My Way News - China seeks to reduce Internet users' anonymity
My Way News reports: "A leading Chinese Internet regulator has vowed to reduce anonymity in China's portion of cyberspace, calling for new rules to require people to use their real names when buying a mobile phone or going online, according to a human rights group [...] The Internet is China's most open and lively forum for discussion, despite already pervasive censorship, but stricter controls could constrain users."
2010/07/13
2010/07/12
Boy Genius Report - India asks Google, Skype, and RIM for access to email and other data
BGR reports: "According to the Economic Times, India’s government has asked the Department of Telecommunications (DOT) to send a notice to RIM, Skype, and Google requesting that each service open its email and other communication data to the Indian government. The data must be presented in a format that is readable by security and intelligence agencies and has given each company 15 days to comply with this request."
BGR reports: "According to the Economic Times, India’s government has asked the Department of Telecommunications (DOT) to send a notice to RIM, Skype, and Google requesting that each service open its email and other communication data to the Indian government. The data must be presented in a format that is readable by security and intelligence agencies and has given each company 15 days to comply with this request."
My Way News - China installs 40,000 security cameras in Urumqi
My Way News reports: "China has installed about 40,000 high-definition surveillance cameras in the western region of Xinjiang days before the one-year anniversary of the country's worst ethnic violence in decades."
My Way News reports: "China has installed about 40,000 high-definition surveillance cameras in the western region of Xinjiang days before the one-year anniversary of the country's worst ethnic violence in decades."
2010/07/10
BBC News - 'Too few ethnic officers' and 'discrimination' at GCHQ
BBC News reports: "GCHQ in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GCHQ said it had tried to improve diversity and equality Britain's secret eavesdropping centre, GCHQ, has been criticised for failing to recruit enough ethnic minority staff to help fight terrorism."
Comment: In our brave new world, even surveillance must be politically correct. You may not know you are being spied on, but apparently you should be encouraged to learn that those watching you will have the appropriate minority sensibility. What an odd world we live in where the fact that the scope of surveillance has increased dramatically is not the issue, the ethnicity of those conducting the surveillance is.
BBC News reports: "GCHQ in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GCHQ said it had tried to improve diversity and equality Britain's secret eavesdropping centre, GCHQ, has been criticised for failing to recruit enough ethnic minority staff to help fight terrorism."
Comment: In our brave new world, even surveillance must be politically correct. You may not know you are being spied on, but apparently you should be encouraged to learn that those watching you will have the appropriate minority sensibility. What an odd world we live in where the fact that the scope of surveillance has increased dramatically is not the issue, the ethnicity of those conducting the surveillance is.
2010/07/09
My Way News - China group says US uses Facebook to sow unrest
My Way News reports: "A Chinese government-backed think tank has accused the U.S. and other Western governments of using social-networking sites such as Facebook to spur political unrest and called for stepped-up scrutiny of the wildly popular sites."
My Way News reports: "A Chinese government-backed think tank has accused the U.S. and other Western governments of using social-networking sites such as Facebook to spur political unrest and called for stepped-up scrutiny of the wildly popular sites."
My Way News - Google wins permission to keep website in China
My Way News reports: "Google won permission Friday to maintain its website in China and keep its toehold in the world's most populous nation after bowing to pressure to eliminate a virtual detour around the country's online censorship requirements."
My Way News reports: "Google won permission Friday to maintain its website in China and keep its toehold in the world's most populous nation after bowing to pressure to eliminate a virtual detour around the country's online censorship requirements."
My Way News - Australia delays Internet filter to review content
My Way News reports: "If a mandatory filter is passed into law, it would make Australia one of the strictest Internet regulators among the world's democracies. Some critics have said the proposed filter would put the nation in the same censorship league as China."
My Way News reports: "If a mandatory filter is passed into law, it would make Australia one of the strictest Internet regulators among the world's democracies. Some critics have said the proposed filter would put the nation in the same censorship league as China."
2010/07/08
Defense Systems - NSA Perfect Citizen program sparks Big Brother fears
Defense Systems reports: "The National Security Agency's new program to shield the networks of privately owned utilities and other critical infrastructure companies has caused some people to fear it's a step toward a surveillance state or a government power grab."
WSJ - U.S. Program to Detect Cyber Attacks on Infrastructure
The Wall Street Journal reports: "The federal government is launching an expansive program dubbed 'Perfect Citizen' to detect cyber assaults on private companies and government agencies running such critical infrastructure as the electricity grid and nuclear-power plants, according to people familiar with the program."
Defense Systems reports: "The National Security Agency's new program to shield the networks of privately owned utilities and other critical infrastructure companies has caused some people to fear it's a step toward a surveillance state or a government power grab."
WSJ - U.S. Program to Detect Cyber Attacks on Infrastructure
The Wall Street Journal reports: "The federal government is launching an expansive program dubbed 'Perfect Citizen' to detect cyber assaults on private companies and government agencies running such critical infrastructure as the electricity grid and nuclear-power plants, according to people familiar with the program."
2010/07/06
Reuters - Scrap dollar as sole reserve currency: U.N. report
Reuters reports: "A new United Nations report released on Tuesday calls for abandoning the U.S. dollar as the main global reserve currency, saying it has been unable to safeguard value [...] The report supports replacing the dollar with the International Monetary Fund's special drawing rights (SDRs), an international reserve asset that is used as a unit of payment on IMF loans and is made up of a basket of currencies."
Reuters reports: "A new United Nations report released on Tuesday calls for abandoning the U.S. dollar as the main global reserve currency, saying it has been unable to safeguard value [...] The report supports replacing the dollar with the International Monetary Fund's special drawing rights (SDRs), an international reserve asset that is used as a unit of payment on IMF loans and is made up of a basket of currencies."
2010/07/01
My Way News - Google says China partially blocks search service
My Way News reports: "A Google search feature was blocked in China on Thursday, the company said as it awaited Beijing's decision on whether to renew its operating license amid tensions over censorship."
My Way News reports: "A Google search feature was blocked in China on Thursday, the company said as it awaited Beijing's decision on whether to renew its operating license amid tensions over censorship."
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