Cyberwar, are we being lied to?
Sure we are, we get lied to everyday. Nothing like top secret government contracts and a little fear mongering. Great article in wired that really gets to the meat of the issue. Look is internet security an issue? Of course it is, but should we let governments run the show, never. No one I’m sorry to say is watching the watchers. Cyberwar? I’m not so sure about that. Getting lied to by the government. I’m positive about that one.
ACTA treaty is evil
The ACTA or Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement must be defeated at all cost. Jason Mick on Daily Tech writes “Championed by both former President George W. Bush and current President Barack Obama, the proposal is the child of countless millions in international lobbying money from the media industry. It aims to enact constant monitoring of citizens’ online activities — even perfectly legitimate ones — and grants border agents in the U.S. and many member states the power of warrantless search and seizures — provisions that would grant them the power to destroy U.S. citizens’ laptops, iPods, or CDs, if the agents suspected that they might contain infringed content. And the best part? The cost of the bill will be footed by the taxpayers themselves — without even giving them a clue as to what’s happening.”
Honestly could this be any more sinister. Somehow we as citizens must make sure this evil treaty never gets signed. It’s one thing to want to protect your intellectual property but it’s another thing to destroy every thing the United States and other like minded countries have fought long and hard for. Are we willing to let our freedoms be dictated to us by the media industry. I for one am not, we must do what ever we can to expose this scandalous treaty and according to the United States Constitution illegal treaty.
Again from Jason Mick - ” The treaty and the recent information on how the U.S. fought to keep it secret raises alarming questions about politicians at the highest level on both sides of the political aisle. Why would our nation’s leaders plot and champion a treaty that would raise citizens’ taxes in order to violate their constitutional rights, as a favor for major corporations? And more importantly, why would these leaders fight to keep the treaty secret, when transparency and public participation form the foundation of our nation? “
If you want to educate yourself on this dastardly treaty the EFF ” Electronic Frontier Foundation ” has amassed a huge list of information on the subject of he ACTA click here to read all about it. If you want to help shine some light on this secret and underhanded treaty go here and tell your elected officials what you think.
Get your damn hands off my Internet!
I’m talking to you government, entertainment industry, and monopoly service providers. What happened to my really cool and interesting Internet. Well I tell you one thing that unless something is done it will be gone forever. Big business and the government (trust me net neutrality laws will just make it worst) are conspiring to make it nothing more than a revenue stream. It will be back to the bulletin board systems and dark nets for those of us that don’t want to be spied upon or sued. Let me get one thing straight this has nothing to do with illegal activity on the net. Laws in many countries are begin passed that have nothing to do with copyright infringement, laws that I swear it seams are being put in place just to make the internet not even worth the bother. Hey lets turn off all those really convenient hot spots A law in the UK called the Digital Economy Bill will do just that. We all know how evil it is to see naked people good thing the smart people from down under have it all figured out tiny tits may turn us all in to sex fiends. Well this is good news US government rescinds leave internet alone policy, funny like it ever did. How great is it that lobbyist from around the world have convenience governments that it’s just fine to have a 3 strikes rule. Oh you know do something wrong 3 times and you’re cut off for good. Forget that MAC addresses can be spoofed or there is no such thing as a false positive. Why even bother with the pesky Constitution or Bill of Rights (here in the US) , those don’t really count any more now do they.
It’s sad to me to see something that has such great potential being picked downed to irrelevance. At one point it really looked like the Internet was going to level the playing field but that’s precisely why governments and big business are doing what they are doing. They won’t stop till the Internet is fully within their control.
Windows 7 RC time is coming to an end.
The Windows 7 RC will fully expire on June 1, 2010. Your PC running the Windows 7 RC will continue shutting down every two hours and your files won’t be saved during shutdown. In addition, your wallpaper will change to a solid black background with a persistent message on your desktop. You’ll also get periodic notifications that Windows isn’t genuine. That means your PC may no longer be able to obtain optional updates or downloads requiring genuine Windows validation.
Testing for me is over time to go back to Linux
Net Neutrality not all it’s cracked up to be.
Since when will we all realize that when the government tries to regulate something anything they screw it up. Be that health care, the automobile industry or now the popular mantra of the technophiles Net Neutrality.
The FCC is currently drafting up these so call net neutrality laws and like all things good intentioned if the government get’s involved they drop the ball or in this case open up huge loopholes that will let ISP’s legally do what the rules where suppose to stop in the first place.
As Richard Esguerra of the Electronic Frontier Foundation explains “Yet now that the FCC has formally issued draft net neutrality regulations, they have a huge copyright loophole in them — a loophole that would theoretically permit Comcast to block BitTorrent just like it did in 2007 — simply by claiming that it was “reasonable network management” intended to “prevent the unlawful transfer of content.” Please read more here.
Basically put ISP’s could still block “peer to peer” traffic just like they do now but thanks to Net Neutrality rules set forth by the government they now could do so legally and you would have no recourse no matter how legitimate your activities may be. Trust me the list of legal activities for peer to peer technologies is endless.
Let’s face facts the entertainment industry lobby has some deep pockets and have for years been trying to halt all types of illegal file sharing (well illegal in their eyes). However, the truth is no matter what anyone may think of this issue the movie industry had record profits last year and even had one movie make two billion world wide. They hardly have an argument that movie piracy is cutting into said profits. So why should our government help them turn ISP’s into copyright cops, a job the ISP don’t want and don’t want to have to pay for, a cost that will be passed down to the consumer, a cost these so called Net Neutrality laws are suppose to help curtail.
We need to let our ISP’s know what we want and how we want it by not giving them our money. We need to end the government controlled monopolies that let cable companies and telcos operate without competition, which my friends is the real root of the problem.
I have a different stance than many in the technological field and feel the net neutrality is a trap, yes ISP’s are evil and greedy. In America we pay to much for bandwidth, have way to many restrictions place on us, and have limited services. That being said I’d rather vote with my pocket book than let the government tell me or my ISP how, when, and where to surf.
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