Archive for January, 2012
Google Admits It Will Track Everything Its Users Do, No Opt Out
January 25th, 2012In other words, Google now admits doing things that Cryptogon readers have known it has been doing for about a decade: Tracking everything. Via: Washington Post: Google said Tuesday it will follow the activities of users across e-mail, search, YouTube and other services, a shift in strategy that is expected to invite greater scrutiny of […]
Cryptogon Is Now an Affiliate for Portable Solar Power
January 25th, 2012If you’re looking for very high quality, portable PV equipment, check out portablesolarpower.biz. In addition to generating and storing electricity, they also have some very impressive lighting options. I know that several Cryptogon readers are now living on yachts full time. There’s a desalination system that fits in a large Pelican case available for sale […]
The Secret Facebook of Power
January 24th, 2012Via: Register: “It wasn’t secret, we just didn’t need to tell anyone about it” said Sid Heaslip, Programme manager at Opentext discussing the TOP SECRET FACEBOOK OF POWER that his company made for the G20 summit in 2010, exclusively for the leaders of the world’s most powerful nations to network with. Despite keeping the network […]
Judge Orders Defendant to Decrypt Laptop
January 24th, 2012Update: She Doesn’t Remember Her Password Well, duh. Via: Wired: A Colorado woman ordered to decrypt her laptop so prosecutors may use the files against her in a criminal case might have forgotten the password, the defendant’s attorney said Monday. The authorities seized the Toshiba laptop from defendant Ramona Fricosu in 2010 with a court […]
New Category on The Pirate Bay: Physibles
January 24th, 2012Via: The Pirate Bay: New category. We’re always trying to foresee the future a bit here at TPB. One of the things that we really know is that we as a society will always share. Digital communication has made that a lot easier and will continue to do so. And after the internets evolutionized data […]
Foxconn Apologizes for CEO Referring to Workers as ‘Animals’
January 24th, 2012Via: AFP: Taiwan technology giant Foxconn has apologised over comments by chief Terry Gou allegedly comparing workers to animals, according to a report. Gou drew criticism on online news forums and discussion sites after he was quoted by Taiwanese media as saying “I have a headache how to manage one million animals” at the company’s […]
More Le Roy Students Struck with ‘Mystery Illness,’ Parents Demand More Tests
January 24th, 2012Updating, Children in New York Contract Mysterious Illness, Federal Government Preventing Disclosure of Disease.
Homeland Security Wants to Spy on 4 Square Miles at Once
January 24th, 2012Via: Wired: It’s not just for the Afghanistan and Iraq wars anymore. The Department of Homeland Security is interested in a camera package that can peek in on almost four square miles of (constitutionally protected) American territory for long, long stretches of time. Homeland Security doesn’t have a particular system in mind. Right now, it’s […]
Former CIA Officer Charged with Leaking Classified Information
January 24th, 2012Via: Chicago Tribune: A former CIA officer is facing decades in prison after being charged Monday with disclosing classified information to journalists, the latest in an unprecedented Obama administration crackdown against national security leaks. John Kiriakou, who made news in 2007 when he became one of the first CIA operatives to speak publicly about water […]
Stalinist Stanford “Visiting Scholar” Wants Search Engines to Warn People About Websites That Contain Conspiracy Theories, Browsers Should Flag Information That Does Not Conform to Mainstream Views
January 24th, 2012Via: Slate: Well, perhaps, it’s time to accept that many of these communities aren’t going to lose core members regardless of how much science or evidence is poured on them. Instead, resources should go into thwarting their growth by targeting their potential—rather than existent—members. Today, anyone who searches for “is global warming real” or “risks […]
