RT | 4 Sept 2016 Megaupload founder, wanted by the US on copyright infringement charges, is “looking forward” to livestreaming his extradition appeal as it will unveil a whole “trail of government abuse”, Kim Dotcom and his lawyer told RT. “You’re going to see a trail of government abuse…you’re going to see that the United…
The Spinoff | 28 Aug 2016 Jose Barbosa talks to Adam Boileau of Insomnia Security about hacking thriller Mr Robot, and New Zealand’s place in the info-war web. The much anticipated Mr Robot season two is on Lightbox. To get everyone’s head in the right place José Barbosa talks to Adam Boileau, a computer security specialist…
RNZ | 14 July 2016 Cory Doctorow is a world famous digital activist, science fiction author and co-editor of the website Boing Boing. He stands among those who’d like to see big changes in how we use the web. Listen (duration 33′ :49″) Download: Ogg | MP3
VT | 12 March 2016 The IT genius, who has Asperger’s, broke into 97 Pentagon and NASA computers – stealing passwords, deleting files and shutting down networks Trial: Home Secretary Theresa May blocked McKinnon’s extradition under human rights laws Activist group Anonymous has named a British computer whiz as the most dangerous hacker of all…
The Mirror | 14 Dec 2015 Teenage computer experts unveil astonishing web of unpublicised interactions linking extremist social media mouthpieces to the British government Hackers have claimed that a number of Islamic State supporters’ social media accounts are being run from internet addresses linked to the Department of Work and Pensions. A group of four…
Wired | 21 July 2015 I was driving 70 mph on the edge of downtown St. Louis when the exploit began to take hold. Though I hadn’t touched the dashboard, the vents in the Jeep Cherokee started blasting cold air at the maximum setting, chilling the sweat on my back through the in-seat climate control…
New York Post | 28 March 2015 […] A former Google officer is the president’s chief technology adviser. Google employees contributed more to President Obama’s re-election than did employees of any other company except Microsoft. Google lobbyists met with Obama White House officials 230 times. By comparison, lobbyists from rival Comcast have been admitted to…
Kurt Nimmo | Infowars.com | March 13, 2015 Net neutrality is a classic Trojan horse On Thursday the Federal Communications Commission made public a document detailing its so-called net neutrality rules that were approved two weeks ago on a 3-2 vote. A PDF version of the document can be downloaded here. The rules impose heavy…
NewsWithViews.com | March 2, 2015 At the behest of President Barack Obama, the Federal Communications Commission voted this past Thursday, 3-2, on party lines, to impose FCC control over access to and charges by internet service providers. This is the beginning of the end of freedom over the internet. So-called net neutrality is not neutral…
New Scientist | March 1, 2015 The trustworthiness of a web page might help it rise up Google’s rankings if the search giant starts to measure quality by facts, not just links THE internet is stuffed with garbage. Anti-vaccination websites make the front page of Google, and fact-free “news” stories spread like wildfire. Google has…