#March2012
US Military Wants To HACK Foreign Game Consoles, Steal User Information. Dastardly ++
The Department of the Navy must have been watching some Dateline. Their latest and greatest way to spend tax payer money is to employ a company to boat a shitload of used gaming consoles overseas, and then till those consoles for user information. Have to get those terrorists’ information from them video game killer-builder machines.
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Microsoft Blocking PIRATE BAY LINKS In Instant Messages. Damn The Man!
The Pirate Bay is shucking and jiving like a motherfucker lately to stay ahead of the Popo Zao. Them wily sons a bitches are even contemplating taking their servers to the skies with drones. However, next they might need to figure out how to get around Microsoft blocking their links in their instant messages.
US Relaxes Limits On How Data From SPYING On Citizens Can Be Used. Big Brother Giggles
Good news for everyone who doesn’t really care about their internet freedom! Limits have been laxed and now even people who are not suspected of being terrorists (which has become such a flimsy word I think even my Nana could be argued to be one) can have their data mined and stored and gazed at by the Man with uncomfortably little restrictions.
Net Neutrality’s Death Begins July 12. Download That Fetish Porn STAT
You better stockpile the porn and download the esoteric bands you may enjoy. Starting on July 12 a whole cadre of ISPs are going to begin monitoring user-usage in an attempt to ferret out those they suspect are pirating content. Which means…roughly 99% of my generation.
The Pirate Bay May Be Blocked In the UK. Figures, Colonists.
All you need to know about the Pirate Bay being blocked in the UK can be learned from watching the first “Pirates of the Carribean” movie where a plucky band of pirating assholes lead by Johnny Depp take on the British-People-Guys and their colonizing brigades.
I can’t be wrong about this, can I?
Canada Has Huge New Evidence-Free Electronic Spying Bill. Canucks!
Canada’s got itself some enormo-legislation that is paving the way for evidence-free spying. Oh Canada! You couldn’t just have your maple syrup, hockey, and insane taxes. No, no. You had to push it.
Study: No Connection Between Torrenting And US Box Office Numbers
Hollywood is one of those Gung Ho institutions pushing for the nefarious multi-headed bills to be pushed through Capitol Hill regulating the Internet. Shackling it down. That sort of jazz. They cite piracy as a major concern and cause of financial loss, which goes against at least one study.
Senate Trying To Pass SOPA In Sheep’s Clothing? Gasp, I’m Shocked.
Gasp! In things that you should have seen coming, the sentiment behind SOPA continues to thrive on Capitol Hill.
English Copyright Ruling Proclaims Ownership of The *Idea* Of A Photo. Brain Hurts.
Do you know what the copyright of an image is? Generally I assume it’s the actual fucking photo. I also don’t know anything about law. So there’s that. Even with my admittedly neophyte understanding of copyright law, I still find this ruling by an English copyright House of Something or Whatever to be a bit wonky.
Forget SOPA and PIPA. ACTA Is The Internet Killing Treaty
Everyone’s pretty happy that SOPA and PIPA got neck-chopped last week. High-fives! However there’s a more insidious piece of governance making its way around and if anything it’s got to be cursing that the two dead bills are no longer there to deflect attention. Meet ACTA. Acronyms are fun.
