130618

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 130617 - http://bit.ly/ZZrIha yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD warning: may contain #snowden

US Green Shadow Cabinet joins critical struggle to defeat #TPP - http://bit.ly/128lqbo nice, not sure how much impact it will have though

Japan's Prime Minister Mocks #TPP Protestors On Facebook - http://bit.ly/11I8oBx unbecoming #transparency

Ato no Rio reúne 100 mil, começa em paz, mas minoria provoca confusão - http://glo.bo/11I8Aku wow #br

Exposed: Edward Erin, the doctor whose faked asthma drug test results proved fatal - http://ind.pn/10sI2tj staggering tale (v @brembs)

Time for a new kind of debate on Global Rights - http://bit.ly/19f4vdE sounds good (v @asteris)

Number of cops abusing Police National Computer access on the rise - http://bit.ly/18UJlEY now imagine we had the Snooper's total database

Dutch want their mussels free from micro-plastic litter, call on EU to act - http://bit.ly/13WYoac big, difficult problem

PRISM plays into German and European cloud computing providers hands - http://bit.ly/1bQn9bd so seize the opportunity, people

Protests in #Brazil Continue to Grow as 100,000 Take to Streets - http://bit.ly/17iw091 amazing pic #br

A Supercell Thunderstorm Over Texas - http://1.usa.gov/19f5WZD beautiful but frightening (v @gen)

Pestizide: Schleichender Tod im See - http://bit.ly/12G6rvz why we must reduce our use of them #glyphosate

OSI Seeks to Hire General Manager - http://bit.ly/18UMO6u fun and worthy #opensource

Obama says Americans aren’t getting the ‘complete story’ on PRISM - http://tnw.co/11W0atU too bad he lost all credibility ages ago

Auf dem Weg zum staatlichen Geheimnismonopol - http://bit.ly/16d8cyM another evil monopoly

NSA story isn’t “journalistic malfeasance” — it’s story that is evolving in real time - http://bit.ly/1bQtnb8 yes: this is journalism today

#TAFTA/#TTIP: How it affects you - http://bbc.in/16d8Igh wow, what mindless boosterism: no downsides at all? ORLY? (v @EU_TTIP_team)

Is #Encryption Effective Against #Snooping? German Government Says No, #Snowden Says Yes - http://bit.ly/11Ihf6h who to believe?

Extreme Boating - http://bit.ly/16D0ChH "your ears would be filled with a sound no human can ever hear: The third sound." (v @edyong209)

Dalligate tobacco lobbyist not screened for conflicts of interest when left Commission - http://bit.ly/12SjeMU not acceptable #EU

Überwachungsskandal PRISM: Digitale Gesellschaft e. V. erstattet Anzeige - http://bit.ly/16deVZw wow, great: can other countries do this?

Um wessen Freiheit geht es beim Freihandel? - http://bit.ly/1bQG85E *this* is what @BBCNews should have published #TAFTA/#TTIP

.@petersuber: my book on #OA (#OpenAccess, MIT Press, 2012) is now OA - http://bit.ly/17j989w fab news: everybody pl. d/l and share widely

Europeans must be protected from #Prism snooping - http://bit.ly/14HLjUX highly welcome call from @SarahLudfordMEP; let's make it happen

European Privacy Association confirms Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Yahoo are corporate backers - http://bit.ly/1bRi5U9 surprise; not...

Notre vie privée est-elle encore protégée? - http://bit.ly/1aoNoHV probably one of those subtle French rhetorical questions... #nsa

US to join direct peace talks with #Taliban over #Afghanistan - http://bit.ly/11lCuiK at last

'#Microsoft is niet te vertrouwen' - http://bit.ly/100p8Yc a familiar story (v @Caroldanon)#NSA

#TPP: Secrecy Is 'Assault On Democratic Government' - http://huff.to/15gvnWE "-ve implications for public interest on a variety of fronts."

#Porn Summit Threatens Britain - http://bit.ly/12Hjk8C great piece on abiding stupidity of politicians who must be seen to do something

#Obama Administration Finally Lets Congress See Secretive #TPP Text (But Still Not the Rest of Us) - http://bit.ly/14I7GJY #transparency

France and Germany launch #opensource collaboration - http://bit.ly/100rl66 interesting #EU

Hairy Stockings Are China's Latest 'Anti-Pervert' Trend - http://on.mash.to/14I8Chs nice idea, but I say 'shopped....

Open Season for Data Fishing on the Web: The Challenges of US #PRISM Programme for the EU - http://bit.ly/15gQTdI (v @bendrath)#privacy

G8 #OpenData Charter and Technical Annex - http://bit.ly/14gP818 good stuff: "support the release of data using open licences"

3 NSA veterans speak out on whistle-blower: We told you so - http://usat.ly/10uu0aH important interview; kudos to @USATODAY for running it

Call for input on the new Wikimedia Foundation privacy policy - http://bit.ly/14IkrUG timely

What happened to David Mery, the techy who was arrested as a terrorist in a London tube station because of his coat - http://bit.ly/17k4PKR

#Turkey's '#standingpeople' protest spreads amid Erdoğan's crackdown - http://bit.ly/19gkLev this is just inspired: may it succeed

Alexander: #Snowden got call-tracking order during training - http://politi.co/14Ilwfc as one does when one is a trainee (v @declanm)

Knowing The Government Is Spying On You Changes How You Act - http://bit.ly/16Fzoa9 important point

NSA Implementing 'Two-Person' Rule To Stop The Next Edward Snowden - http://onforb.es/15h5aXL it's good to share

Freedom of expression, the Council of Europe and net neutrality - http://bit.ly/13QVNQS useful summary

Iceland resumes whale hunting, endangered Fin Whale killed - http://bit.ly/11XlejA Kristjan Loftsson: selfish bastard #commons

So What Should We Call the Open [Everything] Movement? - http://bit.ly/14gZuy2 Open Everything...?

Austausch von Kundendaten: Schweizer Parlament blockiert "Lex USA" - http://bit.ly/15h7qyc oh look, consequences... #ch

Jon 'Maddog' Hall On Project Cauã: a Server In Every Highrise - http://bit.ly/10uBri7 interesting #freesw #brazil

Edward #Snowden — the Globalisation of Whistleblowing - http://bit.ly/12TuWXE yes: it is the geeks who dance on the grave of geography

brilliant @sierraclub report on #TAFTA/#TTIP's effects on public & environment - http://bit.ly/13ZlUUi great summary of issues (v @PCGTW)

Bollywood Is So Successful Without Strong Copyrights That It Will Fail Unless India Strengthens Its Copyrights - http://bit.ly/16eGuSl huh?

Cat-like robot runs like the wind, on Linux - http://bit.ly/1aqhPgY spooky but #opensource at least

Huawei Shows Off Ascend P6, the 'World's Slimmest Smartphone' - http://on.mash.to/1bSS06Y #china & #android: the future of smartphones

Fields Of War Brings 200-Player Mech Battles To GNU/Linux - http://bit.ly/11XC9Cx not really my bag, but looks quite impressive

Barbra Streisand courts controversy in Israel before Shimon Peres party - http://bit.ly/14IEBho good for her

Brazilian Protests Get Their Iconic Photo(s) - http://bit.ly/13RjqZx shocking bullying

130617

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 130616 - http://bit.ly/12CxuYA yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

BTW, if you're looking for #ERT, there are live streams here - http://bit.ly/17fw4pT #gr

#Woz: This is not my America - http://cnet.co/11T9leq sad geek: "I was so proud of my country & now I find out it's just the opposite"

"133 UK universites & colls of higher education forced to sign a new Concordat for Research Integrity" - http://ind.pn/13TccCP (v @brembs)

Fleur Pellerin chez #Mozilla: le logiciel libre, "garant de la souveraineté numérique" - http://bit.ly/16aIoDs (v @tnoisette @nitot)#fr

Persuading David Simon - http://bit.ly/12Q5OAZ excellent, detailed rebuttal (v @LukasKawerau)#nsa #scaling

ISPs to include porn filters as default in the #UK by 2014 - http://ars.to/10pvFhF an alliance of prudes & failed parents...

pic of the week - April torrential downpours http://bit.ly/1bMrtIv ah, #London (v @Londonist)

Trade deal  would benefit US more than EU, Ifo study finds - http://bit.ly/125YjhG so US must make concessions, not EU #TAFTA/#TTIP

French Minister’s vibrant speech in favour of free software - http://bit.ly/11G1sFe good to hear #fr

Why The NSA And President Bush Got The FISA Court To Reinterpret The Law In Order To Collect Tons Of Data - http://bit.ly/12D3njW

Chinese supercomputer tops the charts -- two years early - http://cnet.co/17fMDlN runs on #kylin, chinese #linux distro

New Principles Address Balance between National Security and the Public’s Right to Know - http://osf.to/19d483m (v @webmink)#transparency

Verizon  sees “trade” deal as the next “Share everything” plan - http://bit.ly/11G2Uaq sees #TAFTA/#TTIP as way to destroy privacy in #EU

Edward #Snowden Q&A: NSA whistleblower answers your questions 4pm BST - http://bit.ly/11sS2xS whoa, could be fun...

Achat patriotique ? Si on passait à la pratique ! - http://bit.ly/126tMjN so why buy US sw - especially after Prism? (v @MarthadM)#fr

How Can Any Company Ever Trust #Microsoft Again? - http://bit.ly/15cyPkV passes zero-day flaws to #nsa for breaking into foreign systems

Big Data, Big Government, Big Companies: NSA spying raises new Qs on corporate human rights responsibilities - http://bit.ly/13UbQvF

UK Advisory group publishes identity assurance principles for consultation - http://bit.ly/13NOEAC (v @williamheath)

Who benefits from a free trade deal? - http://bit.ly/1bNp4gE help pl.: economists needed to look this through #TAFTA/#TTIP

#EU Data Protection Responses To PRISM "A Smokescreen" - http://bit.ly/15cCCPp important interview with @CasparBowden on what we can do

"#EU could offer legal immunity and financial rewards for reporting #surveillance which breaks EU law" - http://bit.ly/15cCCPp great idea

New #Microsoft Privacy Campaign Promotes Consumer Control - http://bit.ly/12QE2V1 ORLY? -  http://bit.ly/15cyPkV (v @ToruOkada69)#nsa

MT @kristacox #SCOTUS holds in 5-3 decision pay-for-delay settlement agreements not immune from #antitrust scrutiny: http://1.usa.gov/1bNv6Oq

NB: all my unreferenced tweets with #snowden refer to this: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/17/edward-snowden-nsa-files-whistleblower

High Profitability of #Copyright-Intensive Industries - http://bit.ly/11GswE8 yeah, it's called price-gouging #intellectualmonopolies

#snowden: "Iceland could be pushed harder, quicker, before the public could have a chance to make their feelings known"; hence Hong Kong

#snowden: "media outlets used argument that "documents were dumped" to smear Manning, & want to make it clear it is not a valid assertion."

The Document Foundation Welcomes France’s MIMO In The Advisory Board - http://bit.ly/15cKsIB good news #libreoffice

#snowden: "$200,000 was my "career high" salary. I had to take pay cuts in the course of pursuing specific work."

#snowden: "if an NSA, FBI, CIA, DIA analyst has access to query raw SIGINT databases, they can enter and get results for anything they want"

#snowden: "The restrictions against this are policy based, not technically based, and can change at any time." refers to previous tweet

#snowden: "For at least #GCHQ, the number of audited queries is only 5% of those performed." i.e. they can get whatever they want

#TTIP : l'accord USA-Europe intégrera bien la propriété intellectuelle - http://bit.ly/ZXGANa as we already expected

It's Not Whether NSA Surveillance Helped Stop Any Plots, But Whether Or Not It Needed To Spy On Everyone To Do So - http://bit.ly/11t6eqC

#snowden: "Americans’ communications are collected and viewed on a daily basis on the certification of an analyst rather than a warrant."

#snowden: " the analyst gets it. All of it. IPs, raw data, content, headers, attachments, everything. & it gets saved for a very long time"

#snowden: Net companies "legally compelled to comply and maintain their silence, but that does not comply them from ethical obligation"

The Economic Case for #NetNeutrality - http://bit.ly/13Uw1JM interesting analysis (v @Coadec)

#snowden: "filter is set at what is euphemistically referred to as the "widest allowable aperture," and can be stripped out at any time."

#snowden: "Suspicionless surveillance does not become okay simply because it's only victimizing 95% of the world instead of 100%" #EU

#snowden: "Our founders did not write that "We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all US Persons are created equal."

Yuri Gagarin air crash details emerge - http://bbc.in/17gsdZS interesting (v @BoingBoing)#ru #space

#snowden: "if I were a Chinese spy, why wouldn't I have flown directly into Beijing? I could be living in a palace petting a phoenix by now"

Wikimedia Foundation says it hasn’t received any PRISM requests - http://tnw.co/16zChth er, why would they? it's an encyclopaedia

To What Extent Can Global IP Rules Be Responsive To Public Interest Demands? - http://bit.ly/12QLmzW they can't; bin them all

Demonstrating "a load of cock" to censorship-crazed UK MP Claire Perry - http://bit.ly/17gtJuS we need much more of this...

#snowden: "Encryption works. Properly implemented strong crypto systems are one of the few things that you can rely on." let's hope

#snowden: "Unfortunately, endpoint security is so terrifically weak that NSA can frequently find ways around it." oh, pity

Barroso on #TAFTA/#TTIP - http://bit.ly/15cUfOZ  "moving our regulatory regimes closer" = diluting #EU protection for food, health & safety

#snowden: "disclosure provides Obama an opportunity to appeal for a return to sanity, constitutional policy, & rule of law rather than men"

#snowden: "There can be no faith in government if our highest offices are excused from scrutiny - should be setting example of transparency"

SCOTUS rules in 5-3 opinion that pay-for-delay settlement agreements not immune from antitrust scrutiny - http://bit.ly/15cVMVe bit weak

EU Ombudsman: #EFSA fails on conflict of interests - http://bit.ly/15aH8QG big slapdown: now do something about it

#snowden: "Seeing someone in position of Clapper baldly lying to the public without repercussion is the evidence of a subverted democracy."

#snowden: "I have had no contact with the Chinese government. Just like with Guardian & Washington Post, I only work with journalists."

#snowden: "Unfortunately, the mainstream media now seems far more interested in what I said when I was 17 or what my girlfriend looks like"

#snowden: "...rather than, say, the largest program of suspicionless surveillance in human history." and on that note...

Europe and US launch plans for ambitious transatlantic trade deal - http://bit.ly/11tgjUp v weak and uncritical stuff from @guardian #tafta

Israeli trade minister Naftali Bennett dismisses two-state solution as 'hopeless' - http://bit.ly/14e57ND & who made it 'hopeless'? #israel

Whistleblowers and the economy of esteem - http://econ.st/1bO3ngu good to see this in @TheEconomist (v @timbray)#snowden

I fear the chilling effect of NSA surveillance on the open internet - http://bit.ly/16bY2yi no, damage is to Net companies, who deserve it

An International Perspective on FISA: No Protections, Little Oversight - http://bit.ly/ZYkt9q excellent & detailed

South Tyrol to adopt #freesoftware strategy - http://bit.ly/11tGYAE great news (v @ohnewein)#it

CISPA's Sponsors Can't Keep Their Story Straight: If Snowden's Leaks Are False, How Do They Harm America? - http://bit.ly/1bOukkm

BlackBerry says it remains confident in its security, following claim that UK spies accessed data from its servers - http://tnw.co/ZYobQo

Droning for #Rhinos - http://bit.ly/11k3fnK "to fight the war against poachers". great idea & worthy cause; needs lots of help... #drones

Snowden: NSA snoops on U.S. phone calls without warrants - http://cnet.co/14ezUK3 more weasel-words from NSA

Blowback from the NSA Surveillance - http://bit.ly/14eAkjy "affects the US's role in Internet governance"

Six Strikes “Copyright Alert” Warns Subscribers For Dangerous P2P Software - http://bit.ly/12RegA1 utter #FUD & drivel

The #Snowden Principle - http://bit.ly/ZYqDpY I can see this catching on...

Microsoft defends Xbox One’s $499 pricetag, claims it will deliver “thousands of dollars of value” to users - http://tnw.co/11KZOmJ ha-ha

Onion Pi - Convert a #RaspberryPi into a Anonymizing #Tor Proxy, for easy anonymous internet browsing - http://bit.ly/11tQ00x that's nice

Japanese  gov’t seeks industry lobbies’ opinions on #TPP - http://bit.ly/19e6KOs how about asking Japanese people - remember them?

EU cloud computing firms see silver lining in Prism scandal - http://reut.rs/13Vsn2v let's hope they actually do something (v @CasparBowden)

#Fracking Is Already Straining US Water Supplies - http://bit.ly/12RhKT3 people don't realise this is another adverse effect #externalities

Church of #Scientology Lands in Takedown Hall of Shame - http://bit.ly/11tTf8i surprised it took this long

MoD serves news outlets with D notice over surveillance leaks - http://bit.ly/17TT5OC 4 anyone who still doubts material (v @CasparBowden)

#Egypt's Mohamed Morsi appoints hardline Islamist to govern Luxor - http://bit.ly/16c7Acw sad: expect #tourism to be badly affected

Who’s scripting EU-US trade deal? - http://bit.ly/11HbrKe shameful lack of #transparency - again: what have they got to hide? #TAFTA/#TTIP

#TPP undermines health system - http://aje.me/13OHgoP good, detailed explanation why

Looking Deeper into MPAA's #Copyright Agenda - http://bit.ly/11kbxfB good points

Cameron promises biggest bilateral deal in history as #TAFTA/#TTIP talks open - http://bit.ly/17U5ouj naivety of reporting here is painful

130616

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 130615 - http://bit.ly/158QNF1 yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Turkish police storm protest camp using teargas and rubber bullets - http://bit.ly/11pS1uz Erdoğan shows himself an autocratic bully

The NSA has us snared in its trap – and there's no way out - http://bit.ly/10mQmuL pessimistic I think; some alternatives already exist

meanwhile, I'm moving over to ixquick - https://www.ixquick.com/uk/ and StartPage - https://startpage.com/ both look good so far - why not try?

US intelligence outlines checks it says validate surveillance - http://bit.ly/1ah8Ka0 it also has a bridge to sell if you're interested...

US surveillance architecture includes collection of revealing Net, phone metadata - http://wapo.st/19Fnml0 amazing stuff, all due 2 #snowden

#Snowden Had a Breaking Point, Where He Decided to Risk It All to Fix This Country -- What's Yours? - http://bit.ly/1ahaH6q good post

A Fascinating New Theory About the Human #Mind, Evolution and Mortality - http://bit.ly/11R1j5R maybe #consciousness on its own is fatal

100-Millionen-Programm: BND will Internet-Überwachung massiv ausweiten - http://bit.ly/168oCsj the surveillance cancer spreads

#google: Our continued commitment to combating child exploitation online - http://bit.ly/10mTvKY fighting this at source is the way

Government of Kenya attacks self-help program in Mombasa slums - http://bit.ly/11hoPcC so short-sighted #ke

#Nepal belatedly takes action on slavery following Srijana Chaudhary tragedy - http://bit.ly/1ahedgY shameful for 21st century

The genie of unlimited filth is out of the bottle and no law can stop us polishing our lamps - http://bit.ly/158XXZO (v @kisumii @Glinner)

"The companies that create GE crops do their own food safety assessments, which the FDA reviews" - http://huff.to/149W5B3 key issue here #gm

re last tweet: problem with #GM crops is not the technology, but how they are approved, and how patents allow food chain to be monopolised

#NSA admits listening to U.S. phone calls without warrants - http://cnet.co/11Egc7j "appears to extend to e-mail and text messages too"

Wi-Fi Light Bulbs Shipping Soon - http://bit.ly/13Qw8WS running #opensource, of course...

Xbox One will divide EU into different markets - http://bit.ly/10mXcjG bonkers and retrogressive #microsoft

also, re Xbox One, I wonder whether this goes against EU regulations for a single market? #MS

The NSA story and the negative security it delivers to everyone - http://bit.ly/17Q6OGa exactly #negativesecurity

Our Top-Secret Message to NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden - http://bit.ly/16u0XDc just to keep NSA computers busy for a while, I suppose

For #Snowden, a Life of Ambition, Despite the Drifting - http://nyti.ms/11hqNtz useful summary of what we know about him

#NSA's Favorite Techdirt Posts Of The Week - http://bit.ly/11IcScl ha! nicely done

How to photograph riots. - http://bit.ly/1248SBQ not that I want to, but wise words if you do

#Turkey unrest: more clashes in Istanbul as Erdoğan holds rally - http://bit.ly/1bKnX1p sadly, I won't be going to turkey for my hols...

#TAFTA: la bataille post ACTA est lancée! - http://bit.ly/12P4f6o good analysis (v Måns Rullgård) #TTIP

NSA Leaks Are Forcing More Transparency on Both Companies and The Government - http://bit.ly/124Kxfl the response equally important

Zero Knowledge for Cloud Storage: A Proposed Internet Privacy Mandate - http://bit.ly/11qV9Xf we need something like this #nsa

#Snowden NSA Claims Partially Confirmed, Says Rep. Jerrold Nadler - http://bit.ly/11EPUC0 in this rapidly-developing story...

Brutal crackdown on Turkish protests - http://bit.ly/19GLDqO depressing; I fear this may end badly #turkey

Find out where your cloud provider’s data centers are located - http://bit.ly/12B1zb5 no, location on its own irrelevant; ownership counts

Turkish EU minister: protesters will be treated as terrorists - http://bit.ly/ZVtvUt if so, #Turkey no longer a civilised country

Überwachungsprogramm Prism: Innenpolitiker fordern ein deutsches Google - http://bit.ly/ZVudkG now that's very interesting #de

#GCHQ intercepted foreign politicians' communications at G20 summits - http://bit.ly/16vYt7A can't wait to hear the spin on this.. #snowden

"Other documents record apparently successful efforts to penetrate the security of #BlackBerry smartphones" - http://bit.ly/16vYt7A whoops

Korruptionsaffäre: Tschechiens Premier kündigt Rücktritt an - http://bit.ly/13RYxfc serious stuff #cz

Protesting Piracy in China with...Blow-Up Dolls - http://bit.ly/11rnf4o #china is obviously progressing in leaps and bounds...

The whistleblowers are the new generation of American patriots - http://bit.ly/11ichSa people are beginning to wake up...

NSA-proof encryption exists. Why doesn’t anyone use it? - http://wapo.st/16wap9g usability, of course; we must make it easier #pgp

130615

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 130614 - http://bit.ly/121Xyq6 yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Toddlers Killed More Americans Than Terrorists Did This Year - http://bit.ly/1bGk6lK so why lose our privacy? (v @johnnyolsson @Falkvinge)

Microsoft’s US. law enforcement & national security requests for last half of 2012 - http://bit.ly/13IoL5n interesting stats (v @dozykraut)

The NSA's Prism: why we should care - http://bit.ly/1561DLX excellent, clear thinking from @doctorow, as usual

Fishing ban proposed near Rockall after rare scientific finds - http://bit.ly/ZRtwsK exciting

California AG Pretends Copyright Infringement Is Theft; Charges Streaming Site With Grand Theft - http://bit.ly/11OEu2M clueless

#Snowden: Classified US data shows Hong Kong hacking targets - http://bit.ly/1220VgJ "had a a success rate of more than 75 per cent" #china

Open Society Foundations Launch New Initiative to Step Up Fight for #Transparency - http://osf.to/165u0wa great news

Rep. Grayson: Let Me Tell #NSA: There Is No Threat To Our Nation When I Call My Mother - http://bit.ly/12wcdQh "this has gone way too far."

Britain and France to allow Deutsche Bahn to use Channel Tunnel - http://bit.ly/11GGTt0 exciting - I can't wait (v @vickeegan)#trains

Theresa May wants to avoid embarrassment over #Snowden rather than uphold the law - http://ind.pn/10kvOD2 great piece (v ‏@OpenRightsGroup)

The US Pirate Party Is Working On A Way To Get Around The NSA's Surveillance - http://read.bi/ZS2OA6 (v @Falkvinge)

"As much as possible, change to #open source software on local servers." - http://huff.to/122nYbg why #freesw matters (v @AnnieMachon)

.@GlynMoody's#PGP Key - http://bit.ly/156AxED I strongly advise you to set up one yourself... #nsa #prism

"Schneier: it doesn't matter how Prism works, technically" - http://bit.ly/1aeIZah "assume gov collects everything" (v @BiellaColeman)#nsa

Malay group walks out over #TPP secrecy - http://bit.ly/11CZyFo good for them #transparency #my

Tech companies working with the NSA are making a Faustian bargain - http://bit.ly/11gk7fh losing trust is a one-way street...

Worried about NSA surveillance? Meet the proposed laws to curb the agency’s authority - http://tnw.co/11Hg4oC quite a few

Der Bundesüberwachungsminister informiert: Unsere US-Freunde dürfen uns natürlich überwachen - http://bit.ly/13OO4kz witless & pathetic

130614

Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 130613 - http://bit.ly/11zT7D1 yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Congress, Finally Curious About NSA Spying, Discovers That It's Even More Widespread Than Previously Believed - http://bit.ly/177y4R0  ORLY?

#Microsoft "provides intelligence agencies with information about bugs in its sw before it publicly releases a fix" - http://bloom.bg/177C83G

U.S. Agencies Said to Swap Data With Thousands of Firms - http://bloom.bg/177C83G "extend far beyond what was revealed by #Snowden"

Google Proposes Clever Video Codec License -- But The Real Problem With Patent Pools Remains - http://bit.ly/16lqTRq #vp8

UK Public wins right to film all council meetings - http://bit.ly/10hjAem important principle (v @Joscelyn)

Significantly fewer people now playing sport regularly than before last year's Olympic Games - http://ind.pn/1623NPb oh look (v @dml)#uk

Secret Trade Agreements Threaten to Undo Our Last Shreds of Food Safety - http://bit.ly/143aRK1 big problem with #TPP & #TAFTA/#TTIP

Police Trained to Treat Keystone XL Protesters as 'Terrorists' - http://bit.ly/12KDArq this will become common #dissent

DoD: If You See A Leaked NSA Document, Press SHIFT And DELETE To Get Rid Of It - http://bit.ly/1aadrCp bunch of clowns

EU in last-minute push to convince France to back EU-US trade talks - http://bit.ly/11dzbds sticks & carrots #TAFTA/#TTIP

Glyphosate induces human breast cancer cells growth via estrogen receptors - http://1.usa.gov/1bCAgg9 in "Food and Chemical Toxicology"

#Japan proposes #NSA-style agency and new #snooping laws - http://bit.ly/ZNTf53 obviously really cares about public's views here...

NSA Leak Inquiry to Explore Whether Snowden Had China Tie - http://bloom.bg/12KEvIk here comes the FUD & mud-slinging

 #Yahoo reportedly fought court order before joining PRISM - http://cnet.co/19ycrcC kudos to them

Senator Warren: If #TPP Transparency Would Lead To Public Opposition, Then TPP Is Wrong - http://bit.ly/18FgGUo exactly

"he was accused of putting internet firms' interests above national security" - http://bit.ly/13K7AyK no: this is about #privacy & #liberty

"high-ranking US official with ties to intelligence: more programmes skirting legality have still to be exposed" - http://econ.st/1202sDN

#SE: Copyright industry demands and gets levies for every #XBox and #Playstation sold - http://bit.ly/16lPQw3 sense of entitlement much?

Secret Courts: 8 nightmare scenarios now possible in Britain - http://bit.ly/19yptHc shameful that we have come to this; insanity

Only 1 Big Telecom CEO Refused To Give NSA Access It Wanted… And He’s Been In Jail For 4 Years - http://bit.ly/17Lz2C0 (v @PoliticallyCoNZ)

Digital Economy Act Lurches On; Public Still Shut Out - http://bit.ly/177QXmQ another slap in the face for UK citizens #DEAct

#Google+ is getting more & more intrusive: now it keeps asking me questions I don't want to answer. careful, Google, binning you is easy...

interesting: EU #TAFTA/#TTIP Team has its own #twitter account -
@EU_TTIP_team kudos for that (v @gchampeau @JSLefebvre)#transparency

"Why is the EU including Investor to State Dispute  Settlement in the #TTIP?" - http://bit.ly/18G0Pox a rather naive answer... #TAFTA

Leaked: NSA's Talking Points Defending NSA Surveillance - http://bit.ly/120gANA hey - meta-leaks... #prism

#Canada's #tarsands companies fail to clean up toxic waste, report finds - http://bit.ly/13GpSSZ no penalties imposed...

Grupo de negociación de Capítulo de Inversión del #TPP sesionará en Canadá - http://bit.ly/19z2hbK the circus continues

Why ‘I Have Nothing to Hide’ Is the Wrong Way to Think About Surveillance - http://bit.ly/153rd46 great analysis (v @xpectro)

Website filtering problems are a “load of cock” - http://bit.ly/1bDpEO1 public still not invited to plans to censor Web #UK

Notification to ICT Standardisation Group at the European Commission: Post-pone #DRM in HTML5 - http://bit.ly/153sZ5o

UK Government response to Shakespeare review - http://bit.ly/198bHIr anyone read this yet? good, bad? #opendata

A guide to FISA §1881a: The law behind it all - http://bit.ly/11kGSuV excellent, detailed explanation #NSA #PRISM

race to colonize shoals in the South and East China Seas will destroy the very fishing stock Asia is fighting over - http://bit.ly/11ednhO

Microsoft Said To Give Zero Day Exploits To US Government Before It Patches Them - http://bit.ly/11MzeNb good analysis

UK Government backtracks on its preference for #opensource - http://bit.ly/11AJ1BI oh look, somebody has been twisting arms again

Surveillance d'Internet : des mesures attentatoires à la vie privée et probablement anticonstitutionnelles - http://bit.ly/1441l9z

EU & US. will set a "Transatlantic group of experts to discuss" U.S. spying in detail - http://bit.ly/12L9TGJ toothless &feeble #nsa

Shocking: UK minister promotes commercial tool directly to industry at closed-door ministry meeting - http://bit.ly/18GkRiN indeed

Rupert Murdoch Divorce: Tony Blair's Spokesperson Denies Rumors of Affair With Wendi Murdoch - http://bit.ly/120qgY8 </splutter>

Hell freezes over: Microsoft Office Mobile arrives for iOS - http://ars.to/11AM8K3 not in Kansas anymore

The Trade Deal Scam - http://bit.ly/13GzDkd "This is of course the opposite of free trade." (v @PCGTW)#TPP #TAFTA/#TTIP

Introducing the #Mozilla Science Lab - http://mzl.la/17M4KPq #openscience #opensource

IuRe vydalo publikaci Power of Open: licence Creative Commons ve světě a v České republice - http://bit.ly/198icLu useful #cz

announcing the #mozilla science lab - http://bit.ly/1446WwA more from @kaythaney #openscience

Senators Say No Evidence NSA Spying Prevented Attacks - http://tcrn.ch/13L5lv1 awkward

NSA likely to declassify some information regarding phone and Internet surveillance inside next seven days - http://tnw.co/11kV8Ut

Seeing the Consequences of #Copyright - http://bit.ly/18GxM4g "It is a monopoly created by statute"

Appeals Court Binds #Monsanto To Promise Not To Sue Organic Farmers

 - http://bit.ly/11AS8SZ interesting ruling

Transatlantisches Abkommen: Aigner-Ministerium schießt gegen Handelspakt-Pläne - http://bit.ly/12LhDZh good: she gets it #TAFTA#TTIP

On #PRISM, partisanship and propaganda - http://bit.ly/11kZURY "we are very busy working on and writing the next series of stories" #NSA

MT @williamheath Interesting: boss of a $1bn MidEast IT project tells me he's instructed contractor to relocate hosting out of US #FISAAA

Google, Facebook and others have betrayed their global users - http://bit.ly/13GJdUj those pesky foreigners that don't matter are waking up

Copyright Law on Internet Is a Total Train Wreck Right Now - http://bit.ly/11MTzSh why #cc licensing is not the solution (v @copyrightgirl)

FFII condemns investor-to-state arbitration in #TAFTA talks with US - http://bit.ly/11ewJTZ this places multinationals above EU law #TTIP

#Prism NSA surveillance 'did not collect European data in bulk' - http://bit.ly/16nGXSO  #fail: all the weasel words are in there; worthless

#TPP negotiations quietly arrive in #Canada - http://bit.ly/12uq21S let's give them the welcome they deserve by spreading this info

The influence of spies has become too much. It's time politicians said no - http://bit.ly/144UaOe brilliant piece by John le Carré #nsa

Some Foreign Telcos Reportedly Defied #NSA Phone Spying Order - http://tcrn.ch/1bEBpUr that's welcome news

Sources: Facebook in Talks With Feds to Allow #FISA Disclosures - http://dthin.gs/163HQ1Z more green shoots #nsa

Unprecedented Coalition Pushes Back on Government’s Domestic Spying - http://bit.ly/1ac9g9t let's say it's a start... #nsa #prism

Music Biz Refines Technique, Large-Scale Web Blocking Just Around the Corner - http://bit.ly/120Z5wm another reasons #DEAct should go

NSA leaker Snowden is lying, say leaders of House Intelligence Committee - http://bit.ly/11Noxty maybe; but #mandyricedavies applies

"All he had to do was raise his hand. ... Under the whistle-blower law, he is protected" - http://bit.ly/11Noxty under obama? </facepalm>

FLOSS Manuals Offers New, Useful Guides to Cool FOSS Applications - http://bit.ly/14Bpne6 great stuff

Call to 'let UK government scientists off leash' - http://bbc.in/11FJ28w where does cameron think he is? #canada? #censorship (v @slashdot)

Report: Red Hat to Switch Up MySQL for MariaDB - http://bit.ly/13M1s9a slap for #oracle

Why The Tech Industry Should Be Furious About #NSA's Over Surveillance - http://bit.ly/11NqFBB not just about privacy, but money too

#Clegg: it’s still no to a #snooperscharter - http://bit.ly/10iXSqh bravo - don't give in, you're our last hope... (v @julianhuppert)

Edward #Snowden's worst fear has not been realised – thankfully - http://bit.ly/198SLcO still early days, alas: fightback has barely begun

Former NSA Whistleblower Bill Binney: NSA Is Making Itself Dysfunctional With Too Much Data - http://bit.ly/163SplU so we must create more

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 130612 - http://bit.ly/13DF6Iw yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Did the PTAB Just Kill Software Patents? - http://bit.ly/11B5IXq Gene Quinn is v upset; this is a good sign (v @opensourcerer)#swpats

Conflicting Goals Complicate an Effort to Forge #TAFTA/#TTIP - http://nyti.ms/13ZKtk0 attack of the chlorine-soaked chickens

Stand with Edward #Snowden - http://bit.ly/16gTpDG #epetition #prism #surveillance

FISA Court Says DOJ's Claim That It Can't Reveal Secret Interpretation Of The Law Is Wrong - http://bit.ly/11Ja9mc important ruling #prism

Beijing: Edward Snowden's NSA revelations strain China-US relations - http://bit.ly/12HIGEB getting interesting #prism

Hague: "No 2 countries in world work more closely to protect the privacy of their citizens than UK & US." - http://bit.ly/12HIGEB hahaha

What do #occupygezi Protesters Want? My Observations from #GeziPark - http://bit.ly/195NK4K detailed info from someone who is there...

Obama administration convinced EU to drop measure that would have blocked NSA spying - http://wapo.st/11XC3qe disgraceful failure #prism

#TPP and #TTIP/#TAFTA Threaten Food Safety, Subvert Democracy - http://bit.ly/11xpZfy investor-state dispute resolution is the problem

Do Dutch Spies Also Have Access To #PRISM's Data? And If So, Who Else Does? - http://bit.ly/13DIHX6 would be nice to know

EU-US trade talks falter with France audiovisual spat - http://bit.ly/15Zz2KJ I fear horsetrading here... #TAFTA/#TTIP

#NSA chief drops hint about ISP Web, e-mail surveillance - http://cnet.co/11Y7dOg oh look, actually it may be as bad as we thought

Finnish carrier DNA confirms it will be the first to launch Jolla phones running #Sailfish - http://engt.co/13Ejxrk great #linux

NSA leaker's purported online activity, interests come to light - http://cnet.co/12IxWpx fascinating #snowden

Cows block path toward Canada-EU free trade deal - http://bit.ly/14ZVZLq blessed are the cheesemakers - or not... #CETA

"if French take cultural exception off the table, the US will take Jones Act on maritime cabotage off the table" - http://bit.ly/12Izdgt

Kim Dotcom Releases New Raid Footage Captured By In-House CCTV - http://bit.ly/175nN7W all this, because of copyright? something's sick

The NSA Scandal - http://bit.ly/17JwfcA great analysis: "Grounding all airplanes would surely eliminate airplane hijackings." #prism

It’s Time to Rewrite the Internet to Give Us Better Privacy, and Security - http://thebea.st/11BILn1 great to see @lessig engaging with this

The IRS is in your internets, watching your financial transactions - http://bit.ly/11y3qXX still not worried about online privacy? #prism

NSA revelations only 'the tip of the iceberg,' says Dem lawmaker - http://bit.ly/16i7wbY oh, Snowden wasn't just making it up, as some say

Ministro Silva: no se negociará más sobre la propiedad intelectual en el TLC con EE.UU - http://bit.ly/13Er1uv strong statement #TPP

"NSA collects information without individual court orders if request is targeted at  noncitizens abroad" - http://nyti.ms/14yMExa #prism

US Supreme Court Says Human Genes Aren't Patentable - http://on.wsj.com/1bzJ0U7 this looks really big... (v @Falkvinge)#genepatents

Historic EU vote on new transparency rules for the extractive industries - http://bit.ly/10foqst great news (v @GlenisWillmott)

SCOTUS Plays Solomon on #GenePatents - http://bit.ly/11C0BGo excellent quick summary of #myriad case: v good, but not perfect

"could impact on genetic research" - http://bit.ly/11KbyZE idiots:@BBCNews misses point as usual: this makes research easier </facepalm>

Bundesnachrichtendienst hatte keine Ahnung von PRISM - http://bit.ly/14z4vnV yeah, right

Bill Gates slurps bigger share of Olympics bungle-boys G4S - http://bit.ly/175RVAi so why exactly does Gates need a private army?

UK Supreme Court judgment summaries on YouTube… now we need the full hearings - http://bit.ly/1a88F8J it's not justice if it's not open

Author Of The Patriot Act Says Patriot Act Was Written Specifically To Prevent NSA Data Mining - http://bit.ly/16j48NZ whoops

EU unlocks a great new source of online innovation - http://bit.ly/11CeaWd good news, but much depends on the licences used #opendata

"whether Prism has been used in commercial negotiations between Chinese & US companies" - http://bit.ly/ZM9vUi you think? (v @Asher_Wolf)

Feds hunted for #Snowden in days before NSA programs went public - http://reut.rs/11itasE some interesting tidbits

Officials: Edward #Snowden took NSA secrets on thumb drive - http://lat.ms/11KylVj wow, get this... (v @declanm)#byod

1 person is murdered, & they want to destroy everyone's privacy - http://bbc.in/19vXTKJ proportionate? hardly #snooperscharter #uk (v @dml)

FBI chief says spy tactics could have stopped 9/11 attacks - http://bit.ly/10fYYDm they could have stopped them anyway - they blew it

Ethiopian parliament votes to strip Egypt of rights to majority of Nile water - http://bit.ly/17KeTw7 here come the Water Wars

#Fracking gets major boost from Centrica - http://bit.ly/13F63vr that's OK, 'cos communities can veto this, just like windfarms, right?

Lawsuit Filed To Prove Happy Birthday Is In The Public Domain; Demands Warner Pay Back Millions Of License Fees - http://bit.ly/160Q9M9 fab

What We Need to Know About #PRISM - http://bit.ly/13FmojF they've got a little list #NSA

#NSA Leaks Suggest #Microsoft May Have Misled Public Over #Skype Eavesdropping - http://slate.me/11iYojo (v @Liberationtech @xpectro)

Mangled facts, secrecy brew confusion about NSA - http://hrld.us/13IElwg it's not #snowden who lacks credibility, here.... (v @trevortimm)

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Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 130611 - http://bit.ly/12lb1ze yesterday's tweets as a single Web page #MMDD

Europe warns US: you must respect the privacy of our citizens - http://bit.ly/15VWIiV yes yes yes, but what will #EU do about this? #prism

State broadcaster #ERT shut down as #Greece seeks more savings - http://bit.ly/14w4MrB shocking blow to Greek civilisation

#NHS A&E departments 'left unsafe by political meddling' - http://bbc.in/11Vn1RY #BBC finally notices tragedy in its own patch

"UK Secretary of State for the Environment believes that #climatechange is not happening" - http://bit.ly/13BicBC fire him now (v @Glinner)

USTR Nominee Confuses Transparency With Listening - http://bit.ly/ZIYh31 key point #TPP #TAFTA/#TTIP

NSA surveillance: anger mounts in Congress at 'spying on Americans' - http://bit.ly/118YRbb not just in EU #prism

How Google Transfers Data To #NSA - http://on.wsj.com/12lePAz encrypted FTP - how quaint (v @taosecurity @manhack)

Is a Sleeping Climate Giant Stirring in the Arctic? - http://bit.ly/11Gk1gx " methane from thawing permafrost" (v @DrRimmer @readfearn)

paper putting intellectual monopolies ahead of people's health [pdf] - http://bit.ly/11Vp3Bw #tobacco industry, of course (v @DrRimmer)

NHS trusts spend £2m to stop staff speaking out - http://bit.ly/11Gl4gt scandalous: should be paid to speak out (v @Spinwatch)

PRISM: Überwachung, Freiheit und die Grenzen des Versteckens - http://bit.ly/11yobnl "Wir haben es zu einfach gemacht."

EU to slap ban on online blocking - http://euobserver.com/news/120456 #netneutrality moves closer (v @MarietjeSchaake @Marcvanderham)

Maine House Advances Genetically Modified Food Labeling Bill - http://bit.ly/17Go6FJ and another one...

Chinese diplomats threaten French journalist after #Tibet report - http://bit.ly/17Gz26k hardly v subtle... (v @degewa @agilex2)#china

Hadopi : le vrai bilan négatif de la riposte graduée - http://bit.ly/11yAKiK fab breakdown of #hadopi's utter failure #threestrikes

Is The US Using #Prism To Engage In Commercial #Espionage Against #Germany And Others? - http://bit.ly/119f00l awkward

"Je ne crois pas aux geeks qui diffusent gratuitement de la culture" - http://bit.ly/12Fpp6Y sorry, that's just a fact (v Måns Rullgård)

The clearest lake in the world – in pictures - http://bit.ly/19pLEix cheer yourself up: look at these gorgeous images... #NZ

Welcome to the #digitalcommons - http://bit.ly/13BItj9 but what is a digital #commons? #opendemocracy wants you to help define it

Brendan Eich de Mozilla habla de #JavaScript - y de la compra de #Netscape por #Microsoft - http://bit.ly/ZJml5E an oldie, now en español

EU Network and Information Security Directive - http://bit.ly/194hK0D appalling; pl. respond to UK consultation - http://bit.ly/ZJrcDQ

Intelligence-gathering by British state out of control - http://bit.ly/12FMG8O now is the time to address this (v @PoliceStateUK)#prism

Irish High Court orders six internet service providers to block Pirate Bay access - http://bit.ly/16dn0hz not good

It’s About Power, not Privacy - http://bit.ly/15WHfiz "it changes the kinds of laws that can be enforced" (v @dml)#prism

The Open Knowledge Foundation is delighted to announce the launch of the new  Panton Fellowships! - http://bit.ly/119Cx1h go for it

Case study - #copyright law review in #Mongolia - http://bit.ly/172sPlA seems blind have problems with publishers even here

Whistleblower Edward #Snowden talks to South China Morning Post - http://bit.ly/16dscC2 just a teaser: story not up yet, apparently

#Obama administration blocking consensus at HRC on access to medicines resolution - http://bit.ly/194r4li how hated does he want to be?

Ludford amendment - opening door to FISAAA? - http://bit.ly/11fqADG v bad; Londoners, pl. write to her: sarah.ludford@europarl.europa.eu

#China overreaches after French documentary on #Tibet http://bit.ly/17HbH4r how do you say "streisand effect" in mandarin?

Whistleblower Edward #Snowden tells SCMP: 'Let Hong Kong people decide my fate' - http://bit.ly/14WLuZ2 (v @28481k)

We Don't Data Mine Our Giant Data Collection, We Just Ask It Questions - http://bit.ly/1a4onS0 it comes down to tech illiteracy #NSA

GM crops: UK environment secretary to push for relaxation of EU rules - http://bit.ly/172MjGW climate denialist Paterson strikes again

US Chamber letter to USPTO opposes #fairuse, expresses "concerns" about WIPO treaty for #blind - http://bit.ly/11WbaTu kicking the disabled

France isolated as Germany drops opposition to US trade deal - http://bit.ly/18xxf4k does germany have death-wish? (v @JanAlbrecht)#TAFTA

Across Asia, officials' e-mails may be vulnerable - http://reut.rs/13D2FiZ well, doh, people... (v @csoghoian)#prism

James Clapper: Obama stands by intelligence chief as criticism mounts - http://bit.ly/10clgWr #Obama thinks "least untruthful" good enough

NSA surveillance played little role in foiling terror plots, experts say - http://bit.ly/11HpG5O but great 4 industrial espionage overseas

#Snowden: US government has been hacking Hong Kong and #China for years - http://bit.ly/12mSKS6 “We hack network backbones" confirmed, then

Rep. Peter King Says Reporters Should Be Prosecuted For Reporting On Government Leaks - http://bit.ly/13Dn4Ew showing his true colours

#NZ Greens accuse PM of spying plan - http://bit.ly/1733Oqs jealous of obama... #prism

Developing World Needs GM Plants More Than It Needs Hippy Protesters - http://bit.ly/ZJUQsI but it doesn't need patent slavery to Monsanto

No timeline on free-trade talks with EU: Harper - http://bit.ly/11HCdGC deadlock, in other words (v @mgeist)#CETA

Turkey's prime minister raises fears of protest 'showdown' - http://bit.ly/16eDZ2M at least no one now can have any doubts about what he is

"This individual was a system administrator with access to key parts of the network." - http://bit.ly/19rCzWD so much for claims he wasn't

#India cracks down on foreign funding of NGOs - http://bit.ly/14XHPdE bad news for civil society there...

Previous NSA Leakers, Thomas Drake & Mark Klein, Speak Out In Defense Of Ed #Snowden - http://bit.ly/1a5hCPV they don't seem to have doubts

#PRISM In EU: European Commission Warns Of 'Grave Consequences' From Spy Program - http://huff.to/18yAadf but not to the US, alas...

Spies Without Borders I: Using Domestic Networks to Spy on the World - http://bit.ly/13YxKhG important aspect, still being overlooked

"We have not responded to punches with punches. From now on security forces will respond differently" - http://bit.ly/16eDZ2M says the thug

"public can’t see list of chemical ingredients of the hydraulic fluid forced into wells" - http://bit.ly/17HPLGc nothing to hide (v @BoraZ)