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jamieparkerson

Anonymous Browser Mass Hit as Russians Seek to Escape Internet Censorship | News - 0 views

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Tor The Onion Router freedom of speech freedom censorship security surveillance Hacktivists Deep Web anonymity secrecy

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  • jamieparkerson on 25 Jun 14
     
    The government's campaign for online censorship has created a backlash, with the number of Russia-based users of anonymous web surfing software Tor more than doubling in the past three weeks. The Tor network, which allows users to anonymously visit websites blocked in their country, numbered almost 200,000 users from Russia on Wednesday, compared to some 80,000 as of June 1, according to official statistics for Tor usage on Torproject.org.
abdulrahmanabdo

More NSA revelations: backdoors, snooping tools and worldwide reactions - 0 views

www.sciencedirect.com.proxy.library.vcu.edu/...S1353485814700017

NSArevelations

shared by abdulrahmanabdo on 04 Jul 14 - No Cached
  • “I cannot imagine a more ‘indiscriminate’ and ‘arbitrary invasion’ than this systemic and high-tech collection and retention of personal data on virtually every single citizen for purposes of querying and analysing it without prior judicial approval,” he wrote
    • abdulrahmanabdo
      abdulrahmanabdo on 04 Jul 14
       
      US Judge displays his vital view on what the NSA did to the American people, can be important in making an argument in the inquiry paper.
  • A Presidential Task Force set up by Barack Obama to examine the NSA issue has issued its first report and has concluded that: “Excessive surveillance and unjustified secrecy can threaten civil liberties, public trust, and the core processes of democratic self-government.”
    • abdulrahmanabdo
      abdulrahmanabdo on 04 Jul 14
       
      What the executive branch things of this whole NSA issue. This also states the possible outcomes that may have come with this issue.
  • Many people in the security industry remain unconvinced by RSA's denials.
    • abdulrahmanabdo
      abdulrahmanabdo on 04 Jul 14
       
      Illustrates that the truth isn't always easily obtained, and that this story may dig deeper than anyone once anticipated before.
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  • Some members of the group wanted him to step down following his part
    • abdulrahmanabdo
      abdulrahmanabdo on 04 Jul 14
       
      This may prove to help shed some light on the big question of, is this issue, making the NSA fall apart.
  • abdulrahmanabdo on 04 Jul 14
     
    First of my three sources for Nugget Research #1.
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