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pfir | 2 Jun 2010 01:12

Wikileaks Was Launched With Documents Intercepted From Tor


I'm frequently asked why I am unenthusiastic about Tor networks as
a data protection technique.

This story illustrates just one of my concerns.

Wikileaks Was Launched With Documents Intercepted From Tor

http://bit.ly/cO9mAm  (Wired)

--Lauren--
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   - People For Internet Responsibility - http://www.pfir.org
Co-Founder, NNSquad
   - Network Neutrality Squad - http://www.nnsquad.org
Founder, GCTIP - Global Coalition 
   for Transparent Internet Performance - http://www.gctip.org
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pfir | 3 Jun 2010 07:21

EU push for data retention covering search queries


EU push for data retention covering search queries

http://bit.ly/aLL07l  (Christian Engstrom)

And of course, you've already guessed the search topic
that is the "trigger" for this broad data retention push ...

--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein
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Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800
http://www.pfir.org/lauren
Co-Founder, PFIR
   - People For Internet Responsibility - http://www.pfir.org
Co-Founder, NNSquad
   - Network Neutrality Squad - http://www.nnsquad.org
Founder, GCTIP - Global Coalition 
   for Transparent Internet Performance - http://www.gctip.org
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pfir | 8 Jun 2010 02:44

Court rules that forwarding a link -- just a link -- can be defamation


Court rules that forwarding a link -- just a link -- can be defamation

http://bit.ly/cQ9O0A  (Techdirt)

--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein
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Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800
http://www.pfir.org/lauren
Co-Founder, PFIR
   - People For Internet Responsibility - http://www.pfir.org
Co-Founder, NNSquad
   - Network Neutrality Squad - http://www.nnsquad.org
Founder, GCTIP - Global Coalition 
   for Transparent Internet Performance - http://www.gctip.org
Founder, PRIVACY Forum - http://www.vortex.com
Member, ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com
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pfir | 8 Jun 2010 02:58

Apple extends "Nanny" mentality to Safari, requires Apple approval of extensions


Apple extends "Nanny" mentality to Safari, reportedly requires Apple
approval of user-developed extensions
( http://www.nnsquad.org/archives/nnsquad/msg03661.html )

http://bit.ly/a33C7B  (ars technica)

"Bringing the bizarro world of the iPhone app approval 
 ecosystem to your local Web browser!"

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Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800
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   - People For Internet Responsibility - http://www.pfir.org
Co-Founder, NNSquad
   - Network Neutrality Squad - http://www.nnsquad.org
Founder, GCTIP - Global Coalition 
   for Transparent Internet Performance - http://www.gctip.org
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pfir | 8 Jun 2010 04:07

Ars technica reverses, now says Safari extensions don't need Apple signing


Ars technica reverses, now says Safari extensions don't need Apple signing

At an "Update:" to their original story ( http://bit.ly/a33C7B ), ars
technica now suggests that (contrary to the assertion in their original
main story) Safari extensions don't necessarily need to be signed
by Apple to run.

I'd appreciate word from anyone who can pin this down definitively.

Thanks.

--Lauren--
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Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800
http://www.pfir.org/lauren
Co-Founder, PFIR
   - People For Internet Responsibility - http://www.pfir.org
Co-Founder, NNSquad
   - Network Neutrality Squad - http://www.nnsquad.org
Founder, GCTIP - Global Coalition 
   for Transparent Internet Performance - http://www.gctip.org
Founder, PRIVACY Forum - http://www.vortex.com
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pfir | 8 Jun 2010 22:46

Fascinating: "The Internet in China" - New Chinese white paper (PDF available)


Fascinating: "The Internet in China" - New Chinese white paper (PDF available)
http://www.nnsquad.org/archives/nnsquad/msg03664.html

The Chinese government has just released a white paper covering a wide
range of topics related to their view of the Internet.  It is *very*
much recommended reading.  Since this paper apparently was only
released officially as a number of separate HTML pages, I have
converted and combined them into a single PDF document for ease of
handling, and am hosting the file locally.

"The Internet in China" (Single PDF file):

http://bit.ly/bGsTBK  (Lauren's Blog)

Original HTML version:

http://bit.ly/cDglKq  (China.org.cn)

--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein
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Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800
http://www.pfir.org/lauren
Co-Founder, PFIR
   - People For Internet Responsibility - http://www.pfir.org
Co-Founder, NNSquad
   - Network Neutrality Squad - http://www.nnsquad.org
Founder, GCTIP - Global Coalition 
   for Transparent Internet Performance - http://www.gctip.org
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pfir | 15 Jun 2010 04:18

My Upcoming Internet Issues Interview on China Radio International (CRI)


  My Upcoming Internet Issues Interview on China Radio International (CRI)

            http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000719.html

Greetings.  I've been booked as part of panel to discuss Internet
issues on China Radio International's "Today" show airing live this
Wednesday, 16 June, from 1000-1100 Beijing Time (that's 1900-2000
*Tuesday, 15 June*, Pacific Daylight Time) 
 - http://bit.ly/cCK7Lg (China Radio International)

China Radio International (CRI) is a state-owned media network heard
over-the-air in major Chinese cities, through various AM and FM
broadcast stations around the world, over the Internet (live and
podcast), and via shortwave, satellite, etc.  More info: http://bit.ly/djnNDs

While I don't yet have a complete list of topics for the show, I
believe they will be of broad interest relating to the Internet in
general, and to issues focused on China's rapidly expanding Internet
operations in particular.

--Lauren--
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Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800
http://www.pfir.org/lauren
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   - People For Internet Responsibility - http://www.pfir.org
Co-Founder, NNSquad
   - Network Neutrality Squad - http://www.nnsquad.org
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pfir | 17 Jun 2010 19:53

BIG LIE NEWS RELEASE: FCC's Destructive Inquiry Demands Congressional Action


( http://www.nnsquad.org/archives/nnsquad/msg03693.html )

The Earth is Flat
Ignorance is Strength
Freedom is Slavery
War is Peace

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[1]FCC's Destructive Inquiry Demands Congressional Action

Statements of Ryan Radia and Wayne Crews

Washington, D.C., June 17, 2010 – Reactions by Competitive
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pfir | 18 Jun 2010 21:13

Google's Wi-Fi Crucifixion, an Open Mike, and Public Is As Public Does


    Google's Wi-Fi Crucifixion, an Open Mike, and Public Is As Public Does

                http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000720.html

Greetings.  As I noted recently in "'Highly Illogical': The Hysteria
Over Google's Wi-Fi Scanning," the unseemly and opportunistic
attacks, lawsuits, and now perhaps even criminal prosecutions of
Google over their accidental recording of unencrypted Wi-Fi payload
data seem to call into question the overall rationality of our
species ( http://bit.ly/9680wb [Lauren's Blog]).

After all, these were unencrypted transmissions being broadcast on
public airwaves, and Google's accidental capturing of data snippets
can hardly compare with the risks to those Wi-Fi owners of bad guys
purposely collecting that data to actually use for evil purposes (but
even then, we're only talking about data that wasn't protected above
the Wi-Fi layer by mechanisms such as SSL/TLS).

On the other hand, it's obviously to be expected that Google's
adversaries (including some governments with somewhat irrationally
conflicted views over public vs. private data, imagery, etc.) would
seize on any slip to try stake Google out for the wolves.

But ultimately, public is public.  Information that is disseminated in
unencrypted forms is always going to be vulnerable to purposeful or
accidental interception, and the solution to this situation is
encryption, not legislation.

I had an interesting personal incident occur recently that may be at
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pfir | 19 Jun 2010 17:29

Technical explanation of why Google's Wi-Fi payload collection was inadvertent


Technical explanation of why Google's Wi-Fi payload collection 
was inadvertent

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Here's an article forwarded to me that gives a good, somewhat
technical explanation of why it's easy to accidentally collect Wi-Fi
payload data in the course of mapping Wi-Fi access points:

  "Although some people are suspicious of their explanation, Google is
   almost certainly telling the truth when it claims it was an
   accident. The technology for WiFi scanning means it's easy to
   inadvertently capture too much information, and be unaware of it."

http://bit.ly/95PrHq  (Errata Security)

--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein
lauren <at> vortex.com
Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800
http://www.pfir.org/lauren
Co-Founder, PFIR
   - People For Internet Responsibility - http://www.pfir.org
Co-Founder, NNSquad
   - Network Neutrality Squad - http://www.nnsquad.org
Founder, GCTIP - Global Coalition 
   for Transparent Internet Performance - http://www.gctip.org
Founder, PRIVACY Forum - http://www.vortex.com
Member, ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
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