06/06/2011

Links of the day Monday 6th June 2011

Please note these are articles and opinions we found interesting, however they do not necessarily represent the views of Big Brother Watch

Top websites leaking our data to third party players

European Union "cookie" regulations are criticised

Airport security misery

Gov fails to have knowledge of itself on websites

Apple hit by new competition complaint as iCloud launches

Google acting as a 'political tool', says China

New Android app allows automated WiFi cookie intercepts

Eden's CCTV cameras switched off to save money

PSN hacking aftermath: Sony "Welcome Back" free gifts now available

By Billymanning
6 Jun 2011 18:09:03 | Data loss, Nanny state, Online privacy, Privacy

3 Comments

The Fact that the Earth itself puts 97% and Human activities 3% of Carbon into the athmosphere should tell us that this ill conceived Tax on us that will do NOTHING to change this ratio. Time to get rid of these money grabber

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Although Germany’s promotion of renewable energies is commonly portrayed in the media as setting a “shining example in providing a harvest for the world”,

Posted by: burberry bag | 07/07/2011 at 03:12 AM

In Germany, where they did this because the Greens were in the balance of power, they have created 350,000 jobs. It was the strongest component of the German economy during the recent recession. It’s good economics

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Space: the internet's new frontier? Guest post by Nick Pickles The UK Government is currently considering the possibility of a UK-wide firewall, which (simply put) would give the Government the ability to block access to websites from the UK. The argument has mainly been made around file-sharing sites, and to a lesser extent child pornography, and of course the Government insists that it would never be used for political reasons. Yet the example of the Arab Spring and the subsequent activities of Governments in shutting down social networking sites (or more disturbingly, setting up spoof sites to entrap potential trouble makers) should not be forgotten....

Attorney General announces Twitter users may be targeted for breaking injunctions The previously assumed freedom of Twitter may be under threat after Dominic Grieve, the Attorney General claimed that there is a serious possibility of users who reveal injunctions being prosecuted for contempt of court for publishing sensitive material. Traditionally, the enforcement of these kind of injunctions was brought about by the person who had taken out the privacy order, however Mr. Grieve revealed that he would consider acting to uphold the law if he thought it was necessary. The courts hold the power to fine or imprison those who deliberately break court rulings, but the difference between alluding to an...