The technique involves runtime re-encryption of each file piece, which may already be encrypted, before a peer uploads it to any other peer. To access the re-encrypted pieces, a tracker site generates decryption keys that are unique for each peer and for each file piece. While any user can take part in the content distribution, only legitimate users with the unique decryption keys can access the plaintext of the encrypted distributed content
Archive for 2011/02/04
To leverage the efficiency and the scalability of BitTorrent (BT) systems for Internet content distribution, the present invention discloses enhancing BT peer-to-peer systems to enable digital rights management without infrastructure changes
Posted: 2011/02/04 in Education / Awareness, Tech EvolutionAs of Friday afternoon, about $5,700 had been raised on the site, which featured a picture of Assange with the words, “I need your help. Please give.”
London law firm Finers Stephens Innocent established the fund together with accounting firm Hazlems Fenton LLP and Assange’s “support team at WikiLeaks,” the firm said. It was not clear when they established the fund.
On its website, the law firm gave information including a bank account number and sort code, and a PayPal link, so donors can give money directly to the fund.
More: http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/02/04/wikileaks.assange.defense/?hpt=Sbin
Bill Cheswick of AT&T: WikiLeaks’ head, Julian Assange should be prosecuted for putting lives at risk, and cyber-threats are dangerous because of the very democracy of the Internet
Posted: 2011/02/04 in Education / Awareness, Filtering, Tech Evolution“We did deep packet inspection in 1987,” he says. “We just didn’t call it that.”
More: http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/interview/firewall-father-wants-wikileaks-prosecuted-19573
If Julian Assange is prosecuted in the U.S., he’ll have at least two powerful allies standing behind him: Guardian and New York Times editors Alan Rusbridger and Bill Keller. Speaking at a Columbia Journalism School panel on WikiLeaks last night, Rusbridger and Keller said that they would go to bat for Assange’s right to publish secrets, despite recently strained relations with the WikiLeaks founder
Posted: 2011/02/04 in Education / AwarenessLa Quadrature du Net obtained exclusive access to the WikiLeaks US diplomatic cables regarding the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). Although they only give a partial account of the history of this secretly-negotiated agreement, these cables shed an interesting light on the coming into being of ACTA. They show the prime role of the US in the advent of this extremist imposition of violent sanctions against citizens and their fundamental rights. The cables expose the stakes and debates surrounding the participation of developing countries, as well as the evolution of the position of European Union during the negotiations.
More: http://www.laquadrature.net/en/wikileaks-cables-shine-light-on-acta-history
Reality touchscreen University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Posted: 2011/02/04 in Education / Awareness, Tech EvolutionI can’t say I’ve ever seen this one before. One of our mobile users was pulling down updates from download.windowsupdate.com (from what I can tell by public DNS records and the IP, this is a valid microsoft website) and a driver for a USB device is being flagged as malicious
Posted: 2011/02/04 in Education / Awareness, Network Security, Privacy / Data ProtectionThe detection is correct, even Microsoft detects the malware as Backdoor:Win32/Arurizer.A.
Cell Phones Don’t Crash Airplanes – the thing about the electromagnetic interference is that it’s a lie
Posted: 2011/02/04 in Education / AwarenessSo, sure, cell phones might cause interference. But a megashark might jump out of the water and bite your plane in half, too.
Don’t Have an iPad? Here’s How to Read The Daily
Posted: 2011/02/04 in Education / Awareness, Tech EvolutionAndy Baio has created a website indexing each issue of The Daily and linking every article for your reading pleasure. To be honest, it might be the easiest way to read The Daily.
The Best Streaming Music Service
Posted: 2011/02/04 in Education / Awareness, New Business Models, Tech EvolutionNetflix rises as studios’ DVD money plunges
Posted: 2011/02/04 in Education / Awareness, New Business Models, Tech EvolutionReverse Engineering Lottery Scratch Tickets For Profit (But Not Fame)
Posted: 2011/02/04 in Education / AwarenessBrazilian Telecom Authority Claims Sharing WiFi Is A Criminal Offense
Posted: 2011/02/04 in Education / AwarenessHomeland Security Tries And Fails To Explain Why Seized Domains Are Different From Google
Posted: 2011/02/04 in Blocking, Education / Awareness, Enforcement, Public PolicySee also:
Full Affidavit On Latest Seizures Again Suggests Homeland Security Is Twisting The Law
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110203/01402812935/full-affidavit-latest-seizures-again-suggests-homeland-security-is-twisting-law.shtml
Copyright jackal Righthaven sues young blogger
Posted: 2011/02/04 in Copyright, Education / Awareness, Jurisprudence, LitigationWill Gibson get away with this legal extortion? Or will someone, somewhere, pick up the case for Brian and make sure Gibson gets what he deserves?
A meeting on Monday between Minister for Culture Ed Vaizey and representatives of UK ISPs could be a game-changing moment for the way in which we are all allowed to use the internet
Posted: 2011/02/04 in Blocking, Education / Awareness, Filtering, New Business Models, Public Policy, Tech EvolutionAt stake is the seemingly academic question of whether PCs should arrive with adult filters turned off – the current default – or on
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/02/04/internet_filters_vaizey/
Verizon quietly begins throttling data as iPhone launch looms
Posted: 2011/02/04 in Bandwidth Management, Education / Awareness, New Business Models, Tech EvolutionVerizon has quietly begun throttling the wireless connections of its heaviest data users, the company revealed in a PDF buried on its website (hat tip to BGR). The document explains that Verizon has begun two new network management practices in order to “provide the best experience to our more than 94 million customers,” and that they go into effect starting today, February 3.
In the document, Verizon says it’s using techniques such as caching less data on its network, reducing network capacity, and sizing video “more appropriately” for devices. “While we invest much effort to avoid changing text, image, and video files in the compression process and while any change to the file is likely to be indiscernible, the optimization process may minimally impact the appearance of the file as displayed on your device,” Verizon writes.
The possible solutions a .movie extension could provide – Roelof Meijer, director of SIDN, the Dutch internet domain registry
Posted: 2011/02/04 in Education / Awareness, File Sharing, Illegal File Sharing, New Business Models, Tech EvolutionAll in all, a .GTLD movie won’t provide a rock solid solution against piracy. There will always be people who prefer free, pirated content, even with sufficient legal online supply. A well-developed .movie gTLD however still has some great advantages. It would provide consumers of online entertainment who are willing to pay for their content a recognizable legal source for guaranteed safe and high quality movies. Moreover, it addresses the desire expressed by many that the industry itself should come up with new business models
More: http://futureofcopyright.com/index.php?page=news&id=1620
BT continues to evolve its child-protection offering and is also evaluating network-based parental controls. However, at this time these controls can’t match the functionality offered by PC-based parental-control software
Posted: 2011/02/04 in Blocking, Education / Awareness, Filtering, New Business Models, Tech EvolutionBT will continue to lead the debate amongst the industry in order to keep this technology under review as it evolves
Dutch Law Enforcement Uses New Weapon: Stealth SMS Text Messages
Posted: 2011/02/04 in Education / Awareness, Enforcement, Tech EvolutionThey’re being used to determine the geo-location of individuals suspected of criminal activities. The SMS text messages can not be detected by the receiver. It is believed that the method can also be used to activate phones (to eavesdrop on conversations) and have phones upload pictures.
Dutch language article: http://binnenland.nieuws.nl/628316/recherche_gebruikt_geheime_spionage-sms
Julian Assange: Our time has come. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says the era of the internet generation has arrived and he’ll continue to expose “abusive organisations”
Posted: 2011/02/04 in Education / AwarenessFor the internet generation this is our challenge and this is our time
More: http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/julian-assange-our-time-has-come/story-e6frfku0-1226000375154
Sandvine to Unveil New LTE-Ready Policy Traffic Switch Platform at Mobile World Congress
Posted: 2011/02/04 in Bandwidth Management, Blocking, Education / Awareness, Filtering, Mobile tech, Network Security, Tech EvolutionA number of software licenses are available to address specific business objectives:
- Network Analytics – gain visibility into the traffic usage on the network for enhanced operational and marketing decisions
- Fairshare Traffic Management – manage growing bandwidth demands while ensuring subscriber fairness
- Usage Management – create differentiated service offerings to meet subscribers broadband usage needs
- Network Protection – protect network infrastructure, subscribers and limit the impact of malicious network traffic
- URL Access Control – simplify regulatory filtering compliance with in-country legislation
- VoIP Quality of Experience – improve VoIP experience while minimizing VoIP costs and maximizing revenue
- Third Party Partner Integration- expand offerings with new value-added services
In an information-based world of cyber-insecurity, power diffusion may be a greater threat than power transition
Posted: 2011/02/04 in Education / Awareness, Public PolicyConventional wisdom has always held that the state with the largest military prevails. In an information age, however, it may be the state (or nonstate) with the best story that wins. Today, it is far from clear how to measure a balance of power, much less how to develop successful survival strategies for this new world
More: http://www.themoscowtimes.com/opinion/article/the-reality-of-virtual-power/430367.html
Wikileaks went from damaging attack helicopter video of murdered civilians, to petty school girl chatter about foreign diplomats to finally, outright propaganda
Posted: 2011/02/04 in Education / AwarenessWikileaks has all of the power to spread the truth on the internet and all of the secrecy that the Elite uses. When this site first came on the scene, I’ll admit that I bought it hook line and sinker. A group of rich, sophisticated hackers that want to shed light on everything the Elite want to keep secret… “That is awesome!” I knew in the beginning that their intelligence dumps would not be big or yield much of a result. It is the nature of the beast in this business. No one will stick their neck out for you, until you have some street credibility.
More: http://www.thepeoplesvoice.org/TPV3/Voices.php/2011/02/03/wikileaks-cointelpro-psyop
See also:
“Cablegate” to Date: A Unique List of What’s Been Revealed
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/greg-mitchell/cablegate-to-date-a-uniqu_b_818042.html
The online hacker group Anonymous, responsible for shutting down Egyptian government websites to support the anti-government protestors, has now set their sights on Yemen
Posted: 2011/02/04 in Cybercrime, Education / Awareness Gawker reported that the digital assault on Egypt’s Ministry of Information and President Hosni Mubarak’s National Democratic Party websites were followed up by taking down Yemen’s Ministry of Information and Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s websites during a “day of rage protest” Thursday in the Yemeni capital of Sana’a.
http://dailycaller.com/2011/02/03/hacker-group-anonymous-aims-yemen/
