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Submission + - Wikileaks posts mysterious "insurance" file

Submitted by betterunixthanunix on Friday July 30, 2010 @07:59PM

betterunixthanunix writes: Wikileaks has posted a mysterious "insurance" file, which has no description but is encrypted with AES256. Cryptome has posted some speculation that this file may have been posted in case something happens to the Wikileaks website, in which case the passphrase would be divulged by Wikileaks staff.

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/07/wikileaks-insurance-file/

Submission + - Limewire sued again (nytimes.com)

Submitted by betterunixthanunix on Thursday June 17, 2010 @09:00AM

betterunixthanunix writes: Another lawsuit has been filed against Limewire, this time by the National Music Publishers Association. They claim that Limewire also damaged them, and seek $150000 per infringement, putting the maximum possible damages in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Limewire seems to have become the latest music industry punching bag.

Submission + - Owner of http://glennbeckrapedandmurderedayounggir

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betterunixthanunix

on Wednesday September 30, 2009 @03:01PM

betterunixthanunix writes: "The owner claims that Glenn Beck is trying to sidestep the US court system, and that only an "abject imbecile" would assume the website was in any way related to Beck or his trademarks. He also notes that Beck himself has no standing, unless he seriously believes that his audience is composed of morons; even that, though, would not be sufficient for a trademark case."

Submission + - Prominent Researcher Held Captive by Kazakhstan (bringvictorhome.com)

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betterunixthanunix

on Friday October 24, 2008 @11:36AM

betterunixthanunix writes: "Several weeks ago, Professor Victor Skormin, a prominent and renown researcher, went to Kazakhstan to give talks at universities there and to facilitate further collaboration between those schools and schools in the USA. He was paid in cash by the Kazakh schools, which he attempted to carry with him as he boarded his flight. Due to an error in directions, he neglected to declare his currency at the right time, and was accused of currency smuggling; he refused to bribe the Kazakh customs agents who were accusing him, and was forced to endure a trial in Kazakhstan. During this time, he was unable to obtain his medications, and began to suffer from the effects of kidney failure, and his health has continued to deteriorate. He was found guilty by the judge in Kazakhstan, despite the prosecution's witnesses neglecting to attend the trial, and was fined the full sum of the money he was carrying. His domestic employer, Binghamton University, has neglected to provide him with any form of assistance, has actively worked against others who attempted to contact the state department, and has tried to silence discussion of the situation among faculty on campus."

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