In July 2010, Joe McSpedon, a U.S. government official, flew to Barcelona to put the final touches on a secret plan to build a social … US secretly created ‘Cuban Twitter’ to stir unrestRead more
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Running a business in USA
The owner of Lavabit, Ladar Levison, wrote a message online saying, quote, “I have been forced to make a difficult decision: to become complicit in … Running a business in USARead more
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Dont tell
In early 2004, an FBI agent visited Nicholas Merrill, who was running an Internet service provider in New York called Calyx. Under the law, recipients … Dont tellRead more
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Nihilists, anarchists, activists, Lulzsec, Anonymous, twenty-somethings
The Guardian newspaper has revealed the National Security Agency has a secret backdoor into its vast databases to search for email and phone calls of … Nihilists, anarchists, activists, Lulzsec, Anonymous, twenty-somethingsRead more
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If You Knew What I Know About Email, You Might Not Use It
Ladar Levison, 32, has spent ten years building encrypted email service Lavabit, attracting over 410,000 users. When NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden was revealed to be … If You Knew What I Know About Email, You Might Not Use ItRead more
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How Capitalism Is Turning the Internet Against Democracy
Robert McChesney talking: when the Internet began, and this isit seems like ancient history nowin the 80s and 90s, when we first people became aware … How Capitalism Is Turning the Internet Against DemocracyRead more
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BSNL mobile broadband on Gnu/Linix KDE desktop
BSNL is not giving new landline connections. So only option left with me is mobile broadband for getting internet. To get a connection i went … BSNL mobile broadband on Gnu/Linix KDE desktopRead more
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Digital divide in US
Imagine paying $40 per gallon for gas when people in a nearby town pay $4. Well, a similar disparity is commonplace when it comes to … Digital divide in USRead more