2012 Two Tier Internet Gathers Pace

London England Tuesday, February 21, 2012 Almost two months into 2012 and divisions deepen on the WWW – World Wide Web – Internet and whether we like it or not   ‘Two Tier Internet’ is no longer a maybe or a what if – the reality is that the global digital networks are split asunder into [...]

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Operation Global Blackout – March 31 Anonymous to Takedown Internet

New York USA Sunday, February 19, 2012 On March 31, 2012 hackers led by the infamous Anonymous will takedown the Internet for one day to showcase the power and reach capabilities of hackers to disable the WWW – World Wide Web – Internet. Some may say this cannot be done but anyone who doubts any [...]

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The Attacks on ACTA are Disjointed

London England Tuesday, February 14, 2012 The objections to ACTA are coming fast and furious from many locations around the world. But the overall impact is being diluted as the demonstrators against the ACTA censorship bill are independent individual opposition groups. But acting in isolation has limited short term benefits that are quickly over and [...]

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2012 Internet Censorship Bill Madagascar

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2012 Internet Censorship Bill Burundi

Bujumbura Burundi aka Republic of Burundi Africa Wednesday, January 25, 2012 As we progress with our TTI – Two Tier Internet ‘2012 Internet Censorship Bill’ series what keeps surfacing on too regular a basis is the depressing number of poor countries in the world. I suspect that we are no different to billions of other [...]

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2012 Two Tier Internet Gathers Pace

February 20th, 2012 Anna Seymour

London

England

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Almost two months into 2012 and divisions deepen on the WWW – World Wide Web – Internet and whether we like it or not   ‘Two Tier Internet’ is no longer a maybe or a what if – the reality is that the global digital networks are split asunder into at least two divisions and in many countries multiple layers of censored levels of access.

So what does this mean for the ‘Average Joe’ who uses the internet bearing in mind that we are referring to the masses in the billions of user’s. Here is what it means in say Thailand as an example the Thai Government are in the midst of a massive internet censorship program and the upshot is that on completion Thailand will be a set in stone ‘Two Tier Internet’ system where the government have segregated the Internet into two levels but and here is the dichotomy the public will only be able to access the areas that have been censored and declared as suitable to be viewed. Suffice to say of course only the Thai Government will have full access to all the WWW.

Other governments on the same track as Thailand are to name a few China – Iran – Iraq – Syria – Burma et al the list is almost endless. Hence what does the future hold well based on what has happened to date so rapidly in 2012 the picture going forward is not very rosy, and more of the same Internet Censorship is on the agenda for many dictatorial governments and regimes.

But all is not lost because there is a strong mobile and highly skilled source of engineers – hackers and geeks who are working away creating and developing digital tools and systems that will unlock and  free censored digital banks – networks and any other data content locked data storage areas.

Summary

In basic terms it is as usual the old chestnut that governments want to control and dictate while the reality is that the billions who are not encased in a bureaucratic organization want the opposite they want freedom and freedom of choice!

2012 Two Tier Internet Gathers Pace…

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Chong Hua Educational Foundation and Cambridge University Chinese Websites Censored

February 19th, 2012 Brian Shield

Beijing

China

PRC

Monday, February 20, 2012

Who are the Chong Hua Educational Foundation?

Background Profile

  • They have no website
  • The board of directors are unknown
  • They have no known address
  • Plus many more unanswered questions like are they just a front for the Chinese Government

Yet the facts are laid bare the ‘Chong Hua Educational Foundation’ had agreed to send a £3.7m donation to Cambridge University to sponsor a chair of Chinese Development studies at the university’s prestigious Department of Politics and International studies.

But now surprise the story has been censored in mainland China and all the relative stories have been removed from a host of websites on the WWW – World Wide Web – Internet. So what is going on was this an attempt by the Chinese Government to use ‘Chong Hua Educational Foundation’ as a covert front so the Chinese could have their own self appointed Professor working at Cambridge University in a position where they would be able to influence both policy and/or political bias and opinion.

Comments from Cambridge University – quote – “In just one night, all discussions and articles about this event on the big Chinese websites – that carried the story –  have been ‘cleaned’.”

Once again Internet Censorship is at the very center of all the action relating to the mysterious ‘Chong Hua Educational Foundation’

Chong Hua Educational Foundation and Cambridge University Chinese Websites Censored…

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Operation Global Blackout – March 31 Anonymous to Takedown Internet

February 18th, 2012 Slim C

New York
USA
Sunday, February 19, 2012

On March 31, 2012 hackers led by the infamous Anonymous will takedown the Internet for one day to showcase the power and reach capabilities of hackers to disable the WWW – World Wide Web – Internet.

Some may say this cannot be done but anyone who doubts any hacktivist networks led by Anonymous is foolish in the extreme. Simply because no one is really sure of the full array of tools and digital weapons that hackers have in their armory.
Here is a brief statement on the planned – Operation Global Blackout – quote – ‘It’s not designed to kill the Internet, but to temporarily take it down to prove the hackers’ point.’ – more – Geeks believe the main attack tool they plan to use ‘RAMP’ will do a lot of damage but whether it has the capabilities to close down the 13 root Domain Name Servers – DNS – of the Internet – we will have to wait and see!

Operation Global Blackout – March 31 Anonymous to Takedown Internet…

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Operation Global Blackout – meaning – calls for supporters to download a denial-of-service launching tool, called “Ramp,” which will flood the 13 root Domain Name Servers – DNS – of the Internet with more requests than they can process.

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Bulgaria Say No To ACTA!

February 16th, 2012 Lee W

Sofia

Bulgaria

Eastern Europe

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Was it the will and conviction of the Bulgarian demonstrators against the ACTA Internet Censorship Bill or the timely intervention of the Bulgarian Government coming out with a statement – quote –  ‘That they refused to ratify the secretive copyright treaty.’

Can we read  into this that both the ACTA demonstrators and the Bulgarian Government are singing off the same hymn sheet. Maybe not but for the time being at least Bulgaria have committed to not censoring the Bulgarian Internet Networks with ACTA Internet Blocking systems so for the for seeable  the Internet gateways throughout Bulgaria will be open and transparent processing uncensored data communications.

Bulgaria marks the sixth European country that has refused to support ACTA. The Netherlands and Germany also recently dropped the bill.

Bulgaria Say No To ACTA!…

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The Attacks on ACTA are Disjointed

February 14th, 2012 Rudy G

London

England

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

The objections to ACTA are coming fast and furious from many locations around the world. But the overall impact is being diluted as the demonstrators against the ACTA censorship bill are independent individual opposition groups. But acting in isolation has limited short term benefits that are quickly over and done with. What is needed is a leader to weld all these groups together so that they all join as one singular focused ACTA Opposition Group.

The benefits of working as one group are worth the effort as the end result will for sure see the ACTA – Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement – defeated and packed away in the annals of history as the losing philosophy it purports to represent!

The Attacks on ACTA are Disjointed…

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ACTA – meaning –  Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement – an intellectual property trade agreement

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Tribler Joins the Battle for Internet Liberty to Crush SOPA PIPA ACTA

February 10th, 2012 Brian Shield

New York

USA

Friday, February 10, 2012

When a cause is worth fighting for like ‘Internet Liberty’  then sometimes one may need heavy artillery to win the battle which now seems required to crush – SOPA – PIPA – ACTA and any other anti piracy sensor tools or acts. So welcome to ‘TRIBLER’ the new big gun that is going to be used by hackers to make sure that SOPA – PIPA – ACTA are gelded into an impotent spent force.

Here is where hackers are going begin the assault on SOPA – PIPA – ACTA, they will position ‘TRIBLER’ – then engage attack mode and fire – quote – The new software called ‘TRIBLER’ is the new weapon in the battle for Internet liberty and does not need a website to track users sharing torrent files.

The stark reality is that ‘TRIBLER’ will be too smart and will have a failsafe workaround that SOPA – PIPA – ACTA – will be able to do nothing about – quote – While lawmakers are dreaming of a censored web, many believe Tribler will be a true nightmare for them. – more – According to the technology blog Torrent Freak, the attempt to disconnect users from the Internet for “illegal” purposes will be foiled by the software that has been in the works for the past five years and will make it nearly “impossible” to stop file sharing.   – more – “The only way to take it down is to take the Internet down,” stated Doctor Pouwelse of Delft University of Technology – Attribution to the Daily Mail.

‘TRIBLER’ will be entirely decentralized, leaving the control in the hands of the users.

Now how about that for a smack right in the face to the US Government and other International legislators who support SOPA – PIPA – ACTA et al.

Tribler Joins the Battle for Internet Liberty to Crush SOPA – PIPA – ACTA

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Tribler – meaning – peer-to-peer network protocol that enables computers to share files with thousands of others – more – Individuals can rename files, flag phony downloads or viruses, create ‘channels’ of verified downloads, and act as nodes that distribute lists of peers across the network

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Internet Rogues – Scammers – Fraudsters – Hackers – Caveat Emptor

February 9th, 2012 Slim C

New York
USA
Wednesday, February 9, 2012

Caveat Emptor – The Internet is a great place to do business but one needs to keep one eye out for Internet Rogues – Scammers – Fraudsters – Hackers et al.

They are everywhere and often are masqueraded behind some apparent legitimate business – Front – Shop Window
Here are some of the Internet Rogues to watch out for they include but are not limited to :-
• Phishers
• FakeAV (Anti-Virus) Creators
• Spammers
• App Trojanizers
• Malvertisers
• Black market fake and stolen Credit Cards
• Bulk Sales Fraudsters like – $15 for 1000 Facebook accounts, $8 for 1000 webmail accounts, and $75 for 2200 Twitter accounts.
• Plus tens of thousands more too many to list…

The list is endless so to all Internet Users before doing business on the Internet make some simple background profile checks and basic due diligence before doing business on the WWW – World Wide Web – Internet!

Here is a classic example where the seller is 100 percent in the clear, leaving the tens of thousands of buyers with no redress :-

Penis Enlarger $99.99 USD Plus Post and Package at Cost

• Payment Gateway accepting all major credit cards plus PayPal gateway and others all secure, encrypted and error free payments in real time.
• Delivery fast and efficient
• Packaging Penis Enlarger packed bubble wrap in crush proof box
• Penis Enlarger packed complete with written health and safety warning – Not to be used in direct sunlight as may course severe burns.
• The big moment is here ‘Open the Box’ to find inside a 99 US Cents ‘Magnifying Glass’!

You may well laugh but the buyer ordered – bought and paid for a Penis Enlarger and the seller delivered a ‘Magnifying Glass’ end of story the seller complied with the terms of sale 100 percent legally and delivered a ‘Magnifying Glass’ with lifetime guarantee that used correctly is an effective Penis Enlarger! The Buyer has no redress Zero – Zilch they got what they paid for – Buyer Beware.

Internet Rogues – Scammers – Fraudsters – Hackers – Caveat Emptor…

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Vladimir Putin Style Internet Democracy

February 7th, 2012 Lee W

Moscow

Russia

Tuesday, February 07, 2012

Political survivor par excellence Vladimir Putin is hogging the limelight one more time as he gears up to re-confirm his high profile as the ‘Head Honcho’ of Russia irrespective of the titled position he may hold! Now the charismatic Vladimir Putin is waxing lyrical about his perceived ‘Internet Democracy’

Here is what the former President of Russia has proposed – quote – Putin proposed vesting citizens and netizens with a greater role in politics, including a chance to influence the lawmaking agenda. – more – “We should give citizens an opportunity to form the lawmaking agenda on their own, to put forward their projects and articulate priorities. I propose setting up the rule of obligatory consideration of public initiatives which will gather 100,000 and more signatures on the internet,” – more – He added that those willing to take part in the project will have to waive their online anonymity, and the state should develop “official registration procedure for those willing to become a part of this system.”

Vladimir Putin is a presidential frontrunner in the up and coming Russian Elections in 2012. He is building his re-established political base on – Anti Corruption – Pro Democracy!

Vladimir Putin Style Internet Democracy…

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Vietnam Youth Find Way Around Censorship

February 6th, 2012 Rudy G

Hanoi

Vietnam

Asia

Monday, February 06, 2012

When politicians think they are wise and above the ordinary people, they tend to show their arrogance and hubris with a public display of power and authority as showcased by the Vietnamese Government in a recent wave of  ‘We Are The Law’ when they banned all hard copies of “Killer with a Festering Head” a digital comic that the authorities yanked off the shelves of stores and barred all sales in Vietnam.

But the youth of Vietnam are a lot smarter than the political cronies. This is how they found a workaround to download “Killer with a Festering Head”

Official – quote – Here is how they got the download

  • Opened the Google Search Engine
  • Keyed in the search keywords “Killer with a Festering Head”
  • Hit the Return Key
  • About 20,200,000 results (0.43 seconds)  that is as per our search
  • Select a site and download a free digital copy of “Killer with a Festering Head”

Now then that is not rocket science but it seems the hapless Vietnamese Government did not believe it would be that easy for the Vietnam Youth to make  a mockery of the Vietnam Government censorship ban of “Killer with a Festering Head”!

Vietnam Youth Find Way Around Censorship…

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Anonymous Taking Roll of Unauthorized Internet Watchdog

February 4th, 2012 Anna Seymour

London

England

Sunday, February 05, 2012

A typical Internet scenario these days goes like this – A company or website says something that does not suit the hacking group ‘Anonymous’ There is then a lull of say a few hours to see if say they withdraw the remarks or walk back the comments. Then if there is no status change  ‘Anonymous’ will launch an attack on the website and create a heavy volume of s/w launched robot visitors to the site and the site will crash and will go offline!

Now ‘Anonymous’ have ramped up there hacking level and have intercepted recordings of a meeting between UK Scotland Yard and the US Government FBI – quote – ‘Anonymous’ published the roughly 15-minute-long recording of the call on the Internet on Friday, gloating in a Twitter message that “the FBI might be curious how we’re able to continuously read their internal comms for some time now.” – more – The hackers’ successful attempt to spy on the very people charged with tracking them down remained the most dramatic coup of the day, with sensitive police conversations broadcast across the world. – more – The FBI said the communication “was intended for law enforcement officers only and was illegally obtained,” but added that no FBI systems were breached. It said that “a criminal investigation is under way to identify and hold accountable those responsible.” – Attribution to FBI – Scotland Yard

Maybe ‘Anonymous’ is not the complete answer for an Internet Watchdog, but who knows with a few refinements and modifications the hacking tools and devices they use will come in pretty useful for an Authorized Internet Watchdog!

Anonymous Taking Roll of Unauthorized Internet Watchdog…

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