Wednesday, 12 June 2013

130611


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 130610 - http://bit.ly/14RQeiO yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Obama pressured over #NSA snooping as US senator denounces 'act of treason' - http://bit.ly/16Zf6Mx he will just shrug #prism

#Africa, let us help – just like in 1884 - http://bit.ly/16Zfpa8 great piece about West's appalling cant

Thinking critically about Edward #Snowden - http://bit.ly/19ZUEtE too cautious, I think, but good point about RIP's 494,078 requests

Edward #Snowden, der Mann, der die digitale Generation auf ihr Daten-Dilemma hinweist - http://bit.ly/13wJdV8 we shall see (v @netzpolitik)

"big question is why EU policy-makers appear to be so keen to act against the EU's strategic interests" - http://bit.ly/11SZDnX good stuff

Harte Kämpfe um Ausnahmeregelungen für Blinde - http://bit.ly/13wM7Jn for publishers, #copyright more important than #compassion #wipo

Spy agencies have turned our digital lives inside out. We need to watch them - http://bit.ly/13wMJPn well argued #metadata (v @netzpolitik)

Opt out of PRISM, the NSA’s global data surveillance program - http://bit.ly/18r5Fpw useful summary of saf(er) software

"US citizens are included in the UK #Prism operation, and US citizens are included in the UK Prism operation" - http://bit.ly/17E6L08

EU official: shale gas el dorado out of Europe's reach - http://bit.ly/191N8Ng so we get environmental problems, no benefits; great #frack

Prism-Skandal in USA: Sicherheit ist kein Selbstzweck - http://bit.ly/15SWJnG Justizministerin Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger no less

ORGCon 2103 FISAAA & #PRISM - http://bit.ly/ZGINwf good summary of hugely important talk (v @vfranz73 @jamie_love)

as that last tweet indicates, NSA spying is also economic espionage against the EU & everyone - another pragmatic reason #EU must resist

important: Dutch secret service also has access to Prism - http://bit.ly/12hZqko "Dutch companies would kindly cooperate" (v @jwildeboer)

USA: Beamte können Facebook-Nachrichten von Einreisenden lesen - http://bit.ly/16Zn2xg & much else, presumably #prism

"fact that Mr. Obama embraced many of the Bush administration’s counterterrorism policies “hardened” him" - http://nyti.ms/108bSDb #snowden

European Parliament lashes out at “shocking” U.S. surveillance program - http://bit.ly/108hTjl good summary #prism

The morning after the weekend the Big Data bubble burst - http://bit.ly/1broVze nice analysis #prism

"would need swift action from #EU if #NSA were processing European data without permission" - http://cbsn.ws/15TnmJa somewhat #prism

"security state that exists inside US continues to metastasize" - http://bit.ly/17Evmls "Snowden reminds us resistance is still an option."

Awkward questions face #Australia & #NZ after US spy row - http://bit.ly/13xu7i1 and not only there #prism

Negative results in medical research & clinical trials – an interview with Ben Goldacre - http://bit.ly/18s0CFj important, overlooked area

EU-Datenschutzreform: Konkrete Vorschläge aus Brüssel gegen #PRISM und Co. - http://bit.ly/11cWzV6 these are v useful

European Commission statement on #PRISM - http://on.fb.me/116H7gH irony alert: posted on Facebook </facepalm> (v @NeelieKroesEU)#EU

Announcing the Global #OpenData Initiative - http://bit.ly/12D0EIz "share principles and resources for governments and societies"

Stunning Life-Sized Photos Capture Close Encounters With #Whales - http://bit.ly/11Tui4G glorious

86 Civil Liberties Groups and Internet Companies Demand an End to NSA Spying - http://bit.ly/19loryb including #mozilla

National security should not be used by governments to justify mass surveillance - http://bit.ly/19lr037 key point (v @PoliceStateUK)

The Massive Online #Surveillance Program No One Is Talking About - http://bit.ly/11TyYHF a load of #BLARNEY, not #PRISM (v @beabusaniche)

Sharing is a cultural right, not a market failure - http://bit.ly/12D9vtM "not a problem but a condition for human (cultural) development."

Edward #Snowden not safe in Hong Kong, warns human rights chief - http://bit.ly/13zJHeM watch out...

MT @marshray Snowden didn't "damage national security", he didn't release actual secret data, just "metadata" about collection programs>>ha!

StopWatching.Us: #Mozilla launches massive campaign on digital surveillance - http://mzl.la/1a0LIUO great to see (v @nitot)#nsa

UK intelligence make thousands of requests for #Microsoft data - http://bit.ly/1a0Q26C timely reminder why you should never use #skype

#NL Justice minister won't comment on spying claims - http://bit.ly/13y6J4b "it is  supplied all info within 5 minutes" (v @rikwes66)

"Lawyer Fatma Elif Koru describes "brutal" arrest of 49 of her colleagues at Istanbul court" - http://bit.ly/192nIPH #turkey #policestate

US surveillance leaks & EU data protection reform by MEP @JanAlbrecht - http://bit.ly/17FlRCF amendments to address this (v @bendrath)

Total Surveillance - http://bit.ly/15UE2A3 "do we want to live in a house or a fishbowl?" ask the Chief Lizard Wrangler, rightly

Filing taxes without non-free software: Slovak company appeals fines - http://bit.ly/12DSHTp ridiculous this is still happening in 2013

Why James Clapper Should Be Impeached For Lying To Congress - http://bit.ly/169YY78 heavy stuff #prism

The US is behaving like China - http://bit.ly/192KSpd Ai Wei Wei: "No state power should be given that kind of trust. Not China. Not US."

UK to urge global clampdown on #antibiotics amid public health fears - http://bit.ly/11tFIMt great to see us do something sensible

'White hat' hackers are vital to internet security - http://bit.ly/17FocNY new EU law not just daft, but dangerous

Europe Rattles Its Sabres Over #Prism’s ‘Bulk Transfer’ Of EU Citizen Data - http://tcrn.ch/13Akxgb but will they unsheath?

Made In #China: Eric Pan and #opensource hardware - http://bit.ly/192M3EY fascinating stuff

Shock in Greece at imminent closure of public broadcaster #ERT - http://bit.ly/18tStQD well, I'm shocked (v @asteris)

Facing criticism, Google appeals to the US government to let it share more about data requests it receives - http://tnw.co/13Vey4h better

NSA leaker Edward #Snowden gets his wish: “Change” - http://bit.ly/14U5lrV a bit premature; let's hope...

Customs to get better tools to enforce intellectual monopolies - http://bit.ly/170Hxtq didn't we fight against this in #ACTA? (v @sinkdeep)

How Edward Snowden weakened the case for his defence - http://bit.ly/11xj1Ih old laws need repealing...

Turkish Police Return to #Taksim with More Water Cannons and Tear Gas - http://bit.ly/18u6NbR wow, dramatic pic


Tuesday, 11 June 2013

130610


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 130609 - http://bit.ly/1bmXeaV yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD and what a day it was

Hong Kong Baffled by #Snowden’s Hideout Choice - http://on.wsj.com/18lZFhS some local analysis (v @ChinaBizWatch)#prism

Code name ‘Verax’: Snowden, in exchanges with Post reporter, made clear he knew risks - http://wapo.st/12Av91z shows why #WaPo is now a joke

Republicans call for #Snowden to be extradited - http://bit.ly/18m13B2 and so it begins #prism

#NSA-Whistleblower Edward #Snowden: “Ich will nicht in so einer Welt leben” - http://bit.ly/19fxMr9 #prism

Edward #Snowden in Hong Kong - http://bit.ly/1bmZWgL more thoughts on the issues here (v @ggreenwald)

Questions for the UK after #PRISM #NSA #GCHQ revelations - http://bit.ly/18Zw5eT which certainly won't be answered today, if ever...

Why didn't tech company leaders blow the whistle? - http://stanford.io/14rvWjb this is the problem (v @winjer)#prism

Post PRISM, India’s ISP Association wants Google, Facebook to setup local servers - http://bit.ly/11C4cY3 EU must demand separate cos.

Statement regarding involvement of IMMI in Edward #Snowden asylum request - http://bit.ly/11C5ulP (v @newsbrooke)#is

The true face of Turkey - http://bit.ly/18ma7Wq "they demonstrate how little respect Turkey has for fundamental rights and freedoms today."

How to wiretap Cloud [pdf] - http://bit.ly/18mdlsZ must-read background on why & how EU data is completely vulnerable to US (v @asteris)

The European response to PRISM must be protecting privacy - http://bit.ly/ZEslwv an huge opportunity we must use #dataprotection

Secrecy and Freedom - http://nyti.ms/104Q7nR wow, is Posner really this naive and/or stupid? #prism (v @privacyint)

#Arduino donations and values for a growing ecosystem based on #opensource - http://bit.ly/11CiZCc lots of good stuff

"GCHQ and NSA share all intelligence, as do the CIA and MI6" - http://bit.ly/13x3njg from someone who has reason to know #prism

Commission accused of putting foxes in charge of the hen house when tackling tax dodging - http://bit.ly/18ZOZ5t how to alienate EU public

Cut Off by Spelling Reform - http://bit.ly/104Xxri this is why we must never reform English spelling #linguistics

U.S. surveillance row washes up on Pacific allies' shores - http://yhoo.it/13x51Sb unavoidable questions #prism #au #nz

Time for Europe to stop being complicit in NSA's crimes - http://bit.ly/17C4nXC yup, get rid of all these: #safeharbour #swift #pnr

Kim Dotcom wants the EU to fund a Prism-less Google alternative - http://bit.ly/113PbP4 nice idea; make it distributed, too... (v @teirdes)

Red Hat Innovation Awards - http://red.ht/1645NXK & the winner is...Booz Allen.  you see? it's not all bad news for them... #snowden

RT @michaelsavage GCHQ acted within the law at all times, says Theresa May. #NSA>> wow, I'm just so amazed she said that #prism

Hong Kong might have no choice but to protect #Snowden - http://bit.ly/19hd622 interesting possibility (v @ioerror)

#Snowden's secret - http://bit.ly/11qYSTi I'm surprised this hasn't been noted more...

Prism scandal: European commission to seek privacy guarantees from US - http://bit.ly/ZF4sVx "raise concerns" not enough: action needed

For web users around the world, everything is different now - http://bit.ly/18nXF8C basically, we can no longer trust US Net cos: now what?

Yes, NSA surveillance should worry the law-abiding - http://bit.ly/11uKBpB good debunking of "nothing to hide, nothing to fear" nonsense

How Does #Prism Change the Way We See Things? - http://bit.ly/1boGuA0 a few thoughts based on 4 days' leaks (is it just 4 days?) #nsa

“There is complete freakout mode at the agency right now” - http://thebea.st/15R1GgM for anyone who still doubts veracity of #snowden's leak

#Tpp favors corporate rights over citizens’ rights [pdf] - http://bit.ly/15R2dPV

 #NHS 111 providers continue to miss call targets - http://bit.ly/1boRGNa outrageous waste of money

Civil society groups express concern to Culture Secretary about online content restrictions - http://bit.ly/11CZMQX anger more appropriate

Index condemns mass surveillance - http://bit.ly/13S5SvI "stand by the EU’s position against mass surveillance" #prism #nsa

Protection needed for Prism #whistleblower Edward #Snowden - http://bit.ly/17CNhJg say it loud #prism

#NSA 'offers intelligence to British counterparts to skirt UK law' - http://bit.ly/12fWAfQ UK gov playing with words, but lying as usual

"#Snowden only wanted to communicate securely using PGP encryption" - http://huff.to/13v7Hhr fascinating background (v @asteris @mmhastings)

Apelo à AR para correção do #DRM - http://bit.ly/12gqbpt "portuguese citizens contact PS, PSD and CDS and demand them to pass them" #pt

Remember When SCOTUS Rejected Review Of FISA Amendments Act, 'cos Was 'Too Speculative' Plaintiffs Being Monitored? - bit.ly/19YM1zz

Thames Water pays no corporation tax on £1.8bn turnover - http://bit.ly/106LOZd time to re-nationalise this disgrace

"phone and internet records are being scanned for patterns" - http://ti.me/19YOppS those patterns are called "life", you twit (v @declanm)

"It is foreigners, potentially UK citizens in the UK, who are the targets of programmes like #Prism." - http://bit.ly/16Y2EfY this

Is The Bigger Concern NSA Getting Phone Records, #PRISM Or Just Everything? - http://bit.ly/13SBHV8 why #metadata is such a threat here

Government Secrets and the Need for Whistle-blowers - http://bit.ly/11bzQsB "we can help by protesting this war on whistle-blowers" #nsa


Sunday, 9 June 2013

130609


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 130608 - http://bit.ly/101btCz yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Boundless Informant: #NSA's secret tool to track global surveillance data - http://bit.ly/1bjw8RY I worry about person who leaked all this

"#BoundlessInformant leverages FOSS technology (i.e. available to all #NSA developers" - http://bit.ly/15LL766 says it all #opensource

"Facts on Collection of Intelligence Pursuant to Section 702 of FISA" [pdf] - http://1.usa.gov/14L6hi9 official statement on #Prism

Delight to Disappointment as Herakles Farms’ suspension order lifted - http://bit.ly/13uePfN suspicious: corruption in #Cameroon?

The End of Privacy and Freedom of Thought? - http://bit.ly/17z0a7e bad stuff happening everywhere #australia #dpi

How the NSA, and your boss, can intercept and break SSL - http://zd.net/19bXM6Q another reason to use #Firefox

As #China and #US become more like each other, they begin to snuggle up in public - http://1.usa.gov/18ifIxc incredible sight

Renowned Rights Watchdog to Downgrade United States in Freedom Rankings - http://slate.me/ZC2aq8 that's the least of it (v @Asher_Wolf)#nsa

Staffordshire police officers quit over 'misuse of data' - http://bit.ly/12z2ni2 but they'd never do it with Snooper's Charter data #cdb

#PRISM: Write to your MP - http://bit.ly/14pnmBv important to let them know UK spies must obey our laws' letter & spirit; sample letter

Rendition link to PRISM - http://bit.ly/17z3L58 "Ranjini is a victim of Big Data and PRISM" appalling story #australia

Mandarin by the numbers - http://bit.ly/11O1QBj "it is amazing how much one can say in Mandarin simply by punning with numbers alone"

OCA and Our Allies Pressure 10 Senators Who Voted Against States' Rights to Label GMOs - http://bit.ly/1bjEtoM Land of the Free much?

Back African smallholders, not agribusiness - http://bit.ly/13uj6Q4 we need to help Africa, not help corporates re-colonise it with patents

EU commissioners attend 'secret' Bilderberg summits on expenses - http://bit.ly/13oO22O & yet say "attending in their own capacity" – huh?

US surveillance revelations deepen European fears - http://reut.rs/18Xr32y bring in strong EU DP, withdraw US Safe Harbour now...

#Prism: "I authored the Patriot Act, and this is an abuse of that law." - http://bit.ly/12ze7Rr well, there you have it (v @nickpickles)

Web inventor Berners-Lee warns forces are 'trying to take control'
 - http://bit.ly/101Pewl (v @antagonise @mpesce)#defendthenet

The west is moving towards China in its quest for mass surveillance - http://bit.ly/15ZTBY1 but we have the luxury of being able to resist

USA: Revelations about government surveillance ‘raise red flags’ - http://bit.ly/19UIemS rather belated, milksop response from @amnesty

Security Message to U.S. Citizens No. 46: Incidents at the Giza Pyramids - http://1.usa.gov/ZCqicj wow, really sad (v @eldahshan @asteris)

Police Visit Pirate Bay Proxy Owner’s Home Demanding a Shutdown - http://bit.ly/13pmw53 this is truly putting the FACT in "fascist"

Alternative Tube Maps: Ghost Stations On The #London Underground - http://bit.ly/ZCrufX truly spooky stuff

Wikimedia readies its ‘WYSIWYG’ visual editor for English-language Wikipedia articles starting early July - http://tnw.co/19ULmiv

Argentine court revokes US$19 bln embargo on Chevron - http://bit.ly/15MDM6l chevron failing to pay for environmental damage in Ecuador

Yeo denies claims he offered to advise lobbyists for cash - http://bit.ly/12znKQm I love his outrage at the "clandestine" recording #prism

What happened to Tank Man, China’s most famous Tiananmen Square protester? - http://bit.ly/1020poQ frustratingly, we still don't know

Inside the United States - http://bit.ly/14pTKnz "This is satire." That last comment was the real satire.  Brilliant.  (v @acarvin @billt)

#NSA Bombshell Story Falling Apart - http://bit.ly/13pFc4V feeble mix of ad hominem attack + #FUD (v @ianbetteridge @Vulturemedia)#fail

Google is close 2 buying Waze for $1.3 billion - http://tnw.co/11p2OUJ I just don't get what it will do with all our detailed location data

Rand Paul vows to take #NSA spying to #SCOTUS - http://bit.ly/14M25yX well well (v @howardknopf)

#PRISM-Welle ebbt nicht ab – und das ist auch gut so - http://bit.ly/17zNOeU "Kann die EU etwas gegen PRISM tun?"

Clapper: Leaks are ‘literally gut-wrenching,’ leaker being sought - http://wapo.st/11p5RvT doesn't sound v minor to me hardly (v @mattmdiaz)

"#PRISM allows “collection managers [to send] content tasking instructions directly" - http://bit.ly/160of3s oh, look: direct access

The extreme anti-extremist: Raheem Kassam’s climate-sceptic ‘GreenCEASE’ project - http://bit.ly/ZCO4F7 what sad people

"harming people isn't my goal.Transparency is" http://bit.ly/ZCZ1Xn "I feel satisfied that this was all worth it. I have no regrets." #nsa

NSA whistleblower: 'I do not expect to see home again' - http://bit.ly/17AhAQM "get your emails, passwords, phone records, credit cards."

NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden video - http://bit.ly/11Ba6IX cogent explanation why even if we have nothing to hide, we have much to fear

on video, #Snowden says he had authority to wiretap US President - http://bit.ly/11Ba6IX at 3:40 isn't that slightly worrying? #NSA

"BoozAllen.com Is Undergoing Maintenance" - http://bit.ly/19e2tgr this is a joke, right? #snowden

Scientists Explain Why Chairman of House Committee On Science Is Wrong - http://bit.ly/12zYN7o more of this: rational debunking

Booz Allen Statement on Reports of Leaked Information - http://bit.ly/19e2tgr and #boozallen is back with message you were waiting for

RT @smykos Το #Prism είναι το #Watergate της εποχής μας >>let's hope it has the same knock-on consequences (v @asteris)

Technology giants struggle to maintain credibility over #Prism surveillance - http://bit.ly/13qTNgi yes: so what has Microsoft said here?


130608


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 130607 - http://bit.ly/12xyQW1 yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD (& what a day it was....)

NSA Spying Revelations Start To Cause Outrage In Europe; China Next? - http://bit.ly/13kpY0U they're mostly spying on us, not Usians

MT @davidgerard So what does the UK do about #PRISM? Sends out a D-notice ... which leaks - http://bit.ly/11LGULh >> UK gov is pathetic

#PRISM: Here's how the #NSA wiretapped the Internet - http://zd.net/11yEgMZ plausible, especially in light of this: http://to.pbs.org/13MNiF6

Technical review of draft legislation on UK #copyright exceptions - http://bit.ly/198Ar5O important consultation and public meetings

We are shocked, shocked… - http://bit.ly/17wAND1 this is nonsense, because the writer clearly doesn't understand implications of scale #NSA

RT @kevinmarks i diffed them - http://bit.ly/13rJ9aL comparing Larry and Mark word-for-word #Prism

US surveillance revelations deepen European fears of Web giants - http://reut.rs/14I6Ut5 come on, Europe do something: strong DP laws now

#Tobacco industry report: large decline in EU consumption, almost no change in illegal trade - http://bit.ly/198E8Zi #plainpackaging now

Obama-Backed #TPP Expands Corporate Lawsuits Against Nations for Lost Profits - http://bit.ly/19RjjjW same for #TAFTA/#TTIP

#netneutrality in #EU: "we mean to propose a full ban on blocking and throttling" - http://bit.ly/14l6ITC "we" =@NeelieKroesEU & her team

Civil liberties: GCHQ and the American data trough - http://bit.ly/11yHAaR 2should urgently be debated in parliament" #prism #nsa

G8 Hunger Summit demo - http://bit.ly/18eOyao Cameron's neocolonial approach to poverty: "Civil society in #Africa is not being consulted"

On #Prism - http://bit.ly/116lsSm "Stop thinking of PRISM as a calamity but as an opportunity for the EU to exploit." great stuff

Audiovisual Materials in the Classroom and the WIPO treaty for the blind - http://bit.ly/14ImmVY disgusting that deaf were excluded #MPAA

Google fires back against allegations of a selective, ‘drop box’ system for sharing users’ data - http://tnw.co/18eQXlh a developing story

MT jamie_love @glynmoody Yeah, I am stunned that this is happening. And, it is 100 percent the fault of the #MPAA . >> let's say it loud

Locals can now veto windfarms: so what about fracking? - http://bit.ly/116n91X my first thought: sauce for the goose, sauce for the gander

"The FBI wants a new law that will make it easier to wiretap the Internet." - http://bit.ly/13MZmpV easier??? #prism wasn't enough???

Obamas PRISM och EU’s datalagringsdirektiv - http://bit.ly/17wUzOO yes, let's not forget about EU's data retention directive here...

.@EDRI's excellent Comments on DPR Amendments in LIBE [pdf] - http://bit.ly/11qFvuq #prism should change everything here #privacy

lesson from history for those who strive to bring intelligence agencies to account - http://bit.ly/ZAil7t important points #Echelon #Prism

BTW, regarding that last link, turns out that @benjrooney is an unsung hero of the #Echelon story - kudos     

NSA mistakenly intercepted emails, phone calls of innocent Americans - http://nbcnews.to/1bgB2iP no - surely not...? (v @manhack @NewsBreaker)

Tech Companies Concede to Surveillance Program - http://nyti.ms/11qHq2m "to erect a locked mailbox and give the government the key" #prism

Why Canadians Should Be Demanding Answers About Secret Surveillance Programs - http://bit.ly/13saM3k detailed reasons to be worried #canada

#PRISM: Computer Security Expert Gene Spafford Weighs In - http://tcrn.ch/13N8FGg with a provocative point about the timing of leak...

Maya Decipherment - http://bit.ly/10Y32q4 oooh, exciting: "devoted to ideas and developments in ancient Maya epigraphy and related fields"

"could face up to 10 years behind bars—far more than 1-  and 2-year sentences doled out to Steubenville rapists" - http://bit.ly/13lfUVx

Confidential chat & file transfers with end-to-end strong encryption  - http://bit.ly/14IHH1n says it will be #opensource (v @mpesce)

Growing support for Spain ministry process tool made #opensource - http://bit.ly/1bh7OA5 that's good

lovely: Obama says China's industrial espionage more serious than his spying on world - http://bit.ly/11zkVLy "important … to distinguish"


Saturday, 8 June 2013

130607


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 130606 - http://bit.ly/18SU5jL yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

#NSA spying scandal: Expect big impact in EU & elsewhere - http://bit.ly/18a0eep European Commission still happy to hand over our data

The #NSA's Favorite Weasel Word To Pretend It's Claiming It Doesn't Spy On Americans - http://bit.ly/13pbcrr important analysis

Australians at risk in US electronic surveillance program - http://bit.ly/12vJkoN applies to all furriners (v @Asher_Wolf)#NSA #EU

How to cost-justify the #NPfIT disaster – forecast benefits a decade away - http://bit.ly/18SWsTB what an utter fiasco #UK

Closing in on our seeds - http://bit.ly/ZO3N6q insanity: when we need diversity most, #EU wants to hand over our agriculture to #monsanto

GroenLinks wil Europese actie tegen Amerikaanse datagraaierij - http://bit.ly/Zxsv90 more MEPs must support this (v @RichardWouters)#NSA

Meet the world's best new #environment bloggers - http://bit.ly/11ozqia great to see this from @guardian - well done (v @edyong209)

What's the Net Net on Neelie Kroes's EU #NetNeutrality? - http://bit.ly/14l6ITC now there's a question

Privatised rail has meant 'higher fares, older trains & bigger taxpayers' bill' - http://bit.ly/12vRfCD wait until you see privatised #NHS

Why, Yes, Of Course The #NSA Spying Involves More Companies Than Already Listed - http://bit.ly/13plzLR this has barely begun

Court ruling fails to stop business lobbies' privileged access in EU-India trade talks - http://bit.ly/15REQq4 regrettable

Phone Records Shared With U.K. - http://thebea.st/18aApe9 the tentacles begin to spread #NSA (v @EliLake @Asher_Wolf)

Looks like @jimmyschulz's battle against #swpats in Germany is going well - http://bit.ly/ZBm3JA great news

Europeans call for answers over U.S. web spying allegations - http://bit.ly/11wPnpP EU governments must investigate & act #NSA #PRISM

US Businesses Urge Obama To Stoke Trade War With India - http://bit.ly/13gZJbF amazing hypocrisy here

#NSA Boss Claims Real Villain Here Is Press For Revealing His Secret Spying Program - http://bit.ly/18TfXeV oh, look, a squirrel

 #NSA

Sources: #NSA sucks in data from 50 companies - http://bit.ly/11lM40k so that's from 7 to 50; do I hear 1000? (v @lennarthuizing)

Warner Bros: We’re Fining File-Sharers Who Use Non Six-Strike ISPs - http://bit.ly/19OTJfp interesting

Obama said he wasn't spying on Europeans using US services because that would be impossible under US law - http://bit.ly/17tUcnS #privacy

UK gathering secret intelligence via covert #NSA operation - http://bit.ly/11wXAdE @guardian has more details #PRISM #GCHQ

la plateforme nationale des interceptions judiciaires ou l’histoire d’une fuite - http://bit.ly/13hcxyX France's PRISM (v @fwix_)

yesterday & today show #twitter at its best: important news passed on as soon as it appears, accompanied by stream of insightful comments

ALRC backs fair use #copyright reform, but political hurdles remain - http://bit.ly/11x3E5V important points #Australia

Could the #NSA be spying on the wife of China’s president? - http://bit.ly/13hHIdt she uses an iPhone, so...of course... #yikes

Tech Companies Deny Letting NSA Have Realtime Access To Their Servers, But Choose Their Words Carefully - http://bit.ly/12wrqSF everyone is

"The freaky Dark Side of the Moon-style design looks like something a Bond villain would use" - http://bit.ly/13qc7Yp ha! #prism #nsa

Hacker Who Exposed Steubenville Rape Case Could Spend More Time Behind Bars Than The Rapists - http://bit.ly/17uBT1W war on #hackers again

MT @csoghoian NSA is not a charity. If they are sharing intercept data with UK gov, then they are getting something in return >>my concern

Tobacco firm begins 'stealth-marketing' campaign against plain packaging - http://bit.ly/11K4OGZ #tobacco companies are utter scum #cancer

Anonymous Leaks Some #NSA Documents About PRISM - http://bit.ly/196xzGD lots more fun on the way

Software patentability – intergroup motion in the German Parliament - http://bit.ly/13qmefU why on earth are Die Linke against this?

Bosnia & Herzegovina: Proposed FOI Law reforms would limit access to much information of public importance - http://bit.ly/14GatQc bad move

President Obama 'Welcomes' The Debate On Surveillance That He's Avoided For Years Until It Was Forced Upon Him - http://bit.ly/114Gr80 #NSA

US-Spitzelskandal: Aigner nimmt Internet-Giganten in die Pflicht - http://bit.ly/15HJTsB just cancel US "safe harbour" status now

Was the Communications Data Bill just a cover for Prism Data? - http://bit.ly/16QbHj2 interesting analysis #NSA #CDB

EU-Datenschutzreform: PRISM wird auch in Brüssel verhandelt - http://bit.ly/11xArro "PRISM hat gezeigt: Datenschutz betrifft uns alle."

#ICANN to shift around top-level execs http://cnet.co/12wGLCZ will also rename organisation TITANIC #deckchairs

#prism: Gli americani intercettano le comunicazioni degli internauti.  Ma l’Italia fa anche peggio - http://bit.ly/196F14B #NSA

EU mulls rules for compensating cartel victims - http://bit.ly/18TWoD9 #ISDR will circumvent these #TAFTA/#TTIP

#Openknowledge at the Open Government Partnership conference in Mombasa, Africa - http://bit.ly/11mqcC5 good stuff

#OpenSource Environmental Monitoring Platform - http://kck.st/11xCyLT #arduino-compatible kickstarter project; nearly there

Through a PRISM darkly: Tracking the ongoing #NSA surveillance story - http://bit.ly/18ckrjO if you blinked; good summary

"Unwarranted gov. surveillance is an intrusion on basic human  rights that threatens v foundations of democratic society" -@timberners_lee


#Canada is part of the eavesdropping network - http://bit.ly/14GnXeO doubtless many others are, too (v @alexpensato @ioerror)

Larry Page writes: "What the...?" - http://bit.ly/ZyJ7gH "that Google is providing open-ended access to our users’ data are false, period"

#FSF on #PRISM revelations - http://bit.ly/19Q6jLx "Avoid Software as a Service, and instead pursue autonomous & free software solutions."

Page on Prism: http://bit.ly/ZyJ7gH Zuckerberg on Prism: http://on.fb.me/ZWA6Ak they can't even be bothered to change wording much #NSA

Dissecting Tech's #PRISM Spying Denials - http://abcn.ws/13LUp0F 7 compared; obvious similarities (v @RyanHeathEU)


Friday, 7 June 2013

130606


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 130605 - http://bit.ly/11Gud46 yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Pesticides are a 'dead end' for bees and the environment - http://bit.ly/15D8mzf note pesticide ban would be impossible under #TAFTA/#TTIP

Verizon: NSA collecting phone records of millions of Americans daily - http://bit.ly/11tdhCE imagine what NSA is doing with EU records

UK Government £6,000 per year per desktop spend a frightening insight into public sector IT - http://bit.ly/110ExFw one word: #Windows

Saudi Arabia bans Viber web communication tool - http://reut.rs/15Mlu5B had to happen

Wie die Industrielobby den EU-Datenschutz verwässern will - http://bit.ly/14z6ANc betrayed by #EU politicians

Europeans see EU going in the wrong direction: Survey - http://bit.ly/13HhkKq it'll be worse once they learn about investor-state disputes

EU institutions seek exclusion, extra time on data protection - http://bit.ly/110H1na oh look, EU thinks it's above its own laws

People Begin To Wake Up To Massive Dangers Of Investor-State Dispute Resolution - http://bit.ly/15MpeEk pl. spread this widely #TAFTA/#TTIP

It's time we challenged agricultural hegemony - http://bit.ly/10St9i8 #farmers, not #badgers, are the problem in the US

French MPs adopt a government amendment denying priority to #freesw in future public service for digital education - http://bit.ly/13n72jR

Meeting Mr #Firefox: Johnathan Nightingale - http://bit.ly/11GCtRN what's in store for this key #opensource project #mozilla

US terms for Japan’s entry holds Japan and #TPP to ransom - http://bit.ly/15MBlRF insane: #japan gives US a blank cheque; great analysis

Hugenholtz & Hargreaves on Modernising the European #Copyright Framework - http://bit.ly/11GVJ1F not read it, but looks interesting

Feds say they can search your laptop at the border but won’t say why - http://ars.to/15DPfF3 the US police state welcomes you...

#Python Software Foundation publishes Code of Conduct - http://bit.ly/190nsmW interesting move

Data protection in the EU: the certainty of uncertainty - http://bit.ly/1b8cpEO good intro to area #privacy

Why does the #EU hate #LDCs so much? - http://bit.ly/186ek0p doesn't it realise that one day it will be begging them for help?

#Turkey's resistance image forged as pepper spray burns woman in red dress - http://bit.ly/13no5lJ nice piece

White House upholds 'critical tool in protecting nation from terrorist threats' - http://bit.ly/17rctSP how do people still fall for this?

#Erdogan defies Turkish protesters - live updates - http://bit.ly/190EqkY he is clearly out of his pram #turkey

The Trouble with the #TPP: My Appearance before the International Trade Committee - http://bit.ly/13d8543 good stuff from @mgeist

Ascending the stack: climbing Battersea Power Station - http://bit.ly/ZvnePa wonderful pix; they also make me feel sick (v @sinkdeep)

RT @normative  That's like saying searches of homes can be useful to find murder weapons... so we  searched everyone's home. >> this

#Australia Sets New Overblocking Record: Aims For One Site, Takes Down 250,000 - http://bit.ly/12uSMc7 not really close, was it?

"This is for everyone" wrote @timberners_lee during the London Olympics; but that was before the Web was #DRM'd... http://bit.ly/12uT3vA

The NSA surveillance story reinforces why an entity like #WikiLeaks is so important - http://bit.ly/13JhoJy & why we must support it

NSA taps in to internet giants' systems to mine user data, secret files reveal - http://bit.ly/13oivPS I'm glad I always assumed so #PGP

What We Don't Know About Spying on Citizens: Scarier Than What We Know - http://bit.ly/14jUtXo @schneierblog on fine form

New York Senate makes it a felony to annoy a police officer - http://bit.ly/16O06kC no comment necessary


Thursday, 6 June 2013

130605


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 130604 - http://bit.ly/ZsBgRG yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

#Samsung's surprise patent win could block #Apple iPhone 4 sales in US - http://bit.ly/1b3ggCX I wish these children would stop bickering

ALRC releases Discussion Paper on #copyright law reform - http://bit.ly/1b3gHNR important: comments invited (v @MsLods) #australia

Corporate power has turned Britain into a corrupt state - http://bit.ly/10PuvKH more personal integrity needed here #UK

EU Council deals killer blow to privacy reforms - http://bit.ly/18Ueck2 why do they hate EU citizens so much? (v @lilianedwards)#DP

EU's Chief Negotiator Has Learned Nothing From ACTA, Will Negotiate TAFTA In Secret - http://bit.ly/11k2GXp tabled documents must be public

Young Rewired State - http://bit.ly/15zGMmn brilliant, important project goes from strength to strength #programming #devs

Creating opportunities for learning by expanding Wikipedia in Armenian - http://bit.ly/14uSVXt great stuff #am

Why Do We Throw Prostitutes in Prison? - http://bit.ly/12s0DqA these people are victims; pure victimisation

"Nothing says, "I love the Earth!" like bringing bulldozers into old-growth forest to create a fake ruined castle" - http://bit.ly/18NjM56

Amazon is building the Largest Collection on Earth for #India - http://bit.ly/11h3njn important move

App Developers File Amicus Brief in Support of Google - http://bit.ly/17nDWoz the #opensource viewpoint

UK bee insecticide study flawed, says EU food agency - http://bit.ly/16JievX hopeful sign of #EFSA actually doing its job - well done

'Woman in red' sprayed with teargas becomes symbol of #Turkey protests - http://bit.ly/14uYc13 share widely...

Whatever happened to #Google? - http://bit.ly/13kMh8r "Google is no longer the open-loving, open-doing Google of old" #opensource

Closing in on our #seeds - http://bit.ly/ZO3N6q excellent analysis of EU's short-sighted plans to destroy seed diversity; must read

minutes of Online Infringement of (c) Roundtable, 15.03.13 - http://bit.ly/11rhgj8 not a single rep of 60 million UK citizens, of course

Vets say their professional body was wrong to support Government #badger cull - http://ind.pn/11koLVP wow (v @GeorgeMonbiot)

Fund von Gen-Getreide: US-Farmer verklagt #Monsanto auf Schadensersatz - http://bit.ly/11Yj1Gj big, if this spreads

Transcripts from Bradley #Manning's Trial - http://bit.ly/11rsLaf important record (v @wikileaks)

"space telescope taking atmospheric spectra of Earth-like worlds would cost $5 billion" - http://bit.ly/Ztc3qb but instead we fight wars

Geneticists push for global data-sharing - http://bit.ly/10YB8qz surprised this isn't already happening #opendata

#EdX Builds Community of Developers for its Online and Blended Learning Platform - http://bit.ly/17oKYcG entirely #opensource now

"an attempt to kill databases like Pubmed Central" - http://bit.ly/10YJuhS these sad people just never give up being evil (v @hgmorrison)

Turkish authorities arrest social media users - http://bit.ly/10ZkEP7 blatant attempt to intimidate people using Internet (v @burcuno)

Three-line whip pushes through #badger cull Commons vote - http://bit.ly/17pGtyu  idiots: vaccination is cheaper - http://bit.ly/15BKtI9

Top US patent judge pens anti-troll op-ed in NYT - http://ars.to/13G6QLi bit of a surprise (pleasant, though)

Irony Alert: John Steele Denies Uploading Anything Ever Despite Growing IP Evidence - http://bit.ly/10ZvLr6 wow

Fairphone made it - http://bit.ly/11sjzSZ great news #opensource

Google to keep its calendar CalDAV API public after developer backlash, debuts contacts CardDAV API to boot - http://tnw.co/1b5DNU0 good