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Why WikiLeaks' bid for radical transparency failed
The scale and significance of the 2010 WikiLeaks disclosures were overstated, according to new research. Analysis of the WikiLeaks debacle in the International Review of Administrative Sciences, published by SAGE on behalf of the Institute for Administrative Sciences (IIAS), serves to highlight four key reasons why radical transparency is hard ...
Dutch University Blocks BitTorrent Pre-Emptively Breaking New Net Neutrality Law | Kluwer Copyright Blog
In the course of the implementation of the European telecommunications package, a set of proposals has been introduced to the Dutch Telecommunications Law (Telecommunicatiewet) to safeguard an open and secure internet for the Netherlands. The proposals include a net neutrality provision (Articles 7.4a and VIb of the draft amendment ...
CCC | Antwort auf den offenen Brief der Tatort-Drehbuchschreiber
Liebe Tatort-Drehbuchschreiber,
mit Freude nehmen wir – ganz kess als Vertreter der von Euch angeprangerten "Netzgemeinde" – Euer Interesse [1] an unseren Gedanken zu einer Versachlichung der Diskussion über Urheber- und Urheberverwertungsrechte im digitalen Zeitalter wahr. Bevor wir aber unnötig gleich zu Beginn Schubladen öffnen: Auch wir sind Urheber, sogar Berufsurheber, um ...
CEO Coalition to make the Internet a better place for kids | EDRI
Also, the Commission representative felt it necessary to point out of course that member states cannot force access providers to use deep packet inspection (DPI) but, of course, access providers could do so "voluntarily". It seems long overdue for the Commissions legal service to assess the appropriateness of promoting "voluntary ...
The OpenBTS Chronicles: GMR-1 Revisited
By "GMR" I was specifically referring to GMR-1, the technology used by Thuraya, and possibly others. There seems to be some confusion about what is and is not encrypted in these systems. Personally, I think the fact that you are transmitting an identifiable GMR signal is enough of a security ...
Forensic Genetics: A Global Human Rights Challenge | Open Society Foundations Blog - OSF
DNA databases are expanding, a stunning array of techniques have emerged allowing lab technicians to glean information from DNA that goes well beyond the mere identification of a person and are providing law enforcement unprecedented access into the private lives of innocent persons by way of their own genetic data ...