My recent post suggesting that ISPs should introduce retaliatory censorship produced very interesting reactions, ranging from enthusiastic endorsement (“Hell Yes”) to resolute rejection (“Hell…
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The New Terrorism, Part 2 – Countering
Andrew Norton. In the first part, we identified that terrorism is widespread, but in the guise of ‘anti-terrorism’. In this part, it’s time to…
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The New Terrorism, Part 1 – Identification
Andrew Norton. Across the western world, a new form of terrorism is breeding. It strikes fear into citizens, it attempts to change civilization as…
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European Democracies Get To Live Another Day Because Crazy Had Particular Skin Color, Invisible Friend
European democracies are under assault, both from the outside and from within. Those on the outside of government would have us hate. Those on…
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Security Theater Lessons From Utøya
As the shock passes into reflection of the Utøya massacre — could anything have been different? — and the grief for and honoring of…
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More People Means More Voices Means Better Ideas
Zacqary Adam Green. Most people feel that it is their moral obligation to help those who can’t help themselves; we help others to have…
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This Is Data Retention. Would You Give It To Any Future Government?
A new visualization of cellphone location data surfaced yesterday on Engadget. While it was hailed as a cool visualization of location, it is something…
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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love LulzSec
Zacqary Adam Green. I don’t like having my personal data taken by the “Bad Guys”, no more than anyone. When the infamous Sony Playstation…
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The Door To Citizens' Freedom Swings Both Ways
Governments all over the world are becoming increasingly two-faced and schizophrenic when it comes to dealing with the net. As ecstatic as governments can…
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Weed As Surprise Driver For Mass Cryptoproficiency
Ever since the e-mail encryption PGP was created, civil liberties activists have wondered how to get people in general to care about cryptography and…
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