Warren: Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch Received $6 Trillion Backdoor Bailout from Fed
Distrust of how some Fed personnel appear to cozy up to Wall Street.
Tag: Big Brother
Quebec man charged at border for not giving up phone password
Charge carries a maximum penalty of $25,000 and a year in prison.
Pakistan’s mobile phone owners told: be fingerprinted or lose your sim card
‘Mobile phones didn’t just arrive in Pakistan. But someone could be fooled into thinking otherwise, considering the tens of millions of Pakistanis pouring into mobile phone stores these days. In one of world’s largest efforts […]
Surveillance Valley: Why Google Is Eager to Align Itself With America’s Military Industrial Complex
‘It was a rowdy crowd, and there was a heavy police presence. The people were there to protest the construction of a citywide surveillance center that would turn a firehouse in downtown Oakland into a […]
The truth, according to Google
It must be true, I found it on the Internet! Naive? Maybe. After all, cyberspace has its fair share of myths. Now Google may have found a way to clean house, or at least throw the trash in the basement. The company is figuring out how to rank websites by the veracity of their content. […]
The Danger of Government Encryption Backdoors
“Encryption backdoors will always turn around and bite you… They are never worth it.”
Visa says we’re all going to have internet-connected fridges in the future
Visa Europe mobile executive director: “Your fridge will have a payment capability.”
Florida Legislators Introduce Bill That Would Strip Certain Site Owners Of Their Anonymity
Designed to expedite pursuit of infringers at expense of free speech and online anonymity.
Americans to Receive Full Biometric Treatment for all Forms of European Travel
‘Travel becomes truly ominous… In a trend that isn’t wholly surprising, EU Observer reports: US citizens and other non-EU nationals who enter Europe will be asked to have their faces image-captured and fingerprints scanned upon […]
Cameron’s fury after Tory minister speaks out against banning radical preachers from universities in fiery Cabinet showdown
‘David Cameron reacted with fury after a Tory minister warned against banning radical preachers from universities during a fiery Cabinet meeting, it has been revealed. The Prime Minister ‘jumped on’ the universities minister Greg Clark […]
Facebook REMOVES 12-year-old black middle school pupil’s account for ‘suspicious activity’ after he made popular video criticizing Obama
‘Facebook has removed the personal account of a 12-year-old Georgia boy who posted a viral video last week in support of Rudy Giuliani’s comments that President Obama ‘doesn’t love America’. Republican C.J.Pearson found out the […]
Russia Today Should NOT Be Facing an Inquiry for ‘Anti-Western’ Comments
‘Broadcaster RT is facing an inquiry after one viewer, apparently so deeply offended by the allegedly ‘anti-Western’ views being broadcast, felt the need to complain to British TV and radio regulator Ofcom. The comments were […]
Feds Raid Texas Political Meeting
In a deliberate “show of force,” federal and local police forces raided a political meeting in Texas, fingerprinting and photographing all attendees as well as confiscating all cell phones and personal recording devices. Members of […]
Feds Raid Texas Political Meeting
In a deliberate “show of force,” federal and local police forces raided a political meeting in Texas, fingerprinting and photographing all attendees as well as confiscating all cell phones and personal recording devices. Members of […]
Obama Complains To China About Demanding Encryption Backdoors As His Administration Demands The Same Thing
“The Administration is aggressively working to have China walk back from these troubling regulations.”