Anonymous Brings Down the Government
OK, that’s a slight exaggeration and also very vague. I came across this story this morning – apparently hacker supergroup Anonymous (the lot who brought down the Scientology sites in January 2008 and have been a part of a range of other pranks and crashes) recently hit a number of Australian government sites with DDOS attacks in protest of the country’s increasing moves towards a censored internet.
Wikipedia Sued by Convicted Murderer
It’s been a quiet few days in the world of online privacy and security – not because there’s nothing going on, but because THEY are keeping a low profile while THEY plot their next move – but I still managed to come across this little gem on my travels through the webtarnets this morning.
Wolfgang Werle was convicted of murdering Bavarian actor Walter Sedlmayr in 1990 by a German court. The actor’s Wikipedia page naturally mentions the name of his killer, but Werle’s lawyers are contesting that the court rulings which feature his name and likeness cannot be used in further publications regarding the matter of Sedlmayr’s death and are attempting to invoke this on the world’s most popular online encyclopaedia. A cease and desist order was sent, demanding his removal from the Wiki entry and the German media have already stopped using his name.
Today DMCA-Merica, Tomorrow The World
Looks like the American copyright Gestapo are at it again. Not content with trying to criminalise everyone on the internet in America, a leaked document shows that the US are trying to foist their newly updated DMCA notice and takedown process on the rest of the world. Joy of joys; time to hide the laptops in the air conditioning vents again then.
Just Another Day On Planet America
The big summer blockbusters tend to be events which a lot of people throughout the world get excited by; the marketing’s everywhere, people really want to see them, they’re all the kids can think about and we all make plans for dinner, drinks and a film. They’re almost giant corporate events for pirates, too.
Judge Won’t Punish Anti-RIAA Blogger
That’s right it’s Thursday, and that means it’s time for the latest piece from my Pen of Paranoia (well, keyboard, but you get the idea). Today it looks like the good guys have scored a point in the battle against the RIAA.
Threat Level Thursdays
TechThursdays didn’t quite take off the way I was hoping it would – it looks like people were a little reluctant to send our lovely little blog expensive electronic toys that they would never get back under the guise of my ‘reviewing’ them. Shame, because I was really hoping that Canon would pony up with one of their new high-end SLRs.
So now we’re going to try something a little different; something that’s quite close to my heart and something that there’s never a shortage of material for: security and privacy, both on and off line. It’ll be called Threat Level Thursday.