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Surveillance is Tyranny

Surveillance is TyrannyIf you have done nothing wrongI think the ultimate comment on that line is the list of despots who have used it.If our Government were all that trustworthy, our Constitution would be a whole lot shorter and we could do without the Courts entirely.Yes. You are paranoid.Or...

Tags: Vertical industries, goodwill, extremist, Islamic terrorism, government, WWII

Discussion threads 2006-05-18

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Controversial counter-terror policy in UK education networks

The UK government in recent weeks has strongly advised colleges and universities to monitor networks for Islamic fundamentalism and extremism. With the release of a "toolkit" by the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills, students are asking questions about their civil liberties. This such move which went...

Tags: Network, Student, Government, Web Site Development, Vertical Industries, Networking, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-02-27

Google holds firm against Lieberman's call to take down Islamist videos

Google holds firm against Lieberman's call to take down Islamist videosShocking??Why is it "Shocking" that Google seeks to protect free speech??Sorry, some Americans still believe in the constitution and the bill of rights.Sorry you are not one of us."Shocking"? Indeed!!RE: Google holds firm against Lieberman's call to take down Islamist...

Tags: Corporate communications, Lieberman Software Corp, Islamist video, video, Google Inc., Islamist

Discussion threads 2008-05-20

Facebook: Revolution, Weed and Philanthropy

At the risk of endlessly re boiling the cabbage on the now infamous Sarah Lacy interview of Mark Zuckerberg at SXSW, it is worth highlighting some pretty important things he had to say on Facebook & corporate philanthropy before the reporter became the bigger part of the story.  The flippant style of interview...

Tags: Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Web 2.0, Government, Homeland Security, Strategy, Internet, Management, James Farrar

Blog posts 2008-03-21

Britain makes camera that 'sees' under clothes

Britain makes camera that 'sees' under clothesBritain is a surveillance society alreadyInteresting article. It says that people fear Britain is becoming a surveillance society.But surely Britain is already a surveillance society.Under the Home Office Voluntary Code of Practice on Data Retention your web activity, e-mail activity and details of phone...

Tags: 401(k), Retirement plans, camera, surveillance society

Discussion threads 2008-03-10

Firm gets U.S. nod for quick passenger data checks

Firm gets U.S. nod for quick passenger data checksQuick Passenger Data ChecksHas anyone ever heard of fake ids -- or this is a concept I just thought of? I understand what they are trying to do, but it should have been taken care of BEFORE getting on the plane....

Tags: Vertical industries, Islamic, extremism, Islamic extremism, passenger data check, quick passenger data check, anti-American, government

Discussion threads 2008-02-20

Are all engineers secretly terrorists?

Are all engineers secretly terrorists?Some people can't be trusted[b]OF COURSE[/b] engineers have the makings of terrorists. Most of our job is figuring out how things can go wrong, after all. Sure, we then go on to taking preventive steps but the fact remains that we're very much into...

Tags: Leadership, oscillator, motivation

Discussion threads 2008-01-31

Iran shuts down 24 cafes in Net crackdown

Iran shuts down 24 cafes in Net crackdownUSA TodayIn the USA today as well as today's USA Today are couple of notions and articles that are related. Sometimes I think our posts here are picked up fast and this was one on those times because on Friday there was a...

Tags: Gender and diversity, USA Today, cafe, crackdown, women

Discussion threads 2007-12-17

Police Blotter: Warrantless eavesdropping rejected

Police Blotter: Warrantless eavesdropping rejectedUpside down...Being the federal government's law enforcement arm, one would think that the Justice department would be concerned with enforcing and abiding the supreme law of the land.the ConstitutionAs it stands the Justice department is clearly an enemy of the Constitution.What would the Founders have expected...

Tags: Vertical industries, Franklin Quote, liberty, government, essential liberty, Police Blotter

Discussion threads 2007-09-26

NY police commissioner: 'Internet is the new Afghanistan'

NY police commissioner: 'Internet is the new Afghanistan'I agreeMan this guy is on top of things! Free expression and individual rights are defiantly problems. When people have the ability to share ideas and express them selfs they sometimes come up with ideas that go against the mainstream. What we really...

Tags: Homeland security, censorship, terrorism, Internet, INTERNET IS, tower, 9/11 commission

Discussion threads 2007-08-15

Google cooperates by removing sensitive imagery

Google cooperates by removing sensitive imageryHoly Cow!Are people DENSE or what?!?!? Guess it doesnt matter how much money you have, you can still be DUMB.Shame on Google. I've seen places and things on this planet that if I were a terrorist could provide me a LOT of ideas.Here...

Tags: Web site development, Web technology, Google Inc., Dont

Discussion threads 2007-01-18

Is Islamist cryptography evil?

Is Islamist cryptography evil?256 bit encryption is in public domainThis is silly. 256 AES and 2048 Public-Key encryption source code is readily available in the public domain, and any one of dozens of general-purpose programs.Any would-be-evil-islamic-bad-person worth worrying about would ALREADY have access to serious encryption. All we...

Tags: SECURITY, encryption, Islamist cryptography, Islamic Jihadists

Discussion threads 2007-01-03

Chertoff: Web could be terror training camp

Chertoff: Web could be terror training campHow many "staffers"?Did I understand this correctly? 35 staffers are going to monitor a network of websites that can't even be counted, and a couple of hundred million american Internet users? Good luck.Guess it's time to declare war on the internet...but where...

Tags: Workforce management, GUESS IT, Chertoff, training, Internet, terror training camp, training camp, U.S. Citizen, government, Web

Discussion threads 2006-10-17

Federal judge orders halt to NSA spy program

Federal judge orders halt to NSA spy programMaybe, but the ruling stands until a highercourt rules otherwise.Given how angry the courts are over Bush refusing to use the special court set up for this I doubt they are in a listening mood.You see, telling judges and courts to go frell...

Tags: American Civil Liberties Union

Discussion threads 2006-08-17

Airline luggage restrictions here to stay?

Airline luggage restrictions here to stay?Hell! Just banall clothing too while your at it! I mean if an explosive can be created to behave like plastic, cloth, liquid... nothing is safe and everything is suspect. WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE!!!! Waaaa the world is a dangerous place!!! Everything is a...

Tags: Islam, Islamic

Discussion threads 2006-08-11

U.S. pushes air security alert to red for first time

U.S. pushes air security alert to red for first timeThis works out well as election time is commingI certainly see a strong argument for raising the security level given what's going on. On the plus side, Karl Rove and his exceptional GOP re-election team can dust off the highly...

Tags: security, security alert

Discussion threads 2006-08-10

Intel Haifa staff work among the chaos

Intel Haifa staff work among the chaosStrategic blunder?Nothing against Israel I actually support Israel in its fight to survive against terrorism and rogue nations...but if I were an Intel executive or board member, I'm not sure I could have seen the proposition of opening a design center and fab in...

Tags: Homeland security, Hamas, Intel Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-07-17

Islamic militants recruit using U.S. video games

Islamic militants recruit using U.S. video gamesI can only speak for myselfbut in games with Nazi depictions, I've not tied the Nazi soldiers/party to modern day Germans. Too many times people tie a moment, a party, a figurehead or spokesman to be the feeling and voices of all of...

Tags: Games, game, Islamic, Nazi, Islamic militant, militant, bad guy, video game, video

Discussion threads 2006-05-05

Yahoo: We need effective cybercrime laws

Yahoo: We need effective cybercrime lawsAgreeI think the freedom of the internet is what makes it great, it's something that can't be duplicated with tv or radio. I can deal with spam. I can deal with viruses, phishing, etc mostly by educating myself, but what I can't deal with...

Tags: Spam, Cyberthreats, Internet, effective cybercrime law, cybercrime law, Yahoo! Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-03-31

Feds suggest 21-day deadline for Google subpoena

Feds suggest 21-day deadline for Google subpoenaI say give the Feds a 21 day deadline to explain the spy program.If it is on the up-and-up, should be pretty easy.This is the same group?You know...Federal Government...that just raked them over the coals for assisting the Chinese censorship.Nothing like dual standards.Everyday Bush...

Tags: U.S. GDP, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-03-10