EFF provides the 2nd volume of E-Book Buyer’s Guide to Privacy v2

EFF’s E-Book Buyer’s Guide to Privacy v2 Can they keep track of book searches? Google Books Yes Logs all search data with IP address. Will also associate searches with user’s Google Account if logged in. Will not associate searches with users account if not logged in. Amazon Kindle Yes Logs data on products viewed and/or … Read more

EFF reviews Verizon and Google’s Net Neutrality Proposal

A Review of Verizon and Google’s Net Neutrality Proposal from EFF.org Updates by cindy Efforts to protect net neutrality that involve government regulation have always faced one fundamental obstacle: the substantial danger that the regulators will cause more harm than good for the Internet. The worst case scenario would be that, in allowing the FCC … Read more

REPORT: TURKEY’S INTERNET CENSORSHIP PROBLEM

REPORT: TURKEY’S INTERNET CENSORSHIP PROBLEM The Media Association has released a report analyzing the various aspects of the problem of Internet access blocks in Turkey. The report, looking at the Internet as a new conduit, examines Law No. 5651, which regulates the Internet, as well as the current YouTube and Google IP bans, and makes … Read more

A video to celebrate the 20th anniversary of EFF

20 years of the Electronic Frontier Foundation! from Boing Boing by David Pescovitz

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Ebook checklist from EFF

from Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow

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Looks like a victory for Open Source movement?

The White House switch to open source: Tim O’Reilly’s thoughts

from Boing Boing by Xeni Jardin

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Over the weekend, the White House new media team announced (via AP) that whitehouse.gov now runs on the open source content management system Drupal. Tim O’Reilly puts this news into context:

A huge roundup on cyberculture follows:

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