Summary
IT
#IT>>"Kaspersky
Lab does not have political ties to any governments; it openly shares its
knowledge & technical findings ..." [telecomasia]
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CHARGED: “... anti-copyright campaign that targeted
government and corporation websites in 2010 and 2011
US Copyright Office,
major credit card companies and international law firms & trade groups”
Actions allegedly post
2010 take-down of: file-sharing site
The Pirate Bay.
Targets:
· Recording
Industry Association of America (RIAA)
· Motion
Picture Association of America (MPAA)
· US
Copyright Office of the Library of Congress
· Visa
· MasterCard
· Bank
of America
Entities outside of
United States:
· Davenport
Lyons (UK intellectual property rights firm)
· British
Phonographic Institute (BPI) - UK trade group
that served as the
across-the-pond equivalent of the MPAA.
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New South Wales
#WikiLeaks
docs published - #surveillance
by covert sch warr / > *worldwide* target range > Secret Gamma deal? No
records.
Does #Surveillance,
lack transparency & lack accountability - state/govt serve the people, or
does it monitor & imprison people it reps?
NOTE: Loads of PDF info links – case report, press
release, complaint + more
"Julian Assange,
WikiLeaks Editor in Chief said, "FinFisher continues to operate brazenly
from Germany selling weaponized surveillance malware to some of the most
abusive regimes in the world.
“The Merkel government pretends to be concerned about privacy, but its actions
speak otherwise. Why does the Merkel government continue to protect FinFisher?
This full data release will help the technical community build tools to protect
people from FinFisher including by tracking down its command and control
centers.” "
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Moment of Truth
Monday, 15
September 2014 / Auckland, New Zealand >>>>>>>> @7pm >>Auckland Town Hall #MoT -
Internet Mana Party - #nzpol
Wound up watching this. Interesting: it's a one of a kind development in relation to politics. Doubt that I'll be as enthusiastic about run of the mill political events.
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Sweden
#Sweden>>Social
Dem/ Leader Stefan Lofven defeated incumbent PM Fredrik Reinfeldt >>>http://goo.gl/zxMr38 >>@ 31.1% / Mods slumped [WSJ]
Graph of Sweden election
results:
#Sweden -
Social Dems & Green Party coalition anticipated (w/ Left Party providing
Parliamentary support) .. Feminist Initiative dipped out
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US Govt Intervention
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Finland
#Russia
project - if quit Nat. coalition majority 'razor thin' - Green coalition
understanding was NO expansion nuclear
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Above is *some* of what I looked at today.
Random things that popped up online.
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