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Thomas Paine

To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.

Monday, September 28, 2009

29 Sept - Late Links

Morning at Swiftcurrent LakeImage by Bill Gracey via Flic



US 'to loosen' grip on internet
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8275679.stm
The US government is expected to relax control over how the internet is run when it signs an accord with net regulator Icann on Wednesday.

The "affirmation of commitments" will reportedly give Icann autonomy to run its own affairs for the first time. 

Officer faces G20 assault charge
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8279001.stm
 A police officer is to be charged with assaulting a protester at the G20 demonstrations in London, the Crown Prosecution Service has said.

'Dozens killed' at Guinea protest
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8279103.stm
At least 87 people have been killed after troops in Guinea opened fire on a huge opposition rally in the capital Conakry.

Box of Meat
http://boxofmeat.net
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The Onion: Pepsi To Cease Advertising

“Frankly, it just feels sort of weird and desperate to put all this energy into telling people what to drink. If they don’t like it, then they don’t like it.”

MediaPost: Judge Orders Google To Deactivate User's Gmail Account 09/25/2009

“In keeping with its privacy policy, Google told the bank it would have to get a court order to obtain such data. The bank then filed papers asking a court to order Google to disclose the information and deactivate the account.”

Larry Downes: The Persistent Myths of Identity Theft

“Identity theft is real, but for those who have been victims of it, generally the loss of money is the least of its damage…. Restoring credit history and credit scores is where the real crimes take place, and the perpetrators are often the consumer’s own financial services providers.”

Office of the Privacy Commissioner: There are other social networks with privacy concerns

“This week, we are releasing a research paper that examines the privacy protections available on social networks popular with Canadians: Facebook, Linkedin, Livejournal, MySpace, Hi5 and Skyrock.”

 Return Path: Deliverability Emergencies from the ISP Side of the Desk

Fast Company: Twitter's Investors Missed the Cluetrain - Here's Why

“Cluetrain’s co-authors don’t profess to know whether $1 billion is a fair value for Twitter. But they wonder if investors understand that Cluetrain’s core thesis isn’t a reversible equation. Conversations aren’t markets.”

New York Times: U.P.S. to Begin Testing Direct Marketing Service

“The marketing materials will come inside small boxes labeled Direct to Door Paks, and will be delivered to customers along with merchandise they actually ordered.”
The article does not mention whether it will be possible to opt out, or even to return the package.

 Return Path: Political Deliverability is Personal
“It wasn’t anything specific to this organization, whose practices are better than average; these wealthy donors now refuse to share their email address with any organization.”

Threat Level: Bank Sends Sensitive E-mail to Wrong Gmail Address, Sues Google

“…in August a customer of the Rocky Mountain Bank asked a bank employee to send certain loan statements to a representative of the customer. The employee, however, inadvertently sent the e-mail to the wrong Gmail address. Additionally, the employee had attached a sensitive file to the e-mail that should not have been sent at all.”

Consumerist: Direct Marketing Association's Opt Out Website Is A Joke

“Surprise! It turns out the DMA doesn’t really care so much about whether or not you want to be taken off any mailing lists, and they have a rotten website and poor security protocols to prove it.”

( There's no news like old news. I recall reading years ago opting out was a good way to collect spam - and unsolicited phone calls too, for that matter. )


Security Watch: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Malware

“What distinguishes the truly effective malware from the great unwashed malware masses?”

Wendy Seltzer: The Freedom to Innovate Without Permission

“Yes, road rules constrain some innovation at the core — you can’t build a public road with braid-like traffic patterns where cars freely weave in and out in both directions, or with yellow stop signs and green “yield,” but you can still improve the pavement or road reflectors. The added predictability of a standard interface enables other more significant innovation at the edges — the Porsche, Prius, Smart, and Tesla can all drive on the same standard highway.”

CIA Conspiracy: CIA Agents Killed Robert Kennedy  (continued)
    by EXISTENTIALIST COWBOY
http://www.conspiracyplanet.com/channel.cfm?channelid=94&contentid=4951&page=2
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NATIONAL EXPOSITOR


The US Army Document That Proves the US is the World’s Number One Sponsor of World Terrorism

2009 January 1

http://pakalert.wordpress.com/2009/01/01/us-is-the-worlds-number-one-sponsor-of-world-terrorismIn a ‘manual’ which is officially to be released only to ’students from foreign countries on a case-by-case basis only’, the US Army outlines a program of what it now calls ‘irregular warfare’, in fact US state sponsored terrorism, insurgency, and PSYOPS.



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