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Submission + - Snowden Sought NSA Job In Order To Leak (huffingtonpost.com)

Submitted by J053 on Monday June 24, 2013 @09:35PM

J053 writes: The HuffPo reports:

Edward Snowden, the former government contractor who leaked information on the National Security Agency's surveillance programs, says he sought the job with Booz Allen Hamilton to gather evidence on the agency's data collection networks.

In a June 12 interview with the South China Morning Post published Monday, Snowden, who previously worked as a CIA technician, said he took the position with the intention of collecting information on the NSA.

“My position with Booz Allen Hamilton granted me access to lists of machines all over the world the NSA hacked,” he said. “That is why I accepted that position about three months ago.”

Comment Re:Be careful what you wish for. (Score 5, Informative) 58

by Naish0ze on Monday June 24, 2013 @09:00PM (#44097375) Attached to: Analyzing Congress's Multiple Approaches To Patent Reform

Health and Wellness should not be patentable - the drive to produce medicines will of course take dedicated researchers and the finances to power them, however this does not NEED to be aprfitable enterprise in order for it to happen. There exist a small group of very wealthy individuals who commit vast sums of money to the saving of lives with no other motive than 'it being the right thing to do' and self organizing groups of like minded donor can fill the shoes of profit motivated Big Pharma.

The argument made by Big Pharma - if we cannot monetize it, noone will do it - is as facile and pretentious as the MPAA/RIAA assertion that without their involvement music would cease.

Case in point, Sabin declined to patent his inventions in the search for a cure to polio; "costing" him an unknowable amount of revenue from all of the direct and indirect results from vaccination techniques and science. However, because of his unwillingness to patent, MILLIONS of people were and continue to be spared from debilitating and fatal diseases.

Yes, if we abolish medical patents, there will be a loss of future revenues for Big Pharma investors and speculators. Investors and speculators should be aware that there is risk of loss of any and all of thier funding through unforseen but inevitable changes to the marketplace. Tuff Shit! thats what happens to investors.

But how many lives will be saved in the short and long term by the transfer of medical research from patent hungry, financially motivated, greedy investors and replaced by TAX EXEMPT donations to medical research teams dedicated to a cure?!

I can't wait to see

Comment Re:don't be a screentoucher... (Score 1) 359

by Naish0ze on Monday June 24, 2013 @08:10PM (#44097127) Attached to: My view of touchscreen laptops:

in the spirit of you break it you buy it, you should have a sticker across the top edge "You touch it, I'll break your finger!" and then grab ahold of every offending finger and pull-twist-turn.

Comment Does this apply to NSA databreaches? (Score 1) 1

by Naish0ze on Monday June 24, 2013 @07:55PM (#44097055) Attached to: New EU rules require ISPs, Telcos to come clean within 24 hours of data breach

Seriously, when an organization is served a FISA warrant within the US, the usual GAG ORDER obviously will apply. However when a non US entity is aware that NSA wiretapping has occurred with or without FISA warrant; is the company complied under EU regulations to disclose that breach to users?

Submission + - US Senators: NSA lies in its fact sheets

Submitted by Bruce66423 on Monday June 24, 2013 @07:45PM

Bruce66423 writes: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/24/senators-nsa-letter-inaccurate-information-privacy reports that two US senators have written to the NSA telling it to amend its facts sheets which, they claim, are inaccurate. However they can't actually say HOW they are inaccurate, because they know because of classified information. So the US government uses taxpayer's money to lie to the people... there's a surprise!

Comment Turn off the autoCrap (Score 1) 3

by Naish0ze on Monday June 24, 2013 @06:38PM (#44096761) Attached to: Why Oh Why did Slashdot introduce auto-refresh on its homepage?

Another vote for turning off autoCraptasticRefresh Ive been AnonymousCoward for years, almost since the month the site first launched, i remained loyal through all of the design "improvements" and CorporateOverlord-ing - and THIS is what it took to make me create an account so i could yell about the abortion that some web-minister has foisted on all the readers! I'm tempted to close this account and wander the web looking for a replacement news source.

Submission + - Wyoming could be first state to roll out IPV6 (wyomingbusinessreport.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 24, 2013 @05:09PM

An anonymous reader writes: Wyoming could be the first state in the nation to fully transition to the next generation of Internet protocol by 2015.

Submission + - New EU rules require ISPs, Telcos to come clean within 24 hours of data breach (paritynews.com) 1

Submitted by hypnosec on Monday June 24, 2013 @02:59PM

hypnosec writes: Under new EU regulations ISPs and Telcos serving European customers will have to come clean within 24 hours in case of a security or data breach that leads to theft, loss or compromise of data. Companies will have to disclose the nature and size of the breach within the first 24 hours and wherever it’s not possible to submit such data, they must “initial information” within the stipulated time with full details within three days. Under the new terms the affected organizations will be required to reveal information such as information that has been compromised and the steps that have been taken or will be taken to resolve the situation. If the breach "is likely to adversely affect" personal information or privacy, affected businesses and consumers will be notified of the breach.

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