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The Result Of Stupid Protectionism: Microsoft Kinect Can’t Be Used On Microsoft Windows PCs
With all the recent coverage of how Microsoft handled the Xbox One release, in which it had originally planned on limiting used games use and requiring an internet connection to function, before subsequently walking all that back amid the understandab… Continue reading
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Growing Number Of Senators Demand Answers About NSA Surveillance
For the past few years, it was just a very small group of Senators who seemed even remotely concerned about the NSA’s broad surveillance and reinterpretation of the Patriot Act and FISA Amendment’s Act. Senators Ron Wyden and Mark Udall have been talki… Continue reading
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FCC: Telcos Must Protect The Privacy Of Mobile Metadata That The NSA Insists Isn’t Private
So the FCC has announced new rules saying that mobile operators must protect the privacy of their users, including around various metadata: “When mobile carriers use their control of customers’ devices to collect information about customers’ use of th… Continue reading
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CIA Memo On Stopping Leaks To Reporters Is Promptly Leaked To Reporters
Sometimes these kinds of stories write themselves. With all of the leaks coming out of the NSA lately, the CIA, complete with new director John Brennan, has announced a program to stop leaks to reporters from within the CIA. And, wouldn’t you know it, … Continue reading
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Why The NSA’s Surveillance Program Is Illegal And Unconstitutional
As more and more details keep coming out about the NSA’s surveillance program, the story keeps coming back around to the key point that many people have been raising all along: How the hell can all of this be legal? The answer may be a simple one: it’s… Continue reading
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Church Of Scientology Uses Copyright, Trademark, And Cyberbullying Laws To Silence Critical Parody
For faith-based hilarity, you just can’t do any better than the Church of Scientology. These photoshop masters have built for themselves the kind of reputation normally reserved for Stasi-style secret police. The constant target of Anonymous, ex-membe… Continue reading
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Woman Sues Plastic Surgeon For $23 Million Because He Put Before/After Pictures Of Her On The Web
A bunch of folks have sent in variations on the following story involving Catherine Manizone, who had a nose job done a few years ago by plastic surgeon Grigoriy Mashkevich, but who is now suing him for $23 million. You might think that the lawsuit is … Continue reading
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Yet Another Teen Making Stupid Jokes On Social Media Now Faces Years In Jail
It’s getting ridiculous just how frequently this sort of thing is happening. We had the so-called Twitter joke trial in the UK, in which Paul Chambers was arrested and tried for making a joke on Twitter about airport closures in which he (very obviousl… Continue reading
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Former East German Stasi Officer Expresses Admiration For, Dismay At US Government’s Surveillance Capabilities
While Germany’s security agencies seem to be impressed with the size of our surveillance coverage, the German people are understandably a bit more perturbed. The divided Germany of the not-too-distant past saw many people on the eastern side of the Wa… Continue reading
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Ecuador Using Copyright To Try To Take Down Leaked Documents About Its Surveillance Practices
While Ecuador has received plenty of attention for granting asylum to Julian Assange and being one possible landing place for Ed Snowden, it’s no secret that the country is not exactly known as a bastion of civil liberties protection. In fact, last yea… Continue reading
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