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Richard Stallman: Free Software Supporter Issue 55

Free Software Supporter Issue 55, October 2012 Welcome to the Free Software Supporter, the Free Software Foundation’s monthly news digest and action update — being read by you and 63,183 other activists. That’s 1,414 more than last month! View this issue online here: http://www.fsf.org/free-software-supporter/2012/october El Free Software Supporter estará disponible en castellano a partir de …

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Yoda: Google Evil – Threat to National & Individual Security

Google’s data mining raises questions of national security The ability of any company to ‘mine the mosaic’ of personal data has consequences far beyond individuals’ privacy Bryan Cunningham guardian.co.uk, Monday 15 October 2012 An imminent report on an emerging threat to individual privacy to be issued by the European data protection authorities raises even more …

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Eagle: Pirate Party International & Pirate Party USA

Worth a look. Pirate Party is a label adopted by political parties in different countries. Pirate Parties support civil rights, direct democracy and participation, reform of copyright and patent law, free sharing of knowledge (Open content), information privacy, transparency, freedom of information, free education, universal health care and a clear separation between church and state.[citation …

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Michel Bauwens: Pirate Party USA – 20 Essays

Essays about Pirate Politics Book: No safe harbor: essays about pirate politics. Reykjavik, Iceland: United States Pirate Party; 2012. Available to download from: http://www.nosafeharbor.com/. Summary “An anthology of 20 selections about issues central to the concerns of the U.S. Pirate Party, divided into three categories: (1) government and corporate transparency and accountability; (2) privacy; (3) …

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Mini-Me: Former NSA PM – U.S. Is Turning Into East Germany

Huh? Greg Adams of We The People Foundation posted this  video. It’s the first of three videos which that group is releasing.  Source. Phi Beta Iota: The principal witness is William Binney.  Jim Bamford and others provide some useful commentary.  This is fraud, waste, and abuse, but on balance it is not the widespread violation …

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Eagle: US Senate Investigation Finds that Homeland Security Data Centers Produce ‘Predominantly Useless Information’

Homeland Security Data Centers Produce ‘Predominantly Useless Information’ John Hudson 9:48 AM ET Atlantic Wire, 3 October 2012 Imagine having all the downsides of Big Brother and none of the benefits: That’s what you get with the Department of Homeland Security’s vast network of “fusion” centers, according to a damning new report by the Senate’s …

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