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Elude Your ISP's BitTorrent Blockade
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StonyandCher writes "More and more ISPs are blocking or throttling traffic to the peer-to-peer file-sharing service, even if you are downloading copyright free content. Have you been targeted? How can you get around the restrictions? This PC World report shows you a number of tips and tools can help you determine whether you're facing a BitTorrent blockade and, if so, help you get around it."<p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/14/2227200&from=rss"><img src="http://yro.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=08/05/14/2227200"></a></p><p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/14/2227200&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
<p><a href="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline?a=ubdF1K"><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline?i=ubdF1K" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline/~4/290569731" height="1" width="1"/>samzenpus2008-05-15T01:13:00+00:00internetimpossible-tasktech125125,121,106,76,38,20,15http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/14/2227200&from=rssYouTube's Unspoken Linking Policy For Copyright Infringers
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Hackajar writes "Valleywag has an interesting post detailing YouTube's new way to deal with copyrighted music videos, removing embed tags and linking it to the official content on site. What's significant here is the lack of video removal by YouTube staff. From the post, "Uploads of music videos from the band by non-official sources now carry a link reading "Contains content from [insert studio here]"". They use a Modest Mouse music video from a third party to illustrate the new change."<p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/14/2125229&from=rss"><img src="http://yro.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=08/05/14/2125229"></a></p><p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/14/2125229&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
<p><a href="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline?a=ueaxzM"><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline?i=ueaxzM" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline/~4/290470390" height="1" width="1"/>timothy2008-05-14T21:45:00+00:00googledoesn't-seem-unreasonable-from-hereyro5757,55,46,34,16,9,4http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/14/2125229&from=rss85% of Chinese Citizens Like Internet Censorship
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cynagh0st writes "A Pew Internet & American Life Project report indicates that of an overwhelming majority of Chinese people that believed the Internet should be 'managed or controlled,' 85% want the government to do this managing. This is resulting from surveys on Internet use over the last seven years in China. 'The survey findings discussed here, drawn from a broad-based sample of urban Chinese Internet users and non-users alike, indicate a degree of comfort and even approval of the notion that the government authorities should control and manage the content available on the Internet.' The report goes further into describing the divide in perspective between China and Western Nations on the matter and discusses the PRC's justifications for Internet control."<p><a href="http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/14/1337223&from=rss"><img src="http://yro.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=08/05/14/1337223"></a></p><p><a href="http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/14/1337223&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
<p><a href="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline?a=XtmEgY"><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline?i=XtmEgY" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline/~4/290248107" height="1" width="1"/>CmdrTaco2008-05-14T15:40:00+00:00censorshipwell-nevermind-thennews551551,542,435,312,92,56,38http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/14/1337223&from=rssSyrian Blogger Sentenced to Three Years in Jail
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blind biker writes "The AP reports (via the Herald Tribune) of Tarek Bayassi, a 24-year old Syrian blogger sentenced to three years in jail for 'undermining the prestige of the state and weakening national morale.' The original sentence was six years but it was commuted on appeal. Apparently, this isn't an isolated case in Syria."<p><a href="http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/14/1224224&from=rss"><img src="http://yro.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=08/05/14/1224224"></a></p><p><a href="http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/14/1224224&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
<p><a href="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline?a=3f4oE1"><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline?i=3f4oE1" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline/~4/290185438" height="1" width="1"/>CmdrTaco2008-05-14T13:33:00+00:00governmenthope-he-gets-net-accessnews192192,187,147,103,31,14,11http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/14/1224224&from=rssMormon Church Goes After WikiLeaks
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An anonymous reader writes "The Mormon Church has instructed its lawyers to gag the Internet over WikiLeaks' release of the 1968 and 1999 versions of its confidential handbook for Church leaders. Apart from attacking WikiLeaks, legal demands were sent to Jimmy Wales of the WikiMedia foundation for a WikiNews article merely linking to the material, and scribd.com has also been censored. WikiLeaks has (of course) refused to remove the documents."<p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/14/125244&from=rss"><img src="http://yro.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=08/05/14/125244"></a></p><p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/14/125244&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
<p><a href="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline?a=PzjnVj"><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline?i=PzjnVj" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline/~4/290157588" height="1" width="1"/>CmdrTaco2008-05-14T12:52:00+00:00censorshipfor-once-its-not-the-scientologistsyro986986,972,773,555,128,83,56http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/14/125244&from=rssGoogle Begins Blurring Faces In Street View
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mytrip notes a News.com article reporting that Google has begun blurring faces in its Street View service, which has spawned privacy concerns since its introduction last year. Google has been working for a couple of years to advance the state of the art of face recognition. Quoting News.com: 'The technology uses a computer algorithm to scour Google's image database for faces, then blurs them, said John Hanke, director of Google Earth and Google Maps, in an interview at the Where 2.0 conference...' Google wrote about the program in their Lat/Long blog."<p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/13/2047248&from=rss"><img src="http://yro.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=08/05/13/2047248"></a></p><p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/13/2047248&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
<p><a href="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline?a=KZNvzm"><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline?i=KZNvzm" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline/~4/289700264" height="1" width="1"/>kdawson2008-05-13T20:57:00+00:00privacymiddle-ground-in-range-of-both-sides'-fireyro166166,162,136,98,55,35,25http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/13/2047248&from=rssCharter Is Latest ISP To Plan Wiretapping Via DPI
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Charter Communications has begun sending letters to its customers informing them that, in the name of an "enhanced user experience," it will begin spying on their traffic and inserting targeted ads. This sounds almost indistinguishable from what Phorm proposed doing in the UK. Lauren Weinstein issues a call to arms.<p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/13/1832256&from=rss"><img src="http://yro.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=08/05/13/1832256"></a></p><p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/13/1832256&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
<p><a href="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline?a=VNTn3N"><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline?i=VNTn3N" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline/~4/289629918" height="1" width="1"/>kdawson2008-05-13T18:42:00+00:00privacybad-phormyro292292,289,239,176,60,40,28http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/13/1832256&from=rssHow the RIAA Targets Campus Copyright Violators
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jyosim writes "The Chronicle of Higher Ed got a briefing at RIAA headquarters on how the group catches pirates. They just use LimeWire and other software that pirates use, except that they've set up scripts to search for songs, grab IP numbers, and send out notices to college officials. They claim they don't target specific colleges, though many feel that they do."<p><a href="http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/13/1649254&from=rss"><img src="http://yro.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=08/05/13/1649254"></a></p><p><a href="http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/13/1649254&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
<p><a href="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline?a=3kY3pA"><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline?i=3kY3pA" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline/~4/289580583" height="1" width="1"/>timothy2008-05-13T17:23:00+00:00educationlures-them-in-with-jim-hawkins-dollsnews275275,270,231,168,57,31,24http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/13/1649254&from=rssCIPPIC Files Privacy Complaint Over DPI
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dj_yaz writes "A group of University Of Ottawa law students who deal with online privacy issues last week filed a complaint with Canada's Privacy Commissioner about Bell Canada's use of Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) to monitor internet subscribers' online activities without their knowledge or consent."<p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/13/147220&from=rss"><img src="http://yro.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=08/05/13/147220"></a></p><p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/13/147220&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
<p><a href="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline?a=OxbJNi"><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline?i=OxbJNi" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline/~4/289491772" height="1" width="1"/>timothy2008-05-13T14:54:00+00:00internetshow-us-your-packetsyro2121,19,18,13,7,3,3http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/13/147220&from=rssChina to Regulate Internet Map Publishing
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hackingbear writes "After text, pictures, and videos, China starts regulating Internet map publishing (here is the google translation.) The government believes that Internet maps can represent the state's sovereignty and its political and diplomatic positions in the international community — and consequently, inaccurate maps could harm national interests and dignity, produce bad political influences, reveal national secrets and harm national security, in addition to harming consumer interests. So from now on, publishing maps would require approval and (yet another) license from the state survey bureau. That means Google, Yahoo, etc., need to remove China from the map; or maybe they just pay up some officials and their agents to acquire yet another license. And our newest 80Gbps DPI monsters need to be upgraded to identify maps together with porn."<p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/13/1320233&from=rss"><img src="http://yro.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=08/05/13/1320233"></a></p><p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/13/1320233&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
<p><a href="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline?a=Bvd1jk"><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline?i=Bvd1jk" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline/~4/289464478" height="1" width="1"/>timothy2008-05-13T14:07:00+00:00censorshipemblematicyro261261,261,214,157,39,20,13http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/13/1320233&from=rssCanada Considering A Three Strikes And You're Off The Internet Policy?
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Techdirt is reporting that Canada may be considering a "three strikes" policy which could see users internet access privileges revoked for file sharing violations. "Given how secretive the industry and the government have been about new copyright laws, perhaps this isn't too surprising. We do know that the industry was pushing for greater ISP liability as part of copyright law changes a few months back, so it wouldn't be surprising if ISPs were negotiating a "three strikes" type rule to avoid the liability issues. Of course, they probably want to keep it secret, as publicity (and resulting anger) about these types of laws in Europe has at least some politicians moving away from them. However, as the entertainment industry does keep succeeding in getting these types of laws to move forward, how long will it be before similar laws are proposed in the US, with "everyone else is doing it" as part of the reasoning?"<p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/12/1744209&from=rss"><img src="http://yro.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=08/05/12/1744209"></a></p><p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/12/1744209&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
<p><a href="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline?a=19ypK4"><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline?i=19ypK4" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline/~4/288879933" height="1" width="1"/>ScuttleMonkey2008-05-12T18:44:00+00:00internetcan't-stop-the-signaltech455455,445,371,286,77,47,32http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/12/1744209&from=rss80 Gbps Deep Packet Inspection Hardware Announced
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An anonymous reader writes to tell us that Procera Networks is launching a new weapon on the deep packet inspection (DPI) front. At $800,000 these 80 Gbps tanks aren't going to be sitting in everyone's closet, but it could mean that more traffic shaping is on the way. "The PL10000 can handle up to 5 million subscribers and can track 48 million real-time data flows. That's certainly a potent piece of hardware, but larger ISPs will need more. That's why Procera designed the new machines with full support for synchronizing traffic flows where return traffic might be routed to a different PacketLogic machine. The machine receiving the return traffic can make the machine monitoring the outbound traffic aware that it sees the other half of a TCP/IP conversation, for example, giving the devices more accuracy than those which might only have access to one side."<p><a href="http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/12/1648223&from=rss"><img src="http://yro.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=08/05/12/1648223"></a></p><p><a href="http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/12/1648223&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
<p><a href="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline?a=4o0kI2"><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline?i=4o0kI2" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline/~4/288854083" height="1" width="1"/>ScuttleMonkey2008-05-12T17:53:00+00:00privacycomcast-on-backorder-for-monthshardware185185,184,153,117,38,26,17http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/12/1648223&from=rssTo Curb Truancy, Dallas Tries Electronic Monitoring
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The New York Times is reporting that a school district in Texas is trying a new angle in combating truancy. Instead of punishing students with detention they are tagging them with electronic monitoring devices. "But the future of the Dallas program is uncertain. Mr. Pottinger's company, the Center for Criminal Justice Solutions, is seeking $365,000 from the county to expand the program beyond Bryan Adams. But the effort has met with political opposition after a state senator complained that ankle cuffs used in an earlier version were reminiscent of slave chains. Dave Leis, a spokesman for NovaTracker, which makes the system used in Dallas, said electronic monitoring did not have to be punitive. 'You can paint this thing as either Big Brother, or this is a device that connects you to a buddy who wants to keep you safe and help you graduate.'"<p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/12/1633251&from=rss"><img src="http://yro.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=08/05/12/1633251"></a></p><p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/12/1633251&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
<p><a href="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline?a=bnC7CY"><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline?i=bnC7CY" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline/~4/288826570" height="1" width="1"/>ScuttleMonkey2008-05-12T17:15:00+00:00educationkids-aren't-peopleyro460460,449,381,233,67,40,27http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/12/1633251&from=rssAn Inside Look at the Great Firewall of China
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alphadogg writes "An interview with James Fallows, national correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly, who has experienced 'The Great Firewall of China' firsthand, an experience people from around the world will share this summer when the Olympics comes to that country. Based in Beijing, Fallows has researched the underlying technology that the Chinese use for Internet censorship. One good thing to know: With VPNs and proxies, you can get around it pretty easily." Will these Olympics lead to a more free China, or is it just corporate pandering?<p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/12/1522221&from=rss"><img src="http://yro.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=08/05/12/1522221"></a></p><p><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/12/1522221&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
<p><a href="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline?a=3zt6zE"><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline?i=3zt6zE" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline/~4/288767015" height="1" width="1"/>CmdrTaco2008-05-12T15:40:00+00:00internetmust-protect-general's-secret-recipetech164164,162,142,104,27,17,15http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/12/1522221&from=rssA Guardian Angel In Your Cell Phone
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theodp writes "Bill Gates and Ray Ozzie are listed as inventors of the Guardian Angel, which is described in a most unusual Microsoft patent application that should intrigue privacy advocates. In addition to protecting you from possibly diseased people, by detecting body temperatures, the Guardian Angel's 'monitoring component can take note of the number of conversations occurring in a room (and more specifically, a breakdown of the types of people in the room accompanied by a warning for dangerous persons, based on sex offender registration, FBI most wanted, etc.).' The versatile Guardian Angel, Microsoft notes, can also recommend restaurants, advise you on the appropriateness of your jokes, detect that your heartbeat has stopped, display targeted ads on billboards, and block spam."<p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/10/2141238&from=rss"><img src="http://yro.slashdot.org/slashdot-it.pl?from=rss&op=image&style=h0&sid=08/05/10/2141238"></a></p><p><a href="http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/10/2141238&from=rss">Read more of this story</a> at Slashdot.</p>
<p><a href="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline?a=XokBKp"><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~a/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline?i=XokBKp" border="0"></img></a></p><img src="http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotYourRightsOnline/~4/287749276" height="1" width="1"/>kdawson2008-05-10T23:20:00+00:00patentsall-watched-over-by-machines-of-loving-graceyro215215,211,165,127,55,37,27http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/05/10/2141238&from=rssSearch SlashdotSearch Slashdot storiesquery
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