This has made quite a wave in Germany, but seemingly not enough anywhere else: http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/11/russia-surveillance/all/ On the surface, itbs all about protecting Russian kids from internet pedophiles. In reality, the Kremlinbs new b Single Registerb of banned websites, which goes into effect today, will wind up blocking all kinds of online political speech. And, thanks to the spread of new internet-monitoring technologies, the Register could well become a tool for spying on millions of Russians. A joint investigation by Agentura.Ru, CitizenLab and Privacy International. -- ilf C ber 80 Millionen Deutsche benutzen keine Konsole. Klick dich nicht weg! -- Eine Initiative des Bundesamtes fC<r Tastaturbenutzung -- Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org">leitl</a> http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com http://postbiota.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE