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Sunday, June 29, 2014

The Internet’s Own Boy The Story of Aaron Swartz Official Trailer #1 (2014) HD



The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz Official Trailer #1 directed by Brian Knappenberger and starring Tim Berners-Lee, Cory Doctorow, Peter Eckersley.

ABOUT THE FILM
Available In Theaters and On Demand on June 27
The Internet’s Own Boy follows the story of programming prodigy and information activist Aaron Swartz. From Swartz’s help in the development of the basic internet protocol RSS to his co-founding of Reddit, his fingerprints are all over the internet. But it was Swartz’s groundbreaking work in social justice and political organizing combined with his aggressive approach to information access that ensnared him in a two-year legal nightmare. It was a battle that ended with the taking of his own life at the age of 26. Aaron’s story touched a nerve with people far beyond the online communities in which he was a celebrity. This film is a personal story about what we lose when we are tone deaf about technology and its relationship to our civil liberties.

Release Date: 2014
Director: Brian Knappenberger
Cast: Tim Berners-Lee, Cory Doctorow, Peter Eckersley
Genre: Documentary, Biography
Country: USA
Official Site: takepart.com/internets-own-boy

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SEE THE FILM IN THEATERS 

June 26

Los Angeles, CA 
Sundance Cinemas West Hollywood 

June 27

New York, NY 
IFC Center

Boston, MA 
Somerville Theatre

Toronto, Canada 
The Bloor Hot Docs Cinema

Chicago, IL 
Gene Siskel Film Center

Denver, CO 
SIE Film Center

Washington, DC 
West End Cinemas

Miami, FL 
O Cinema Wynwood

Cleveland, OH 
Cedar Lee Theatre

Atlanta, GA 
Plaza Theatre

Pasadena, CA 
Laemmle Playhouse 7 

Columbus, OH 
Gateway Film Center 

June 30 

Vancouver, Canada 
Vancity Theatre 

Albany, NY 
Spectrum 8 Theatres (one night only) 

July 4 

San Francisco, CA 
Roxie Theater 

Phoenix, AZ 
Valley Art 

Cupertino, CA 
BlueLight Cinemas 

July 11 

Seattle, WA 
NWFF 

July 16 

Norfolk, VA 
Naro Expanded Cinema (one night only)

Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Hackers recreate the NSA Spying Kit using junkyard items.

Mr. Edward Snowden revealed last year the NSA’s Advanced Network Technology catalog, a list of the tools provided by the NSA to its agents for spying purposes. Now some hackers and security experts have used this leaked information to make similar tools using available junkyard electronics.

The leaked catalog was examined by Michael Ossmann and his team. And they found out that many of the items were very easy to recreate at a fairly low price. He has already build a Software-Defined-Radio (SDR) which can record and transmit data from a target PC using a Kickstarter project, and this can be bought for just $300.

Ossmann has also recreated two more of NSA’s gadgets which function similar to the Ragemaster and Surlyspawn keystroke logger using just few transistors and pair of wires as an antenna. These devices are not as small as the NSA’s hardware but are at a fairly cheap cost.

Ossmann said, “Our goal isn’t to help hackers conduct their own spying operations, nor to make it easier for the government to get low-cost surveillance hardware. the goal of this project is to help the security industry understand the range of threats it should be protecting against.”

He has also set up a website named NSA Playset. Here he has given details on how they have reverse-engineered some of NSA’s hardware at a fairly cheap cost.

Author: Alpha X

Links: How To Create NSA Spying Hardware

Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Fukushima – If you haven’t watched this yet, do it.



If you haven’t watched this yet, do it. Then share it. #Fukushima

Some 39 months after the multiple explosions at Fukushima, thyroid cancer rates among nearby children have skyrocketed to more than forty times (40x) normal. 

More than 48 percent of some 375,000 young people—nearly 200,000 kids—tested by the Fukushima Medical University near the smoldering reactors nowsuffer from pre-cancerous thyroid abnormalities, primarily nodules and cysts. The rate is accelerating. 

More than 120 childhood cancers have been indicated where just three would be expected, says Joseph Mangano, executive director of the Radiation and Public Health Project

The nuclear industry and its apologists continue to deny this public health tragedy. Some have actually asserted that “not one person” has been affected by Fukushima’s massive radiation releases, which for some isotopes exceed Hiroshima by a factor of nearly 30.” Read more here''

Saturday, May 31, 2014

Edward Snowden gives first US TV interview



Thom discusses Edward Snowden’s first American TV interview with the Campaign for America’s Future’s Richard Eskow, gun safety with Everytown for Gun Safety’s Colin Goddard and the effects unions have on the middle class with David Laska of the New York State Republican Party. Thom takes viewer video questions and comments in ”Your Take, My Take Live” and in tonight’s ”Daily Take” Thom discusses Obama’s definition of American Exceptionalism.

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Hacker ‘Sabu’ walks free from court after ‘extraordinary’ FBI cooperation

Hector Xavier Monsegur (born 1983), known also by the online pseudonym Sabu (pronounced Sə’buː, Sæ’buː), is an American computer hacker and co-founder of the hacking group LulzSec. He later turned informant for the FBI, working with the agency for over ten months to aid them in identifying other hackers from Lulzsec and related groups. LulzSec intervened in the affairs of organizations such as News Corporation, Stratfor, British and American law enforcement bodies and Irish political party Fine Gael.

Sabu featured prominently in the group’s published IRC chats, and claimed to support the ”Free Topiary” campaign. The Economist referred to Sabu as one of LulzSec’s six core members and their ”most expert” hacker. More Info here

Monday, May 26, 2014

Barrett Brown’s Court Documents Unsealed: The Implications of the Gag Order

Dallas, May 20, 2014 – On April 23 District judge Sam Lindsay unsealed documents relating to journalist Barrett Brown’s trial and the subsequent gag order that was issued on September 4, 2013. Brown has been behind bars since his arrest September 12, 2012 and held under gag-order for the last 8 months. His arrest, and the gag-order that successfully kept his case out of the media spotlight, has some worrying implications for journalists and free citizens everywhere.

Barrett Brown has been an activist, and a journalist. Articles and blogs from Brown have been featured in numerous publications including the Guardian, Vanity Fair, and the Huffington Post. He is part of the new breed of online activists who are also free-lance writers. Brown and his cohorts are able to bring a raw, fresh perspective to journalism while advocating for the issues they hold dear. His work with Anonymous made him a household name in online forums and by 2011 he was conducting interviews as an unofficial spokesman for the hacker collective.

On March 6, 2012 the FBI raided Barrett Brown’s home while conducting a search warrant. Working on a tip from hacker turned informant Sabu, the FBI sought computers and records related to “conspiracy to obstruct justice, and the obstruction of justice” and “conspiracy to access without authorization protected computers”. The government was looking for any information Brown had on a hack of intelligence firm HBGary and others.After locating Brown at his mother’s house the FBI notified him of the warrant and came back with a warrant for her house as well.

Six months later, on September 12, 2012 Brown was raided a second time. This time he was at home and participating in a live Tinychat session.After being denied bail and held without charge for two weeks, he was finally indicted on three charges in October 2012. The charges dealt with aYouTube video posted by Brown in which the FBI alleged he made threats to one of their agents. In December, Brown was indicted again on charges related to the hack of Austin, Texas based intelligence firm Stratfor. Jeremy Hammond would later receive ten years for that leak.

Read more.

Saturday, May 24, 2014

How the Government Tracks You – NSA Surveillance



Don’t just watch it, DO SOMETHING: http://TheNSAvideo.com

The U.S. Government has turned the Internet into something it was never intended to be: a system for spying on us in our most private moments. Out of control government surveillance is a dangerous form of censorship. Don’t be intimidated. Share this video.

Narrated by Evangeline Lilly

Brought to you by Fight for the Future and Demand Progress.

Produced by Mata Wata — http://matawata.com

Executive Producer: Evangeline Lilly — http://evangelinelilly.com

Photos and Video from the October 15th Guerrilla Screening Debut in New York City: http://TheNSAVideo.com/#screening

STOP WATCHING US RALLY AGAINST MASS SURVEILLANCE

Sat, October 26th in Washington, DC

http://Rally.StopWatching.us