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Are We Heading Towards Virtual Secession?

July 14, 2013Politics, TechnologyAaron Swartz, activist, America, Android, Apple, Barrett Brown, Bradley Manning, Central Intelligence Agency, chief, Chief Security Officer, Computer security conference, conference site, consultant, Daniel Ellsberg, DEF CON, Diplomatic Relations, Edward Snowden, Espionage, Federal Bureau of Investigation, federal government, General, Hacker, hacking, Homeland Security Advisory Council, Homeland Security Secretary, ICANN, Information published by WikiLeaks, internet freedoms, Janet Napolitano, Jeff Moss, journalist, Judicial Event, Keith Alexander, Las Vegas, manager of platform security Dallas De Atley, National security, non-profit organization managing internet, NSA, Occupy, online crime, online fight, online properties, online world, The Guardian, the New York Times, the Washington Post, U.S. Congress, United States, US government, Web 2.0, web link, Whistleblowing, WiFi routers, Wikileaks

The hacker community is on the brink of a split.

You’re a suspect

June 8, 2013PoliticsApple, AT&T, Bank, Boston, Bush administration, cellular telephone, cent, Code, Congress, Crime prevention, digital certificate, email, entrepreneur, Ethics, Europe, Facebook, FBI facility, Federal Bureau of Investigation, federal government, financials networks, FOIA, Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, France, Freedom of Information Act, Google, Internet privacy, law, Mass surveillance, Microsoft, mobile operator, mydata, National security, National Security Agency, NSA, NSA warrantless surveillance controversy, online hacking, online service, Patriot Act, Pentagon, Prime Minister, Privacy, Privacy Act, Privacy of telecommunications, representative, Security, Sprint, spy, Such Agency, Surveillance, Twin Towers, U.S. Congress, UN Court, United Kingdom, United States, US government, Verizon, White House

A free society can exist in a terror-laden world. Here’s what you can do.

Protecting our electronic infrastructures

February 16, 2013PoliticsAmerica, American Civil Liberties Union, anonymous, China, Computer law, Computer security, Congress, Coordinator, Cyberwarfare, Department of Homeland Security, electronic infrastructure, Electronic warfare, Ethics, executive, government, hacking, House of Representatives, Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity, Internet browsing information, Internet privacy, Janet Napolitano, Java, LOLSEC, Military technology, Obama, online infrastructures, personal communications, Richard Clarke, Russia, secretary, Secretary of Defense, Security, senate, State of the Union, technology world, the New York Times, Tim Berners-Lee, Twitter, U.S. Congress, United States, United States Department of Homeland Security, US department of defense, US federal reserve, US government, World War III

The US government gets serious about electronic threats.

Internet balancing act

August 11, 2012PoliticsAccess, Advertising, bandwidth services, CEO, Computer law, copper infrastructure, copper telephone line network, Copyright, Dalton Caldwell, Democratic Party, Electricity, Facebook, Federal Trade Commission, Free Speed, Google, Internet Access, Internet balancing act It, Internet censorship, internet communities, Internet privacy, Internet Property Attache Act, Internet usage, Internet users, internet whole, law enforcement, Lowell McAdam, lower speed internet access networks, Microsoft, non-advertising, Obama administration, Paul Ryan, PicPlz, Privacy, Security, social media, SOPA, Speed, Stop Online Piracy Act, streaming video, Surveillance, text-based advertising, Twitter, U.S. Congress, United States, Verizon, Web 2.0, wireless service, wonderful technologies

Striking a balance to keep the internet alive.

Google is the new Microsoft

October 9, 2011BusinessAdvertising, advertising front, advertising revenue, amazon, Android, antitrust, Bing, challenges, Cloud clients, corporate site, crucial player, device manufacturers, ecommerce solutions, Facebook, Google, Google Chrome, Google's mission, internet effort, Internet Explorer, Internet search engines, iOS devices, iPhone, John Battelle, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft's mission, mobile device, mobile devices, monopoly, Motorola, netflix, Nintendo, non-computer devices, online advertising, operating system, PC world, Pepsi, Portable software, Product Release, Search, search environment, search giant, search results, search-centric, social media, social media space, social network, social networking, social tools, Sony, technology stack, Twitter, U.S. Congress, UN Court, United States, Web 2.0, web-based applications, World Wide Web, YouTube

Google in 2011 looks a lot like Microsoft in 1999.

Geeks: Get Involved

February 27, 2011PoliticsBroadband, broadband Internet, Clinton administration, digital media, Egypt, Espionage, Finland, Information published by WikiLeaks, Internet Access, Internet censorship, Internet crowd, internet governance, Internet industry, internet kill switch, internet policy-making, law, legal, Libya, mobile devices, National security, online community, Pentagon, policy, politics, pro-internet candidates, Reception of WikiLeaks, Security, then nascent Internet industry, Tunisia, U.S. Congress, unfettered internet access, United States, US congressman, US State Department, Washington DC, Web 2.0, Whistleblowing, Wikileaks, wireless access

Why geeks need to get involved in policy making.

A Dark Cloud

July 27, 2009Business, Media, Politics, Technologyamazon, Amazon Kindle, Amazon.com, Android, app store, Apple, Apple App Store, Apple Application Store, Apple Inc., AT&T, Broadband, cell phones, censorship, Cloud computing, Content, Copyright, Detroit, device manufacturer, discussion board, e-book, e-books, George Orwell, Google, Google Voice, Intellectual property, Internet censorship, Internet Service Providers, iPhone, ISP, iTunes, Justin Gawronski, killswitch, kindle, Mozilla, net neutrality, online forums, online providers, ownership, Prodigy, Proprietary hardware, rent, similar applications, Steve Jobs, Supreme Court, the New York Times, U.S. Congress, undesirable software, United States, Voice over IP, VOIP

If an external party can control when or how you can use a device or decide on what you can or cannot see, or select what programs you can install on it, do you still own it?

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Are We Heading Towards Virtual Secession?

You’re a suspect

Protecting our electronic infrastructures

Geeks: Get Involved

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