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McDonalds Twitter Account Hacked (sans image)
by MAGA 17 Mar '17

17 Mar '17

> Razer g2s at riseup.net > Thu Mar 16 10:01:17 PDT 2017 > > Perhaps, like 9/11 wasn't, this is an inside job. Of course, (((Rayzer))) defends the terrorist scum like himself. Prolblybly wets dream about doing the shit himself. Whishes he was Madonna or Snoop d o double g so peepol will listen. You must go back ! >>>/USSR/

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What progressive women think about progressive men
by MAGA 17 Mar '17

17 Mar '17

> James A. Donald jamesd at echeque.com > Sat Mar 11 23:32:27 PST 2017 > > link TL;DR fucker. Maybe you could include a snip or something ◖|◔◡◉|◗

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LBRY.io Mirrors UCB Videos on Blockchain
by grarpamp 17 Mar '17

17 Mar '17

https://lbry.io/news/20000-illegal-college-lectures-rescued Today, the University of California at Berkeley has deleted 20,000 college lectures from its YouTube channel. Berkeley removed the videos because of a lawsuit brought by two students from another university under the Americans with Disabilities Act. We copied all 20,000 and are making them permanently available for free via LBRY. Is this legal? Almost certainly. The vast majority of the lectures are licensed under a Creative Commons license that allows attributed, non-commercial redistribution. The price for this content has been set to free and all LBRY metadata attributes it to UC Berkeley. Additionally, we believe that this content is legal under the First Amendment.

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ReinProject: Freelance Work Pseudonymous Cryptocurrency
by grarpamp 17 Mar '17

17 Mar '17

https://reinproject.org/ Github: ReinProject IRC: #Rein on Freenode Reddit: r/Rein Twitter: @ReinProject https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1232915 QbePdupwP-A kvfriW7vLA8 http://bravenewcoin.com/news/bitcoin-only-decentralized-marketplace-rein-ta…

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They haz teh codz: WikiLeaks will work with tech-cos to defend against CIA hack tools
by Razer 16 Mar '17

16 Mar '17

They haz teh codz and they want to make friends with the tech industry: > "We have decided to work with them, to give them some exclusive access > to some of the technical details we have, so that fixes can be pushed > out," Assange said. Once tech firms had patched their products, he > said, he would release the full data of the hacking tools to the public." http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/national-politics/artic…

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Venezuela does Bitcoin
by jim bell 15 Mar '17

15 Mar '17

https://amp.businessinsider.com/venezuela-bitcoin-use-popularity-restrictio… [partial quote follows] Opposition supporters take part in a rally against President Nicolas Maduro's government in Caracas, Venezuela, October 26, 2016.Venezuela's economy has seen its currency, the bolivar, plummet as inflation has spiraled into the triple digits, causing people there to struggle to meet their daily needs.In response, some Venezuelans have chosen to cross international borders to stock up on needed supplies, as others turn to a black market where goods are often sold in US dollars.Another alternative that has gained traction is bitcoin, a cryptocurrency whose value wobbles frequently and which can be used for clandestine purchases, both licit and illicit.Bitcoin has been embraced in Venezuela as the economy has faltered over the last few years, providing both a way of buying essential goods and resisting the unpopular government of President Nicolas Maduro.The number of users has surged from 450 in 2014 to 85,000 in 2016, according to Venezuelan bitcoin trading exchange Surbitcoin."Bitcoin is a way of rebelling against the system," Caracas-based software developer John Villar told Reuters in October 2014, not long after he started using the cryptocurrency for online purchases.Bitcoin had dropped 70% between November 2013 and October 2014, but Venezuela's own currency had dropped 60% against the US dollar on the black market in the country over roughly the same period."Even though bitcoin is volatile, it's still safer than the national currency," Kevin Charles, then a recent economics graduate, told Reuters. (Many Venezuelans still converted their bitcoin immediately into dollars, however.)"In Venezuela, we have a gold fever: a bitcoin fever!" a bitcoin miner - someone who uses a complex computer setup to create bitcoins using elaborate algorithms - said to Reuters in October 2014. [end partial quote] Jim Bell

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Aldous Huxley - The Ultimate Revolution (1962)
by juan 15 Mar '17

15 Mar '17

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEXs3RspWyU enjoy

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Is Assange now unprosecutable?
by jim bell 14 Mar '17

14 Mar '17

That recent leak of America's hacking secrets comes at an opportune time for Assange. He may have to leave that embassy in London within a few months. Generally, and unlike MY trial, a Federal criminal defendant gets great leeway to call witnesses for his defense. Now that he has published the 'keys to the kingdom', I doubt whether it would even be possible to prosecute him. Imagine all the witnesses he could call just to verify the genuineness of those recent documents! No doubt the person or people who leaked that material to Wikileaks knew this. Somebody deserves some big congratulations. Jim Bell

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Donald Trump's Vote Fraud Criminals Discovered!
by Razer 14 Mar '17

14 Mar '17

17 year old Wisconsin kids who thought if they turned 18 by election day it was all good. ROTF! > MADISON, Wis. > > Dozens of 17-year-olds voted illegally across Wisconsin during last > spring's intense presidential primary, apparently wrongly believing > they could cast ballots if they turned 18 ahead of the November > general election, according to a new state report. > > Wisconsin Elections Commission staff examined voter fraud referrals > municipal clerks said they made to prosecutors following the 2016 > spring primary and general elections. The commission is set to approve > the findings during a meeting Tuesday and forward a report to the > Legislature. > > President Donald Trump has called for a "major investigation" into > voter fraud and alleged that 3 million to 5 million people may have > voted illegally in the November general election, a widely debunked > claim. The report lists no instances of underage voters casting > ballots in the general election. > > Republican Ted Cruz won the GOP primary in Wisconsin. Bernie Sanders > won the Democratic contest. The state ultimately voted for Trump in > the November general election, marking the first time a Republican > presidential candidate had won Wisconsin since Ronald Reagan in 1984. > > The report found at least 60 cases of 17-year-olds voting in the April > primary in 29 counties. Kewaunee County referred nine people to > prosecutors for voting as 17-year-olds, Rock County referred seven and > Racine County referred five. Brown County referred what the report > called "multiple" 17-year-olds to prosecutors. The report did not > track charging decisions or for whom the 17-year-olds voted. > > Commission spokesman Reid Magney said Monday that he'd never seen this > issue crop up before. The teenagers were likely encouraged to go to > the polls by messages flying around social media during the spring > primary season saying 17-year-olds can vote in some states as long as > they turn 18 before the November election, the report said. > > Some political campaigns were also spreading false information about > eligibility, the report said. The Sanders campaign specifically was > sending out national messages on social media about 17-year-olds being > able to vote in presidential primaries, Magney said, although > Wisconsin election officials didn't see any misinformation from that > campaign about Wisconsin. > > No one under 18 can vote in any Wisconsin election, but 17-year-olds > may have seen Sanders' messages and thought they could vote. Poll > workers may not have understood the law or may not have been paying > enough attention, he added. > > "It wasn't a case of anyone sneaking in," Magney said. "It was a > misunderstanding of the law." > > Sanders campaign officials didn't immediately respond to an email > Monday seeking comment. > > Kewaunee County District Attorney Andrew Naze said he chose not to > charge any of the 17-year-olds whom clerks referred to him. He said > they honestly thought they were eligible to vote and didn't intend to > break the law. > > Brown County District Attorney David Lasee said nine 17-year-olds were > referred to him but he decided not to file charges as well. Like Naze, > Lasee said the teens genuinely believed they could vote and there was > no intent to commit fraud. They told poll workers their ages and were > still allowed to cast ballots, Lasee said. > > Prosecutors in Rock and Racine counties didn't immediately respond to > messages Monday. > > The report noted that its findings aren't conclusive and it's possible > other instances of suspected fraud may have been referred to > prosecutors without the commission's knowledge or people may have > filed complaints directly with district attorneys. http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/national-politics/artic…

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Three challenges for the web, according to Sir Tim Berners-Lee #HappyBirthdayWWW
by Cecilia Tanaka 13 Mar '17

13 Mar '17

# http://webfoundation.org/2017/03/web-turns-28-letter "Three challenges for the web, according to its inventor." Web Foundation · March 12, 2017 Today is the world wide web’s 28th birthday. Here’s a message from our founder and web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee on how the web has evolved, and what we must do to ensure it fulfils his vision of an equalising platform that benefits all of humanity. This letter is also available en français, en español, em português and بالعربية. — Today marks 28 years since I submitted my original proposal for the world wide web. I imagined the web as an open platform that would allow everyone, everywhere to share information, access opportunities and collaborate across geographic and cultural boundaries. In many ways, the web has lived up to this vision, though it has been a recurring battle to keep it open. But over the past 12 months, I’ve become increasingly worried about three new trends, which I believe we must tackle in order for the web to fulfill its true potential as a tool which serves all of humanity. 1) We’ve lost control of our personal data The current business model for many websites offers free content in exchange for personal data. Many of us agree to this – albeit often by accepting long and confusing terms and conditions documents – but fundamentally we do not mind some information being collected in exchange for free services. But, we’re missing a trick. As our data is then held in proprietary silos, out of sight to us, we lose out on the benefits we could realise if we had direct control over this data, and chose when and with whom to share it. What’s more, we often do not have any way of feeding back to companies what data we’d rather not share – especially with third parties – the T&Cs are all or nothing. This widespread data collection by companies also has other impacts. Through collaboration with – or coercion of – companies, governments are also increasingly watching our every move online, and passing extreme laws that trample on our rights to privacy. In repressive regimes, it’s easy to see the harm that can be caused – bloggers can be arrested or killed, and political opponents can be monitored. But even in countries where we believe governments have citizens’ best interests at heart, watching everyone, all the time is simply going too far. It creates a chilling effect on free speech and stops the web from being used as a space to explore important topics, like sensitive health issues, sexuality or religion. 2) It’s too easy for misinformation to spread on the web Today, most people find news and information on the web through just a handful of social media sites and search engines. These sites make more money when we click on the links they show us. And, they choose what to show us based on algorithms which learn from our personal data that they are constantly harvesting. The net result is that these sites show us content they think we’ll click on – meaning that misinformation, or ‘fake news’, which is surprising, shocking, or designed to appeal to our biases can spread like wildfire. And through the use of data science and armies of bots, those with bad intentions can game the system to spread misinformation for financial or political gain. 3) Political advertising online needs transparency and understanding Political advertising online has rapidly become a sophisticated industry. The fact that most people get their information from just a few platforms and the increasing sophistication of algorithms drawing upon rich pools of personal data, means that political campaigns are now building individual adverts targeted directly at users. One source suggests that in the 2016 US election, as many as 50,000 variations of adverts were being served every single day on Facebook, a near-impossible situation to monitor. And there are suggestions that some political adverts – in the US and around the world – are being used in unethical ways – to point voters to fake news sites, for instance, or to keep others away from the polls. Targeted advertising allows a campaign to say completely different, possibly conflicting things to different groups. Is that democratic? — These are complex problems, and the solutions will not be simple. But a few broad paths to progress are already clear. We must work together with web companies to strike a balance that puts a fair level of data control back in the hands of people, including the development of new technology like personal “data pods” if needed and exploring alternative revenue models like subscriptions and micropayments. We must fight against government over-reach in surveillance laws, including through the courts if necessary. We must push back against misinformation by encouraging gatekeepers such as Google and Facebook to continue their efforts to combat the problem, while avoiding the creation of any central bodies to decide what is “true” or not. We need more algorithmic transparency to understand how important decisions that affect our lives are being made, and perhaps a set of common principles to be followed. We urgently need to close the “internet blind spot” in the regulation of political campaigning. Our team at the Web Foundation will be working on many of these issues as part of our new five year strategy – researching the problems in more detail, coming up with proactive policy solutions and bringing together coalitions to drive progress towards a web that gives equal power and opportunity to all. I urge you to support our work however you can – by spreading the word, keeping up pressure on companies and governments or by making a donation. We’ve also compiled a directory of other digital rights organisations around the world for you to explore and consider supporting too. I may have invented the web, but all of you have helped to create what it is today. All the blogs, posts, tweets, photos, videos, applications, web pages and more represent the contributions of millions of you around the world building our online community. All kinds of people have helped, from politicians fighting to keep the web open, standards organisations like W3C enhancing the power, accessibility and security of the technology, and people who have protested in the streets. In the past year, we have seen Nigerians stand up to a social media bill that would have hampered free expression online, popular outcry and protests at regional internet shutdowns in Cameroon and great public support for net neutrality in both India and the European Union. It has taken all of us to build the web we have, and now it is up to all of us to build the web we want – for everyone. If you would like to be more involved, then do join our mailing list, do contribute to us, do join or donate to any of the organisations which are working on these issues around the world. Sir Tim Berners-Lee The Web Foundation is at the forefront of the fight to advance and protect the web for everyone. We believe doing so is essential to reverse growing inequality and empower citizens. You can follow our work by signing up to our newsletter, and find a local digital rights organisation to support here on this list. Additions to the list are welcome and may be sent to contact(a)webfoundation.org Please share this letter on Twitter using the hashtag #HappyBirthdayWWW ------- "Don't let anyone rob you of your imagination, your creativity, or your curiosity. It's your place in the world; it's your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live." - Mae Jemison

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