Anonymous Hacks Federal Trade Commission
The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) websites were hacked at some point yesterday by hackers affiliated with the AntiSec movement, who also claim to be under the umbrella of Anonymous. This was the continuation of a large scale attack [...]
Apps for Privacy & Anonymity
In a post PATRIOT Act America, federal agents can, with the stroke of a pen, obtain pseudo warrants to steal your computer and coerce your ISP into giving up your internet logs. That’s why privacy and security are no longer simply a concern [...]
Leaked 2011 letter: Hollywood lobbied EU Parliament to pass ACTA
A letter leaked by TorrentFreak in May of 2011 shows the extent to which Hollywood based firms back ACTA. Twenty-one corporations that were and are afraid of “unfair competition” penned the letter in the hope that “the European [...]
ACTA Explained: The treaty that lets Customs search your iPod
Before Wikileaks disclosed several documents regarding the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), the entire treaty was veiled behind a curtain of secrecy, while little was known about the negotiation process. In September of 2008, the [...]
