposure-a-bigger-threat-than-climate-change/5496060 not sure I agree, but important in context of #TTIP

First major #tarsands oil shipment arrives in Europe amid protests - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jun/06/first-tar-sands-oil-shipment-arrives-in-europe-amid-protests we must stop dirty fuel backtracking in EP

Patent troll on the verge of winning 1 percent of iPhone revenue - http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/apples-last-ditch-effort-to-dodge-a-368m-patent-verdict-has-backfired/ live by the sword, die by the sword #apple

.@VodafoneUK Reveals Government Agencies Have Direct Access To Its Network Around The World, No Warrants Required - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140606/05481927492/vodafone-reveals-government-agencies-have-direct-access-to-its-network-around-world-no-warrants-required.shtml

Why King George III Can Encrypt - https://freedom-to-tinker.com/blog/randomwalker/why-king-george-iii-can-encrypt/ really good: suggests using the wrong metaphors for encryption is a barrier to use

Kein Asyl für #Snowden, wenn es nach NRW geht: Grüne stimmen gegen Piraten-Antrag - https://netzpolitik.org/2014/kein-asyl-fuer-snowden-wenn-es-nach-nrw-geht-gruene-stimmen-gegen-piraten-antrag/ huh? what's going on here?

EU court ruling to prompt consumer damages claims against cartels - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/euro-finance/eu-court-ruling-prompt-consumer-damages-claims-against-cartels-302658 interesting

Man tipped to be UK's next EU commissioner says he's Eurosceptic - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/uk-europe/man-tipped-be-uks-next-eu-commissioner-says-hes-eurosceptic-302650 oh no, not this idiot

EU proposal scraps mandatory 'dirty' label for #tarsands - http://www.euractiv.com/sections/energy/eu-proposal-scraps-mandatory-dirty-label-tar-sands-302648 outrageous kowtowing to lobbying - we must fight it

Chrome Is Now More Popular Than Internet Explorer - http://mashable.com/2014/06/05/chrome-popular-internet-explorer/ how things change...

Mit #TTIP droht eine neue Dimension der Privatisierung öffentlicher Güter und Dienstleistungen - http://publik.verdi.de/2014/ausgabe/gewerkschaft/titel/seite-1/A0 (v @andrea_licata)

#Xanadu released after 54 years of development - http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jun/06/vapourware-software-54-years-xanadu-ted-nelson-chapman we're lucky: it would have been a disaster thanks to #transclusion

MT @BBCWorldTonight @VodafoneGroup reveals huge government surveillance of phone calls, a good decision? >> only supine BBC could ask that

Deutsche Telekom to follow Vodafone in revealing #surveillance - http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/06/deutsche-telekom-to-also-reveal-surveillance-data well done @VodafoneUK for starting this... #

Yes, Another Massive Vulnerability Was Found In #OpenSSL, But This Is Actually A Good Sign - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140605/16253427487/yes-another-massive-vulnerability-was-found-openssl-this-is-actually-good-sign.shtml yup #opensource