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Ukraine- Cyber Mercenaries Attack Antiwar.com
Ukraine- Cyber Mercenaries Attack Antiwar.com The terms cyber war and infowar have been a constant in many articles written about the conflict in Ukraine. The problem with the terms is that the concepts are so new that definitions vary from an ignorant “troll” rant to a hacker that destroys the controls on a dam. The […]
MH-17 Case: ‘Old’ Journalism vs. ‘New’
MH-17 Case: ‘Old’ Journalism vs. ‘New’ Exclusive: For skilled intelligence operatives, the Internet can be a devil’s playground, a place to circulate doctored photos, audio and documents, making investigations based on “social media” and such sources particularly risky, a point worth recalling in the mystery of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, says Robert Parry. The first thing any thinking person learns […]
Veiled TPP Deal Holds Hidden Privacy Risks
Veiled TPP Deal Holds Hidden Privacy Risks It would restrict governments from creating safeguards for your sensitive data. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a massive trade agreement that covers nearly 40 per cent of world GDP, wrapped up years of negotiation earlier this month. The TPP immediately emerged as an election issue, with the Conservatives trumpeting […]
All Rights Reserved: Now We Know the Final TTP is Everything We Feared
All Rights Reserved: Now We Know the Final TTP is Everything We Feared Friday’s release by Wikileaks of what is believed to be the current and essentially final version of the intellectual property (IP) chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) confirms our worst fears about the agreement. And it dashes the few hopes that we held out that its most […]
Ranking the Peasants – China Introduces Orwellian “Citizen Scores”
Ranking the Peasants – China Introduces Orwellian “Citizen Scores” The following is extraordinarily creepy and disturbing. It’s also extremely clever, from a jackbooted, fascist thug perspective. When massive censorship itself isn’t enough… TechDirt reports: China’s plan to control the hearts, minds and internet connections of its citizens continues unimpeded. That’s the great thing about authoritarian regimes: rollout […]
‘Minority Report’ Is 40 Years Ahead of Schedule: The Fictional World Has Become Reality
‘Minority Report’ Is 40 Years Ahead of Schedule: The Fictional World Has Become Reality “The Internet is watching us now. If they want to. They can see what sites you visit. In the future, television will be watching us, and customizing itself to what it knows about us. The thrilling thing is, that will make […]
The UN Releases Plan to Push for Worldwide Internet Censorship
The UN Releases Plan to Push for Worldwide Internet Censorship The United Nations has disgraced itself immeasurably over the past month or so. In case you missed the following stories, I suggest catching up now: The UN’s “Sustainable Development Agenda” is Basically a Giant Corporatist Fraud Not a Joke – Saudi Arabia Chosen to Head […]
FBI says that citizens should have no secrets that the government can’t access: the Orwellian cyber police state has arrived
FBI says that citizens should have no secrets that the government can’t access: the Orwellian cyber police state has arrived The police and surveillance state predicted in the forward-looking 1940s classic “1984” by George Orwell, has slowly, but steadily, come to fruition. However, like a frog sitting idly in a pan of steadily-warming water, too […]
Op-Ed: U.S. should think twice before retaliating against China over unfounded hacking charges
Op-Ed: U.S. should think twice before retaliating against China over unfounded hacking charges The United States is on the brink of making another grave mistake under the name of protecting cyber security, as it is reportedly considering retaliatory measures against China for unfounded hacking accusations. Senior U.S. government and intelligence officials were quoted by a […]
Government Trolls Are Using ‘Psychology-Based Influence Techniques’ On YouTube, Facebook And Twitter
Government Trolls Are Using ‘Psychology-Based Influence Techniques’ On YouTube, Facebook And Twitter Have you ever come across someone on the Internet that you suspected was a paid government troll? Well, there is a very good chance that you were not imagining things. Thanks to Edward Snowden, we now have solid proof that paid government trolls […]
From the Very Creation of the Internet, U.S. Spy Agencies Fought to Block Encryption
From the Very Creation of the Internet, U.S. Spy Agencies Fought to Block Encryption American spy agencies have intentionally weakened digital security for many decades. This breaks the functionality of our computers and of the Internet. It reduces functionality and reduces security by – for example – creating backdoors that malicious hackers can get through. The spy agencies […]
The Era of Pretense
The Era of Pretense I’ve mentioned in previous posts here on The Archdruid Report the educational value of the comments I receive from readers in the wake of each week’s essay. My post two weeks ago on the death of the internet was unusually productive along those lines. One of the comments I got in response to that […]
The World of Philip K. Dick is Almost Here
The World of Philip K. Dick is Almost Here Holographic Computers and Self-Directing Bullets Philip K. Dick was long viewed as a mere genre hack, although his fans always knew better of course. He used the medium of science fiction originally because it was the only way for him to make money as an independent […]
