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How the N.S.A. Cracked the Web - The New Yorker - 0 views

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    It’s been nearly three months since Edward Snowden started telling the world about the National Security Agency’s mass surveillance of global communications. But the latest disclosures, by the Guardian, New York Times, and ProPublica are perhaps the most profound yet: the N.S.A. and its partner agency in the United Kingdom, the Government Communications Headquarters, possess significant capabilities to circumvent widely used encryption software in order to access private data. Encryption poses a problem for intelligence agencies by scrambling data with a secret code so that even if they, or any other third-party, manages to capture it, they cannot read it—unless they possess the key to decrypt it or have the ability to crack the encryption scheme. Encryption has become only more pervasive in the decade since the N.S.A.’s “aggressive, multipronged effort to break widely used Internet encryption technologies” began in 2000. When you log into Gmail or Facebook, chat over iMessage, or check your bank account, the data is typically encrypted. This is because encryption is vital for everyday Web transactions; if for instance, you were to log in to your Gmail account using a park’s open wireless network and your username and password were transmitted in plain form, without being encrypted, your credentials could potentially be captured by anyone using that same network.
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    It’s been nearly three months since Edward Snowden started telling the world about the National Security Agency’s mass surveillance of global communications. But the latest disclosures, by the Guardian, New York Times, and ProPublica are perhaps the most profound yet: the N.S.A. and its partner agency in the United Kingdom, the Government Communications Headquarters, possess significant capabilities to circumvent widely used encryption software in order to access private data. Encryption poses a problem for intelligence agencies by scrambling data with a secret code so that even if they, or any other third-party, manages to capture it, they cannot read it—unless they possess the key to decrypt it or have the ability to crack the encryption scheme. Encryption has become only more pervasive in the decade since the N.S.A.’s “aggressive, multipronged effort to break widely used Internet encryption technologies” began in 2000. When you log into Gmail or Facebook, chat over iMessage, or check your bank account, the data is typically encrypted. This is because encryption is vital for everyday Web transactions; if for instance, you were to log in to your Gmail account using a park’s open wireless network and your username and password were transmitted in plain form, without being encrypted, your credentials could potentially be captured by anyone using that same network.
Mindy eLearningPro

The top 6 digital marketing trends for 2013 - iMediaConnection.com - 1 views

  • For the same reason, 2013 will see a significant rise in the number of collaborations between agency and marketing technologies.
  • Cross-channel campaigns will include offline events such as direct mail, tradeshows, city tours, and networking events. Companies need to tie offline events to online engagement to measure the impact of these cross-channel campaigns.
  • Customers no longer have simply offline or simply online experiences; they have integrated brand experiences.
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  • Content marketing is becoming the core of every marketing initiative for B2B marketing as well as B2C. As the year progresses, we will see software and services solutions for content creation and syndication emerge and grow as companies try to leverage content for demand generation.
  • ontext improves your brand's awareness, and engagement will ultimately lead to more customers. This will require marketers
  • These factors contribute to the increase in digital marketing agencies -- from owner-operated agencies and consultants all the way to creative agencies offering the full span of sophisticated online services. The digital marketing agency is only going to grow.
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    Digital trends, Digital Literacy
ino moreno

Timeline: Egypt's revolution - Middle East - Al Jazeera English - 1 views

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      For the first time in 30 YEARS!
  • The man now second-in-command is Omar Suleiman, the country's former spy chief, who has been working closely with Mubarak during most of his reign
  • n a statement released in Berlin, the leaders of Britain, France and Germany say they are "deeply worried about the events in Egypt".
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  • January 30: Thousands of protesters remain in Cairo's Tahrir Square.
  • "What we started can never be pushed back"
  • Turkey has announces that it is sending aircraft to evacuate its citizens, after the US embassy in Cairo has advised all Americans currently in Egypt to consider leaving as soon as possible.
  • January 31: Mubarak still refuses to step down, amid growing calls for his resignation. Protesters continue to defy the military-imposed curfew. About 250,000 people gather in Cairo's Tahrir Square and hundreds march through Alexandria.
  • Internet access across Egypt is still shoddy according to most reports.
  • Egypt's new vice-president promises dialogue with opposition parties in order to push through constitutional reforms
  • Protesters remain camped out in Tahrir Square from a variety of political and demographic groups.
  • The White House says the Egyptian government must engage with its people to resolve current unrest. Obama's spokesperson, Robert Gibbs, says the crisis in Egypt "is not about appointments, it's about actions ... They have to address freedoms that the people of Egypt seek".
  • Opposition groups continue to call for a "million man march" and a general strike on Tuesday to commemorate one week since the protests began. Meanwhile, the military reiterates that it will not attempt to hurt protesters.
  • Former US president Jimmy Carter calls the unrest in Egypt an "earth-shaking event", and says he guesses Hosni Mubarak "will have to leave", the US Ledger-Enquirer reports.
  • President Mubarak tells his new prime minister, Ahmad Shafiq, to keep government subsidies and cut prices.
  • February 1: Hosni Mubarak announces in a televised address that he will not run for re-election but refuses to step down from office - the central demand of the protesters.
  • S President Barack Obama praises the Egyptian military for their patriotism and for allowing peaceful demonstrations. He says only the Egyptian people can determine their leaders.
  • Number of protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square are revised to more than a million people. Thousands more take to the streets throughout Egypt, including in Alexandria and Suez.
  • February 2: Preparations begin for another day of demonstrations against President Hosni Mubarak's regime. The army is still deployed with tanks throughout different positions in and around Tahrir Square.
  • Violent clashes rage for much of the day around Tahrir Square in central Cairo. Up to 1,500 people are injured, some of them seriously, and by the day's end at least three deaths are reported by the Reuters news agency quoting officials.
  • Pro-democracy protesters say the military allowed thousands of pro-Mubarak supporters, armed with sticks and knives, to enter the square.
  • ebruary 3: Bursts of heavy gunfire early aimed at anti-government demonstrators in Tahrir [Liberation] Square, leave at least five people dead and several more wounded, according to reports from Cairo.
  • Sustained bursts of automatic weapons fire and powerful single shots begin at around around 4am local time (02:00GMT) and continue for more than an hour.
  • February 4: Hundreds of thousands of anti-government protesters gather in Cairo's Tahrir Square for what they have termed the "Day of Departure".
  • February 5: Thousands who remain inside Tahrir Square fear an approaching attempt by the military to evacuate the square.
  • January 25:  On a national holiday to commemorate the police forces, Egyptians take to the streets in large numbers, calling it a "day of rage".
  • January 2011: Activists in Egypt call for an uprising in their own country, to protest against poverty, unemployment, government corruption and the rule of president Hosni Mubarak, who has been in power for three decades.
  • ours after the countrywide protests begin, the interior ministry issues a statement blaming the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's technically banned but largest opposition party, for fomenting the unrest - a claim that the Muslim Brotherhood denies.
  • Protest organisers heavily relied on social media outlets such as Facebook and Twitter.
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      hosni mubarak in power for 3 decades, musilim brother hood is blamed for outrage in cairo but deny all accounts, protest organizers used social media sites such as facebook and twitter to rally up protestors!
  • January 27: Mohamed ElBaradei, the former head of the UN nuclear watchdog turned democracy advocate, arrives in Egypt to join the protests.
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      Police uses teargas and fire hoses to disperse protesters, 55 protesters and 15 police injured as of january 27th. As protests continue, hundreds are arrested a 17 year old is killed in Cairo by exchange of police gunfire.
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      social media sites and blackberry messenger is disrupted as country prepares for new waves of protest. Egypt warns of decisive measures, meanwhile 11 civilians are killed an 170 are injured. Troops are order to the streets but told not to interfere. jan 29th, mubarak refuses to step down, whereabouts are unknown.
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      Britain, France, and Germany are worried about events taking place in Cairo. jan 31st, internet connections are still subpar. military reiderates they will not harm protesters.
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      Where did you find this piece of information?
  • The Egyptian health minister says 11 people have died, while the United Nations says 300 people may have been killed across the country since protests began. News agencies have counted more than 150 dead in morgues in Alexandria, Suez and Cairo.
  • Reuters quotes Egyptian state TV as saying "terrorists" have targeted an Israel-Egypt gas pipeline in northern Sinai.
  • Leaked US diplomatic cables suggest Omar Suleiman, the vice-president, long sought to demonise the opposition Muslim Brotherhood in his contacts with skeptical US officials.
  • February 6: The Muslim Brotherhood says in a statement that it "has decided to participate in a dialogue round in order to understand how serious the officials are in dealing with the demands of the people". Banks officially re-open for 3.5 hours, and traffic police are back on the streets in Cairo, in attempts to get the capital to start returning to normal.
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      Feb 13th: heavy gunfire opened at protest administrators 5 killes several wounded, country enters its 11th day of unrest. death toll reaches about 300 countrywide. Egyptian state TV says "terrorists" targeted the gas pipeline in norther sinai. Muslim brotherhood decided to participate in order to understand how serious officials are dealing with demands of the people.  banks reopen for 3.5 hours in attempt to return state to normal.. Hilary Clinton states "harassment must stop".
  • February 7: Thousands are camping out in Tahrir Square, refusing to budge. While banks have reopened, schools and the stock exhange remain closed.
  • A symbolic funeral procession is held for journalist Ahmed Mahmoud, shot as he filmed the clashes between protesters and riot police from his Cairo office. Protesters are demanding an investigation into the cause of his death
  • Egypt's government approve a 15 per cent raise in salaries and pensions in a bid to appease the angry masses.
  • February 8: Protesters continue to gather at Tahrir Square, which now resembles a tented camp. Protesters in the capital also gather to protest outside parliament.
  • ebruary 9: Labour unions join protesters in the street, with some of them calling for Mubarak to step down while others simply call for better pay. Masssive strikes start rolling throughout the country.
  • Famous Arab pop star Tamer Hosni visits Tahrir Square, but protesters are unimpressed and angered. Hosni previously made statements telling the demonstrators to leave the square, saying that Mubarak had offered them concessions.
  • Thirty-four political prisoners, including members of the Muslim Brotherhood, were released on Tuesday, according to Egyptian state television.
  • Human Rights Watch says that 302 people have been killed since the start of Egypt's pro-democracy uprising. Based on visits to a number of hospitals in Egypt, the organisation says that records show the death toll has reached 232 in Cairo, 52 in Alexandria and 18 in Suez. 
  • Attributing the information to Egyptian security officials, Reuters reports that several protesters suffered gunshot wounds and one was killed when 3,000 protesters took to the streets in Wadi al-Jadid, where clashes from the previous nights carried over to the early hours.
  • Citing medics, AFP news agency reports five were dead and 100 are wounded in the clashes that have been going on for two days.
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      feb.7th schools, banks and stock exchange have reopened. government approves 15 cent raise in salaries and pensions trying to please the mass. protesters still camping in Tahrir square. feb 9th-34 prisoners released, Human Rights Watch says 302 have been killed death toll is: 232 dead in Cairo, 52 in alexandria and 18 in suez.
  • ebruary 10: The newly appointed Culture Minister, Gaber Asfour, quits.  His family says it's due to health reasons but Egypt's main daily newspaper al-Ahram says Asfour, who is also a writer, was criticised by his literary colleagues for taking the post. He was the only new face in the new cabinet.
  • The criminal court in Egypt has endorsed the decision of banning three former ministers from leaving the country and the government has also frozen their assets.
  • rotesters in Tahrir Square react with fury when Mubarak says he's remaining in power until September. Protesters wave their shoes in the air, and demand the army join them in revolt.
  • February 12: People celebrate in Tahrir Square until early morning. Pro-democracy protesters start to clean the square.
  • February 13: Soldiers try to remove the remaining protesters in Tahrir Square and their tents are dismantled. Traffic flows through the square for the first time since the protests began.
  • The cabinet spokesman says the cabinet, appointed when Mubarak was still in office, will not undergo a major reshuffle and will stay to oversee a political transformation in the coming months.
  • About 2,000 policemen hold a protest outside the interior ministry, demanding better wages and trying to clear the bad reputation they have.
  • Some other public sector workers and bank employees are also protesting in Alexandria and other cities.
  • ebruary 14: Protesters leave Tahrir Square in the morning but a few thousands return later, most of them protesting against the police.
  • Police, ambulance drivers and other workers are holding separate demonstrations.
  • The military leadership issues "Communique No 5", calling for national solidarity and criticising strike action. it urges workers to play their role in reviving the economy.
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      reuters reports several protesters with gunshot wounds,  1 was killed.  Feb 10th: Newly appointed culture minister quits due to health reasons stated by family. Mubarak gives another speach promising not to run for any new elections and plans for peaceful order in september, while protesters raise their shoes in outrage! Feb11th mubarak resigns as president and hands his power to the army. annoucement made by Omar Suleiman. peaople in Tahrir square celebrate. Feb 13th.- Soldiers remove the remaining protesters traffic begins to flow through the sqaure as usual. 200 policemen protestdemanding better wages.
Jon Lawson

The Harry Fox Agency - 0 views

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    HFA provides the following services to its affiliated publishers: Issues mechanical licensesCollects mechanical royaltiesDistributes mechanical royalties, and synchronization fees for licenses granted prior to 2002.Conducts royalty examinationsInvestigates and negotiates new business opportunitiesPursues piracy claims
DGL Diigo

HFA Ready to Implement New Digital Era Mechanical Royalty Rates - 1 views

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    This article contains the licensing rates for using digital downloads in limited amounts. Items such as ringtones and physical recordings are explained.
Malcolm Jackson

How companies used social media during Hurricane Sandy | World news | guardian.co.uk - 0 views

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      Con Edison-largest investment owned energy company
  • the company had only set up in June gained an extra 16,000 followers over the storm.
  • "The most important thing we gained from all of this is people notice someone is paying attention",
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  • Con Edison, MTA and JetBlue gathered to discuss their interactions with people through the storm and how that had changed their practices after Sandy moved on.
  • Aaron Donovan, media liaison at the MTA, said the agency had focussed on Twitter, Flickr and YouTube in its Sandy response, but noted that "Twitter had the broadest pick up in a very immediate way
  • He said MTA employees were encouraged to take photos and video while they were out inspecting lines or surveying damage
  • The photos that we send out in real time are the photos that get the largest pick up.
  • "First to communicate changes to service then throughout the storm itself," he said, but later to let people know what they are doing to update service
  • We have incoming tweets asking us questions all the time. We do not have the resources to respond to each and every questions all the time," he said. Instead, "the incoming feed is almost as important as the outgoing feed"
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      People uses social media to wheather the storm of Hurricane Sandy.
ino moreno

MediaShift . The Importance and Challenges of Universal Media Literacy Education | PBS - 0 views

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      safety has become a major issue with social networks all over the web.
  • The campaign reports that 61 percent of 13 to 17 year-olds publish a profile on social networking sites, and one in seven young people receive sexual solicitations over the Internet (70% of which are girls). But kids aren't only the victims. They can be perpetrators, as when it comes to so-called textual harassment" or cyber-bullying.
  • My curiosity about the prospects for media literacy education in the testing-heavy era of the "No Child Left Behind" Act led me to attended a panel at the NAMLE conference entitled, "Does It Work? Assessing the Effectiveness of Media Literacy in K-12 Education." The panel featured some of the brightest minds in media literacy, including Renee Hobbs, Cyndy Scheibe, Peter Worth and David Kleeman. Yet there was hardly a consensus on how to create a measurement protocol that can determine whether a certain media literacy curriculum is successful.
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      begin using different approaches to teaching styles, i feel that would be a great improvement to this system.the more technology involved while expensive it may be, will interest and excite kids to learn in a "new" more up to date method.
  • Mark Hannah has spent the past several years conducting sensitive public affairs campaigns for well-known multinational corporations, major industry organizations and influential non-profits. He specializes in issues and reputation management online. Before joining the PR agency world (v-Fluence Interactive and Edelman), Mark worked for the Kerry-Edwards presidential campaign as a member of the national advance staff. He's more recently conducted advance work for the Obama-Biden campaign. He is a member of the Public Relations Society of America and a fellow at the Society for New Communications Research, and he serves as an awards judge for both organizations. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, he's currently pursuing a master's in strategic communications at Columbia University. He is an independent communications consultant based in New York City and the public relations correspondent for MediaShift. You can reach him at markphannah[at]gmail[dot]com.
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      Good source!! lists their personal Email, where the person graduated from, and works within the public and whitehouse.
  • in order to prepare students for the modern workforce, education must go beyond core curricula and teach "critical thinking and problem solving skills, communication skills, creativity and innovation skills, collaboration skills, contextual learning skills, and information and media literacy skills."
chris mackie

Heineken Beer Makers Join Sam Adams In Dropping Out Of St. Patrick's Day Parade Over Ga... - 0 views

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      1) Content - The content on this page is good. It can be easily read and understood. The layout allows it to be read while still adding adds for other related articles. It was uploaded 3/15 and updated later the same day. 2) Credibility - The Author itself I'm not familiar with, but it also appears to be an article by Reuters. Reuters is an organization that a lot of news agencies use and are widely trusted. 3) Critical Thinking - Because of their references and ties to Reuters you can with most certainly use critical thinking to assume this page is legitimate. 4) Copyright - The website it's self only says 2014 for the copyright. But this article itself was uploaded 3/15/14. Because of their copyright it can be assumed that this article is covered by it. 5) Citation - They do use some outside images and the text itself is from Reuters. But they credit them on the page so there is no infringement. 6) Continuity - This page can only be physically edited by the Huffington Post staff. So the continuity is withheld without errors. 7) Censorship - Because this page is moderated by Huffington post themselves there is a chance that it is edited. Also the comments system seem to be moderated in the regard that you can post what you want but if you offend someone the site admin can take it down. 8) Connectivity - The connectivity to the page is good. Many users can access it at the same time and it can be used as a jumping off point to either paid supported products or additional articles written by Huffington Post. 9) Comparability - You could take the information on this page and check it against numerous sources. I checked Google and came up with many results that either cite the beginning article or copy this article directly. 10) - Context - The context of this page is really good. They maintain the stance that Heineken and Sam Adams are taking without passing judgment, in support or not, for either the companies or the parade organize
Joey Martinez

Malware - 0 views

  • So what is Malware? Short for malicious software, malware is as old as software itself, and  programmers have been authoring it for as long as they have been authoring legitimate software.
  • Malware exists in many forms, most of which you’ve probably already heard of. The most common types of malware are viruses, trojans, worms, spyware and zombies.
  • In the early days of software, programmers wrote malware mostly to prank one another, or to show off their technical skills.
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  • Some of these programmers learned that they can make thousands of dollars a day if they successfully exploit malware to their advantage.
  • These people went on to become cyber-crooks, defrauding individuals and organizations for financial gain.
  • A cyber-war between countries is raging. Some countries such as China, Syria, and America are rumored to be state-sponsoring cyber-gangs whose only purpose is to research and develop new malware techniques capable of infiltrating government agencies and infrastructures.
  • The malware problem is huge and is growing fast. By the end of 2010 the counter for unique malware programs stood at 14 million, with a staggering 60,000 pieces of new malicious code detected every day.
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    Short for malicious software, malware is as old as software itself, and  programmers have been authoring it for as long as they have been authoring legitimate software.
Joey Martinez

Disinformation - 0 views

  • alse information that is intended to mislead, esp. propaganda issued by a government organization to a rival power or the media.
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      Misleading information.
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      false information that is intended to mislead.[8 minutes ago] false information that is intended to mislead.[8 minutes ago]
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    Disinformation:  False information that is intended to mislead, esp. propaganda issued by a government organization to a rival power or the media. http://www.google.com/webhp?nord=1#nord=1&q=what+does+disinformation+mean Disinformation:  Deliberately misleading information announced publicly or leaked by a government or especially by an intelligence agency in order to influence public opinion or the government in another nation: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/disinformation  
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    Disinformation:  False information that is intended to mislead, esp. propaganda issued by a government organization to a rival power or the media. http://www.google.com/webhp?nord=1#nord=1&q=what+does+disinformation+mean
andrew marte

Disinformation - SourceWatch - 1 views

  • Disinformation is deliberately misleading information announced publicly or leaked by a government, intelligence agency, corporation or other entity for the purpose of influencing opinions or perceptions.
  • Unlike misinformation
  • disinformation is produced by people who intend to deceive their audience.
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