Archive for 2011/09/29
TWU 100 member talking about support for the demonstrators at #OccupyWallStreet
Posted: 2011/09/29 in Education / AwarenessOrganizers of ‘Occupy Memphis’ plan Overton Park assembly on Friday
Posted: 2011/09/29 in Education / AwarenessThe event in Memphis will take place at the east end of Overton Park off East Parkway beginning at 6 p.m.
Similar protests have people occupying the sidewalk outside Chicago’s Federal Reserve.
An Oct. 6 protest is scheduled for Freedom Plaza in downtown Washington, D.C.
http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2011/sep/29/organizers-occupy-memphis-plan-overton-park-assemb/
New anarchist Twitter clone for all your protesting needs. Censorship-free, anonymous and secure e-mail, social networking and video streaming to follow?
Posted: 2011/09/29 in Education / Awareness, New Business Models, Privacy / Data Protection, Tech EvolutionVibe is a mobile messaging app for iPhone and Android which places an emphasis on anonymity and privacy. Users can start posting short “Vibes” to each others’ phones without any log-in, and can set their messages to expire in as few as 15 minutes; this theoretically makes it harder for authorities to crack down on it. Think of Vibe as 4chan-in-your-pocket or, as Betabeat calls it, “Anarchist Twitter”
http://gawker.com/5845160/new-anarchist-twitter-clone-for-all-your-protesting-needs
Occupy L.A.: Protest Group Will Move In at City Hall October 1
Posted: 2011/09/29 in Education / Awareness
Russell Simmons at #OccupyWallStreet: “We promote everybody else democracy, but it’s not working HERE.”
Posted: 2011/09/29 in Education / AwarenessVideo appears to show police punching #OccupyWallStreet protester in the face
Posted: 2011/09/29 in Education / Awareness, EnforcementFull speed:
An explanation for dumb journalists, and explaining the difference between a real grassroots movement and the astroturf Tea
Posted: 2011/09/29 in Education / AwarenessWell, duh. Don’t we all know that Goldman Sachs bet against the same housing market they were such a big player in, and made $1bn in profit when the sub-prime crisis rendered millions of Americans homeless?
Posted: 2011/09/29 in Education / Awarenessohn Paulson, the manager whose hedge fund was betting for Goldman, could have honestly said exactly what Rastani said, but of course he knew better – possibly because unlike Rastani, Paulson’s firm had a major, immediate and provable impact, and there’s no telling how his millions of victims might have reacted. Unlike Rastani, true industry insiders like Paulson, Geithner et al remain silent about the way their system works, couching it all in technical jargon and full-on deceit. They’ve been doing it for decades, and, since Ronald Reagan’s day, with increasing consistency.
More:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/sep/29/alessio-rastani-no-prank
The Transit Workers Union, representing over 200,000 members in 22 states is now supporting #OccupyWallStreet
Posted: 2011/09/29 in Education / Awarenesshttp://www.opednews.com/articles/Occupy-Wall-Street-Day-13-by-Chaz-Valenza-110929-605.html
See also:
‘US economy will become even worse’
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/201840.html
And:
A member of TWU Local 100 told a reporter that they would join the protest Friday at 4PM
http://www.businessinsider.com/a-massive-union-just-voted-to-side-with-the-wall-street-protesters-2011-9
Online Cop Forum: Wall St. Protest Pepper-Spray Videos ‘Are Great’
Posted: 2011/09/29 in Education / Awareness, EnforcementDid Google censor this Anonymous video? #OccupyWallStreet
Posted: 2011/09/29 in Blocking, Education / Awareness, Filtering, Google, Public Policy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8luund0wLP4
The video was censored, but you can read the content here:
Greetings, people of the world. We are Anonymous.
As many of you are aware, over the past several days, significant demonstrations have been held in protest of the corrupt financial system that favors the richest 1% of our nation; while the remaining 99% have to deal with things such as abuse of our civil rights, overseas outsourcing of our jobs, and living off minimum wage while gas hovers around $3.50 a gallon. The minimal attention given to these demonstrations has caused growing concern, with rumors of media blackouts and repealed news coverage becoming increasingly harder to deny.
We would like to thank those in our national media that chose to cover the truth about the events of the wall street occupation. Your contribution to society will not go unrecognized.
Unfortunately, this coverage has not been sufficient, we must now take efforts to spread the truth into our own hands. It is now up to us, the people of this great nation, to act for ourselves. We must share the truth through our social networks, by texting, instant/private messaging, posting, and blogging to our friends and relatives. We must take to the streets and speak of the truth in our coffee shops and mall outlets. Our voices will be heard.
Bloggers, dedicate your blogs to Occupy Wall Street,
Website owners, Write an article about Occupy Wall Street,
People in urban areas, Pass out and post up flyers about Occupy Wall Street,
Social network users, Flood your twitter accounts with OccupyWallStreet hashtags, post videos, articles, and any news about Occupy Wall Street.
Share this call to action, and encourage others to do the same.
To those currently occupying, stay strong, always know that you have our support.
We will not allow tyrannical police to oppress and bully you. Stay peaceful, stay vigilant, and know that you are making our nation proud.
To the police who wish to remain tyrannical, we will continue to show our support for the peaceful protesters. You will be exposed for the inhumane offences you commit, and everyone will know just who you are and what you have done. Your information will be posted everywhere and mirrored everywhere.
If you strip the freedom away from our peaceful protestors, then we shall strip your privacy away from you.
To the people of the world:
You are Anonymous.
You are Legion.
You are the media.
You are the voice of truth.
You can not forgive.
You can not forget.
They should expect us.
Source:
http://anonops.blogspot.com/2011/09/anonymous-occupywallstreet-call-to.html
At the time of writing, the video can be seen here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lrGZnKf888 :
Periodically shown:
Dutch anti-piracy organization BREIN mentioned twice in WikiLeaks cables
Posted: 2011/09/29 in Education / Awareness, Enforcement, Illegal File SharingBREIN discusses the Mininova.org trial with a representative of the US Embassy and is being mentioned in a Russian memo regarding the Interfilm.ru website which was hosted in The Netherlands.
Dutch language news article:
http://webwereld.nl/nieuws/108067/stichting-brein-overlegt-met-vs.html
The Government Is Taking a Closer Look at Google Eating Motorola
Posted: 2011/09/29 in Education / Awareness, Google, Public PolicySchoolteachers can’t teach our kids to code, say engineers
Posted: 2011/09/29 in Education / AwarenessOnStar Drops Plan To Monitor Non-Subscribers
Posted: 2011/09/29 in Education / Awareness, Privacy / Data ProtectionGovernment officials in the Dutch city of Delfzijl have taken down their own IT infrastructure…by watching live streams of the Tour de France on their PCs
Posted: 2011/09/29 in Education / Awareness, Public PolicyDutch language news articles:
http://webwereld.nl/nieuws/108072/ambtenaren-kijken-tour–leggen-ict-netwerk-plat.html
In 2003 the IT network of Dutch parliament got clogged as the majority of its members were downloading movies and MP3s.
Dutch language news article:
http://tweakers.net/nieuws/25479/netwerk-tweede-kamer-gebukt-onder-mediacratie.html
It will take the Dutch government one year to properly erase 6 million fingerprints from digital databases
Posted: 2011/09/29 in Education / Awareness, Privacy / Data Protection, Public PolicyDutch parliament had asked for the measure, as the databases contained too many errors (real fingerprints and digitally recorded versions did not match)
Dutch language news article:
http://webwereld.nl/nieuws/108073/-vernietigen-vingerafdrukdatabase-duurt-een-jaar-.html
Anonymous posts social security numbers of politicians in Norway. Protest against lack of proper data protection
Posted: 2011/09/29 in Education / Awareness, Privacy / Data ProtectionDutch language news article:
http://webwereld.nl/nieuws/108077/anonymous-publiceert-priv–data-noorse-politici.html
Facebook is stealing employees from everyone (infographic)
Posted: 2011/09/29 in Education / AwarenessSpotify’s Facebook application has permissions that cannot be revoked individually. Those revoked permissions are being reactivated after reboot
Posted: 2011/09/29 in Education / Awareness, Stats / reportsRevoking other permissions can even result in the functionality of the Spotify application being disabled
Dutch language news article:
http://tweakers.net/nieuws/77080/rechten-spotify-applicatie-op-facebook-zijn-niet-in-te-trekken.html
Europe said to have more users of fiber-optic broadband networks than the US
Posted: 2011/09/29 in Education / Awareness, Stats / reportsDutch language news article:
http://tweakers.net/nieuws/77072/europa-haalt-amerika-in-met-aantal-glasvezelgebruikers.html
English language report:
http://www.ftthcouncil.eu/documents/Presentations/20110927BBWFPRESSCONFERENCE_FULL.pdf
Lawmakers seek FTC probe of Facebook post-log out tracking
Posted: 2011/09/29 in Education / Awareness, Privacy / Data Protection, Public Policy“When users log out of Facebook, they are under the expectation that Facebook is no longer monitoring their activities. We believe this impression should be the reality. Facebook users should not be tracked without their permission,” said the letter (PDF) sent to the FTC by Edward Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat, and Joe Barton, a Texas Republican.
“Facebook was able to obtain this information when users visited websites that connect with Facebook, including websites with ‘Like’ buttons,” the letter said. “There are an estimated 905,000 sites that contain the ‘Like’ button.”
Hands-on with Amazon’s new Kindles
Posted: 2011/09/29 in Education / Awareness, New Business Models, Tech EvolutionThe US Government – Goldman Sachs – Wall Street – The Little Guy “We are watching the burning of Rome” #OccupyWallStreet
Posted: 2011/09/29 in Education / Awareness, Public PolicyAn Open Letter to NPR On Covering Wall St. Protests #OccupyWallStreet
Posted: 2011/09/29 in Education / AwarenessAgain, how stupid can NPR get? as far as (4) is concerned, that the demons lacked “an especially clear objective,” how come Mayor Bloomberg, in the story you finally ran, was able to clearly discern that objective, which was to protest against the Wall Street banks, when NPR can’t figure it out?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sandy-goodman/npr-occupy-wall-street_b_986021.html
