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Feed Privacy chief warns EU on terror laws (theregister.com)

Security over privacy 'becoming a mantra'

Europe's data protection chief has warned Portuguese ministers that fundamental rights to freedom are being abused in the name of security. Portugal takes over the rotating EU Presidency on 1st July.


United States

Journal Journal: AT&T Co-operating with NSA 2

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFFF) has uncovered more documents detailing secret government surveillance of AT&T's Internet traffic.

Some of information was already publically available, but after negotiations with AT&T, EFF has found new documents describing a secret, secure room in AT&T's facilities that gave the National Security Agency (NSA) direct access to customers' emails and other Internet communications.

Space

Journal Journal: Computer glitch sends international space station spinning

A glitch in a navigation computer, aboard the international space station, recently caused a number of problems that included a loss of gyroscope management. Gyroscope systems are used to keep the station properly orientated, and without them it began to spin out of control. Fortunately the space shuttle was there, and the crew used their thrusters to manually keep the station aligned until "flight controllers at the Johnson S

Comment Re:Faith is a poison upon mankind. (Score 1) 1854

I believe there is life on other planets. We currently lack the science to either prove or disprove my belief at the moment. Does that mean it is incorrect for me to believe it though? Yes. You can believe that it's quite likely and you can hope it's true. But there's no reason to believe it's true, so believing it to be true is incorrect.

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