terrorism

OpGlobalBlackout succeeded without happening

Posted April 2, 2012 - 1:05 pm

Operation Global Blackout, ostensibly a plan by hacktivist group Anonymous to take down the Internet March 31, didn't happen and was likely never real at all. It still satisfied someone's need to generate fear and chaos online, without having to do anything but make a video.
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When you tweet, the CIA listens

Posted March 15, 2012 - 12:49 pm

Documents obtained by privacy advocates reveal that Uncle Sam is monitoring social networks for people critical of the government. Can an enemies list be far behind?
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Use Twitter, get sent to Gitmo?

Posted January 30, 2012 - 4:11 pm

The FBI wants new ways to mine social media for threats. The DHS is deporting people for tweeting. Remember: What you say on Twitter and Facebook can be used against you.
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Congress to U.S.: You can set fire to the Constitution if you're nice to a chimp later

Posted December 16, 2011 - 6:06 pm

There's no causal connection among these stories but the effect is to make it look as if we consider the right of Americans to say what they want and not be locked up for their beliefs are less important that the decision to not torture a chimp.
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Privacy in a post 9/11 world

Posted September 9, 2011 - 12:28 pm

The attacks on September 11, 2001, helped to turn our nation into a surveillance society. Will we ever get our privacy back?
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LulzSec offers to take down any site you choose

Posted June 15, 2011 - 1:39 pm

Approaching cyberwar as anarchic entertainment, LolzSec helps push the 'net further into a state of fluid power politics based on personal loyalties rather than national or corporate affiliation.
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Flying the Frightened Skies

Posted January 6, 2010 - 6:51 pm

Worried about draconian new flight restrictions? Don't be. For most of us, it's still flying as usual.
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The technology and the terrorist

Posted December 28, 2009 - 6:12 pm

Heroism and luck stopped a terrorist attack from blasting a plane out of the sky over Detroit, but what about the automated systems that should have stopped it?
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