“The internet is free”, paid for by this guy’s taxes [Humor]
Apparently the internet is free, controlled by the government, paid for by this guy's taxes, and ISPs are thieves that steal the internet and make everyone pay for its use.
Tag Archives: government
Brazil plans to disconnect itself from US internet because of NSA spying
Brazil is planning to make some big changes due to the NSA and its spying fetish. The plan of the Brazilian government is to disconnect itself from the US internet, which is by no means a simple task seeing as US-based companies d...
79-year-old Japanese man is being evicted from home for 2020 Olympic Games… again!
79-year-old Kohei Jinno is an unlucky Japanese man, or maybe the government hates him. Jinno will be evicted by the government from his home because of the 2020 Olympic games. And the kicker? This isn’t a first time experience for...
In China, you can go to jail for three years if your social network post is retweeted or shared 500 times
Today the Chinese people have something new to fear, something that could force many to be very careful of what they say on the Internet, for it could land them in prison. According to a new interpretation by the Supreme Court of ...
NSA is capable of tapping all sorts of data from Android, iPhone, and BlackBerry users, says report
Classified documents viewed by German news website Spiegel have revealed that the US National Security Agency (NSA) has the ability to access user data on three major mobile platforms: Android, iOS and BlackBerry OS. According to ...
Indian government bans use of Gmail, thanks to NSA spying
The boycott of U.S. based email services has begun ladies and gentlemen, all due to the massive NSA scandal leaked by former NSA contractor and whistleblower, Edward Snowden. According to the Times of India, the Indian government ...
Privacy software Tor now has more than 1.2 million users globally, gets massive influx of new users after PRISM leak
If there’s one good thing that will come out of the whole PRISM fiasco, it’s that many internet users should start to take their privacy online more seriously. And according to these new metrics released by the Tor Pro...
ATM machines in India dispense clean, drinkable water
Usually when we think of ATMs, only one thing comes to mind: getting that paper and fuming at the high withdrawal rates. However, in the urban slums of India, ATMs have a completely new meaning and it has little to do with money. ...
Microsoft and Google team up against the U.S. government
Both Microsoft and Google are unable to team up and build a Windows Phone 8 YouTube app, but at least these companies can team up to fight against the government. So all is not so bad in the world, and that’s great news all round....
NSA is capable of spying on 75 percent of internet traffic in US, says WSJ
When the NSA first released the outline of their security programs, the agency claimed that it only touched 1.6 percent of internet traffic. Publications like The Atlantic disputed that number and now, the Wall Street Journal is s...
Bradley Manning (the US soldier who gave info to Wikileaks) begs President Obama for pardon, also wants to become a woman
Bradley Manning was recently sentenced to 35 years in prison for sharing secretive government documents to Wikileaks. Spending 35 years in prison at 25 is not something that bodes well with Manning, which is probably the main reas...
Audit shows NSA “accidentally” violated their own privacy rules 2,776 times
A newly leaked report has spurred yet again another round of backlash against the NSA, one that Americans may never forget. According to a Washington Post report, the NSA collected information illegally on over 3,000 American citi...
Guess what? NSA monitors 1.6 percent of all the world’s Internet traffic
On its mission to collect data and spy on… everyone… the NSA monitors around 1.6 percent of the world’s Internet traffic per day. This information came from documents the Obama administration released to showcase the r...
American cloud computing companies predicted to lose $35 billion in business due to PRISM scandal
The PRISM project is a big deal in the United States, but it looks like it is becoming a bigger deal across the rest of the world as (some) computer users appear to refrain from trusting U.S. based cloud-computing companies. Accor...
Email provider used by Edward Snowden shuts down, leaves cryptic but obvious message
Lavabit, the privacy-focused secure email service, has suddenly shutdown after nearly ten years of operation. The service was notable for offering high-levels of encryption for its users, providing a level of protection not easily...