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Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Railways Ghulam Ahman Bilour on Saturday has announced a reward of $100,000 for the person who kills maker of anti-Islam film

Posted: 2012/09/22 in Education / Awareness, Public Policy, Stats / reports

Federal Minister for Railways Ghulam Ahman Bilour on Saturday has announced a reward of $100,000 for the person who kills maker of anti-Islam film.

Railways minister Ghulam Ahman Bilour while addressing a press conference said that there was no other way to lodge a protest and instill fear among the blasphemers other than murder of the filmmaker, adding that the rich people should donate money for the purpose.

He said he knew that he was committing a crime by instigating people for murder, adding he was ready to be a criminal for this cause.

“If a case is lodged against me in the international court, I will ask people to hand me over to them. I want to show these countries that we will not tolerate any such things.”

The minister also called on members of the Taliban and al Qaeda for their support, saying that if members of the banned militant organisations kill the maker of the blasphemous movie, they will also be rewarded.

http://www.sananews.net/english/bilour-announces-100000-head-money-for-anti-islam-filmmaker/

Three Myths Behind ‘Internet Pirates Always Win’

Posted: 2012/09/22 in Copyright, Education / Awareness, Enforcement, Illegal File Sharing, New Business Models, Public Policy, Stats / reports, Tech Evolution, Three Strikes

Myth No. 1: You can’t compete with “free.”

Myth No. 2: Piracy doesn’t harm sales.

Myth No. 3: Anti-piracy laws don’t work.

Much more:
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-09-17/three-myths-behind-internet-pirates-always-win

Facebook photo syncing lets you store your mobile photos privately (and immediately), then choose which ones to share

Posted: 2012/09/22 in Education / Awareness, New Business Models, Privacy / Data Protection, Stats / reports, Tech Evolution

https://www.facebook.com/help/photosync

Discover how the Internet sees you with the Life Online Mirror

Posted: 2012/09/22 in Education / Awareness, New Business Models, Privacy / Data Protection, Stats / reports, Tech Evolution

The National Media Museum in Bradford in the UK has launched an interactive ‘Life Online Mirror’ aimed to show you the ‘scientifically and academically rigorous breakdown of your personality, providing a unique digital reflection of your true self’.

Unlike Intel’s Museum of Me which interprets your social life and creates a visual archive, the Museum has based its Mirror on a personality system and back end big data.

The Museum developed the online mirror with Cambridge University researchers. It uses a personality analysis system, used by academics and compared against a database of 6.5 million people gathered by researchers at the Cambridge University Psychometrics Centre.

National Media Museum Mirror

By comparing results with this database the tool claims that it can give you a scientifically accurate breakdown of your personality based upon your Internet behaviour.

The tool asks for information from your Facebook profile, or your answers to questions and it claims to predict your personality with over 80% accuracy. It assesses your personality using five key characteristics — openness, conscientiousness, extroversion, agreeableness and stability.

It encourages you to create your own ‘reflection’ in the virtual mirror and says:

‘You’ll have the chance to see if our predictions of your personality match how you see yourself in the real world. We hope this will encourage you to think a little differently about how you use the web and how this reflects your true self’.

More:
http://www.zdnet.com/discover-how-the-internet-sees-you-with-the-life-online-mirror-7000004655/

Ecuador might transfer Assange to Sweden (WikiLeaks)

Posted: 2012/09/22 in Education / Awareness, Public Policy, Stats / reports

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange could be transferred to the Ecuadorian embassy in Sweden in order to respond to sex crime allegations that he faces there.

Ecuador, which had granted the whistleblower political asylum, may ask Britain to transfer him under its protection, Ecuadorian Minister Ricardo Patino indicated on Friday.

Patino told reporters that among different possibilities to end the stalemate over Assange’s case was “that his statement be taken in our embassy in London or that Ecuador get authorization to transfer him, if necessary, to our embassy in Sweden so that the case can proceed there with the protection of Ecuador and meeting the needs of Swedish justice.”

To date there has been no reaction from London.

More:
http://rt.com/news/ecuador-transfer-assange-sweden-710/

Approximately 1,000 youths have been involved in violent riots at a Madrid music festival, injuring 60 and hospitalizing 10

Posted: 2012/09/22 in Education / Awareness, Stats / reports

Witnesses have described it as an “urban battle” scene. Eleven were arrested.

The youngsters involved had been barred from entering the free MTV Madrid Beach outdoor festival, as it had already been stretched to full capacity. People started shoving violently and climbing over security barriers. A bystander told the local daily 20Minutos that “some raised the fences, others jumped; there was much pushing and then the fighting.”

The rioting began in the early hours of Saturday morning. An unnamed police spokesman said that as it escalated, a “shower of bottles” came from the crowds. Bins were burnt, bus stops “trashed”, vehicles parked in the area were destroyed and signposts broken.

Fire-fighters were sent to the scene, and police reinforcements had to be called out. Riot police fired rounds of rubber bullets in response to the bottle-throwers.

More:
http://rt.com/news/madrid-music-festival-riot-743/

The Printable Firearm Revolution is Closer Than You Think

Posted: 2012/09/22 in Education / Awareness, New Business Models, Stats / reports, Tech Evolution

http://www.infowars.com/the-printable-firearm-revolution-is-closer-than-you-think/

Facebook Is Now Recording Everyone You Stalk

Posted: 2012/09/22 in Education / Awareness, New Business Models, Privacy / Data Protection, Stats / reports, Tech Evolution

Do you like looking at the profiles of people you don’t know that well on Facebook? Of course you do, because we’re all sick and it’s fun. One wrinkle: there’s now a list of everything you search for on FB.

More:
http://gizmodo.com/5945415/facebook-is-now-recording-everyone-you-stalk

Burglars in Japan First to Get Hands on iPhone 5

Posted: 2012/09/22 in Education / Awareness, Public Policy, Stats / reports

At a time when thousands of eager Apple fans were already lined up outside outlets around the world, Osaka police said 191 of Apple’s latest must-have smartphone were stolen in the wee hours leading up to the official launch. As of Friday at noon, three stores were hit across Japan’s western metropolis in an unusual string of robberies targeting the hottest tech toy this fall.

More:
http://blogs.wsj.com/japanrealtime/2012/09/21/burglars-in-japan-first-to-get-hands-on-iphone-5/?mod=e2tw

FBI renews broad Internet surveillance push

Posted: 2012/09/22 in Cybercrime, Education / Awareness, Enforcement, New Business Models, Public Policy, Stats / reports

Director Robert Mueller tells Congress that police are “increasingly unable” to bring criminals to justice because rapid advances in technology thwart surveillance

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57518265-38/fbi-renews-broad-internet-surveillance-push/

Facebook bends to Europe’s will, disables facial recognition (for now)

Posted: 2012/09/22 in Blocking, Education / Awareness, New Business Models, Privacy / Data Protection, Public Policy, Stats / reports

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/09/facebook-bends-to-europes-will-disables-facial-recognition-for-now/

Iranians have mounted a series of denial-of-service attacks over the past year that target major US banks and other companies

Posted: 2012/09/22 in Cybercrime, Education / Awareness, Network Security, Privacy / Data Protection, Public Policy, Stats / reports

http://arstechnica.com/security/2012/09/web-attacks-us-banks-originated-in-iran/

Call For Project X Party In Dutch Town Of Gouda Removed From Facebook

Posted: 2012/09/22 in Blocking, Education / Awareness, Enforcement, New Business Models, Public Policy, Stats / reports

Dutch language news article:
http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/12979819/__Facebook-oproep_Gouda__weg__.html

The Aftermath of Project X – Haren: Dutch Police Tries To Convince News Media That Facebook And Facebook Riots Are A ‘New Phenomenon’

Posted: 2012/09/22 in Education / Awareness, Enforcement, Public Policy, Stats / reports

Pictures and videos of the riots at Project X in Haren can be found here.

At a press conference a Dutch Police Chief tries to convince the audience that Facebook, Twitter and Facebook riots are a new phenomenon.

Facebook has been founded in 2004, genuine ‘Facebook riots’ have been known to exist since 2009 with a peak in 2011.

The 2008 real life event that inspired the movie Project X:

Large party in Melbourne’s south-east. 500 teenagers. Police cars damaged. Bottles thrown at officers. Neighbours scared. Police helicopters and dog squad called in. $20,000 cost to the public. Parents yet to find out.

Dutch language news article and press conference:
http://www.rtvnoord.nl/artikel/artikel.asp?p=113738

Previously:

This Is What Happens When 240,000 Facebook Invites Are Being Distributed For A Real Life Version Of Project X
http://vrritti.com/2012/09/22/this-is-what-happens-when-240000-facebook-invites-are-being-distributed-for-a-real-life-version-of-project-x/

This Is What Happens When 240,000 Facebook Invites Are Being Distributed For A Real Life Version Of Project X

Posted: 2012/09/22 in Education / Awareness, Stats / reports, Tech Evolution

Thousands of Dutch youngsters showed up in the small Dutch town of Haren, to celebrate the birthday of a 16-year-old who had sent out an open invitation to her party via Facebook.

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