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Submission + - Call To Arms: Free The Internet! 2

ChristW writes: We've been on the slippery slope for some time now. SOPA and PIPA, the MAFIAA, BREIN (in The Netherlands) shutting down links to sites, and shutting down sites that link to sites that have instructions on them, the DeCSS debacle, the Sony Rootkit debacle, you name it...

The companies and governments are acting like little children (taking the Internet for their own intentions, and not sharing it).

I say, we do what we do to little children. We've given the Internet to the corporations and governments, it's time to say 'Bad girl!' and take it back from them.

So, what can we do to wrestle the Internet from their hands?
Hardware

Submission + - Developers for GTA04 (OpenMoko successor) needed! (gta04.org)

ChristW writes: "In a recent article, I presented you with the OpenMoko Freerunner's successor, the GTA-04.

The project is in dire need of (kernel) developers to help out with drivers, suspend/idle time and userland applications, or any other area you may be interested in.

A limited number of free (as-in-beer and, of course, as-in-speech) GTA04 main boards is available for people who want to help move the project forward. Having a GTA01 (Neo1973) or GTA02 (Freerunner) is optional, but having one will enable you to convert your existing phone to one with the new main board.

If anyone is interested in obtaining one of these boards, please let me know!"

Government

Submission + - UK Government Demands Info On All Calls, Emails and Tweets (techweekeurope.co.uk) 1

judgecorp writes: "the UK government is proposing a ,law that would require phone and Internet companies to store information on all communications, and hand it to the security services when required. The Communications Capabilities Development Programme (CCDP) abandoned by the last government is back on the table, proposed as a means to increase security, and likely to be pushed throgh before the Olympics in London, according to reports."
Idle

Submission + - Goats can form accents :-) say experts (dbune.com)

abhatt writes: Don't be proud that only you have an accent being a human.. As the new study states.. experts once believed that only a select group of animals, such as humans, elephants, whales, bats and dolphins, had the ability to modify vocal sounds to reflect their surroundings, but a new study shows that goats can be added to that list.

Submission + - Sopa-II : H.R. 1981 "Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act" (businessinsider.com) 7

TaoPhoenix writes: "Here we go! As many of you predicted, SOPA would be rebuilt worse than ever by switching the Copyright flavor to a "Protect the Kiddies" flavor. You were right. H.R. 1981, entitled "Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act", has just been sponsored by Lamar Smith, the same lead proponent of SOPA. That was fast! Unfortunately it has a built in cheapo argument ready as a talking point. It also has some nasty and costly data retention clauses that weren't even in SOPA. Are we ready to do another Blackout Day? I don't think we have too many of those left before the fragile Internet coalition becomes exhausted. So, two questions: How do we stop this bill, and how do we win a victory permanent enough that we don't have to do this every single month?
Business Insider version: http://www.businessinsider.com/anonymous-and-internet-advocates-wheres-your-hr-1981-outrage-2012-2
David Seaman's Youtube videocast http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBVqm2W56c8"

Google

Submission + - Google "Busted With Hand in Safari Cookie Jar" (wired.com)

a_hanso writes: Wired and several other sources report: Google intentionally circumvented the default privacy settings of Apple’s Safari browser, using a backdoor to set cookies on browsers set to reject them, in the latest privacy debacle for the search and advertising giant. Google immediately disabled the practice after the Wall Street Journal disclosed the practice.
Windows

Submission + - VLC 2.0 with Experimental BluRay Support Now Available for Windows, Mac [Downloa (thetechnologytimes.com)

Prabhakaran writes: "VideoLan has just released the most awaited version 2.0 of open source VLC media player and it’s now available for download. Case of changes it has plenty, yes VLC 2.0 has revamped with new UI, 10bits codecs, new video rendering pipeline, high-quality subtitles, and also supports new experimental BluRay discs, more HD file formats and bunch of bug fixes. Especially the Mac version has"

Submission + - OpenMoko's FreeRunner rises from the ashes

ChristW writes: Remember OpenMoko's first free and open source phones, the GTA-01 and GTA-02 (also called FreeRunner)? There is a new project called Phoenux. The German company Golden Delicous is building a new main board (called GTA-04) for the GTA01/02 case.

The new hardware features:
- DM3730 (800 MHz)
- GTM601W UMTS (HSPA)
(and lots more)
Sony

Sony Breach Gets Worse: 24.6 Million Compromised Accounts At SOE 242

An anonymous reader writes with an update to yesterday morning's news that Sony Online Entertainment's game service was taken offline to investigate a potential data breach related to the PSN intrusion. SOE has now said that they too suffered a major theft of user data. "... personal information from approximately 24.6 million SOE accounts may have been stolen, as well as certain information from an outdated database from 2007. The information from the outdated database that may have been stolen includes approximately 12,700 non-US credit or debit card numbers and expiration dates (but not credit card security codes), and about 10,700 direct debit records of certain customers in Austria, Germany, Netherlands and Spain."

Submission + - Lockpicks by Open LockSport (kickstarter.com)

ChristW writes: If you've always wanted to own a good set of lockpicks, but haven't been able to get any, here's your chance! There's a project on Kickstarter to fund a project by Schuyler Towne to make sets of lockpicks. As I'm writing this, the project has been funded up to 1100%, but I'd love to see what a Slashdotting can do to a Kickstarter project...

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