This one is interesting: 30 day mandate for computers sold in China to install filtering software called "Green Dam - Escort of the Youth Flowers" , besides the great name it even comes with a backdoor.
Wikileaks release "PlusD": Database of 1.7 million diplomatic cables
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#22Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's public domain now, but if you don't trust the law to let you read and write freely, use Tor https://www.torproject.org/
Do you mean public domain as in "unclassified", or public domain as in "publically accessible"? Because those are far different.
Usually when the United States federal government releases anything it defaults into the public domain.
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#23Am I the only one genuinely afraid of clicking any of cables with keyword SECRET ?
You need to check out the Tails project ( https://tails.boum.org/ ) which is a version of Debian I believe tailored to be completely anonymous. The browser uses TOR by default, I don't even know if you can disable it. Lots of other goodies too, including making browser fingerprints pretty meaningless. Also, I know it's technically kind of bad form but if one wanted to run Tails easily you can use VirtualBox ( https:/…
When I tried Tails it had the noScript plugin disabled by default (actually in blacklist mode, I think, which allows javascript on 99% of websites). Even the plugin itself warns users not to leave it disabled. I wouldn't trust something with that big of a security hole. If anonymity was so important that I couldn't trust my own machine, I wouldn't trust a linux distro made for anonymity either.
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#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
Do you mean public domain as in "unclassified", or public domain as in "publically accessible"? Because those are far different.
Usually when the United States federal government releases anything it defaults into the public domain.
Was this released through official channels or leaked? I'm assuming it makes a difference, but I wouldn't know...
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#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
Do you mean public domain as in "unclassified", or public domain as in "publically accessible"? Because those are far different.
Usually when the United States federal government releases anything it defaults into the public domain.
The wikileaks cables exist in grey zone; it's they were never released by the US Government, but they are public. Generally speaking if you are not and do not plan on being an employee with a mandated security clearance, you have nothing to worry about. If however, you do have or want to acquire clearance you should not look at Wikileaks since you will be violating the terms under which clearance is granted.
Also, elements of the intelligence community have made statements that suggest that applicants to some government positions could be refused if they tweet or say anything about Wikileaks. [1]
1. http://dailycaller.com/2010/12/09/schools-warn-students-not-...
Re: Wikileaks release "PlusD": Database of 1.7 million diplomatic cables
#26I am mildly disappointed that there is not a torrent seed of the whole dataset...
It might be interesting to see what sort of correlates could be inferred by a crowdsourced analysis.
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#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
You need to check out the Tails project ( https://tails.boum.org/ ) which is a version of Debian I believe tailored to be completely anonymous. The browser uses TOR by default, I don't even know if you can disable it. Lots of other goodies too, including making browser fingerprints pretty meaningless. Also, I know it's technically kind of bad form but if one wanted to run Tails easily you can use VirtualBox ( https:/…
When I tried Tails it had the noScript plugin disabled by default (actually in blacklist mode, I think, which allows javascript on 99% of websites). Even the plugin itself warns users not to leave it disabled. I wouldn't trust something with that big of a security hole. If anonymity was so important that I couldn't trust my own machine, I wouldn't trust a linux distro made for anonymity either.
Probably because Javascript has no magical ability to leak your identity, especially inside of Tails.
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#28I love how they thoughtfully go ahead and provide a headline-ready name for the data set now. "Cablegate." At this point the Watergate should just assign rooms scandal names ending in -Gate instead of room numbers.
Actually, I think that would be a huge selling point for the hotel. That would be hilarious.
"Ooh, what controversy is YOUR room?! I have [Antennagate!][1]"
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#29I love how they thoughtfully go ahead and provide a headline-ready name for the data set now. "Cablegate." At this point the Watergate should just assign rooms scandal names ending in -Gate instead of room numbers.
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#30Am I the only one genuinely afraid of clicking any of cables with keyword SECRET ?
Are you self-censoring yourself? As far as I know once secret stuff is leaked into the public, it becomes public domain.