- Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:37:48 +0000: Alleged Accomplice of Accused Cable-Modem Hacker Testifies Against Him - Threat Level
The alleged accomplice of an accused cable-modem hacker testified in court on Wednesday that the suspect taught him how to pirate cable service using hacked firmware and cloned Mac addresses. - Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:05:49 +0000: DOJ Urges Supreme Court to Halt Challenge to Warrantless Eavesdropping - Threat Level
The Obama administration is urging the Supreme Court to halt a legal challenge weighing the constitutionality of a once-secret warrantless surveillance program targeting Americans’ communications that Congress eventually legalized in 2008. - Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:10:35 +0000: Ask the Question No One Is Asking: Crowdsourcing the Republican Primary Debate - Threat Level
Are you the type who, when watching a political debate, screams at the moderator for not asking the right question — the one you’re just dying to hear the answer to? The one that’s really important? Well, here’s a chance to get your question asked. Wired is partnering with The Guardian and New York University [...] - Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:38:23 +0000: Megaupload CEO Kim Dotcom Granted Bail in New Zealand, But Banned From Net - Threat Level
Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom was freed on bail in New Zealand, pending an extradition hearing to face criminal copyright charges in the States. Dotcom is not, however, allowed to fly, stray far from his mansion or, perhaps worst of all, use the internet. - Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:53:32 +0000: How the European Internet Rose Up Against ACTA - Threat Level
Prime Minister Donald Tusk of Poland sent a letter to his fellow leaders in the EU Friday urging them to reject ACTA, reversing Poland’s course with the controversial intellectual-property treaty, and possibly taking Europe with them. “I was wrong,” Tusk explained to a news conference, confessing his government had acted recklessly with a legal regime [...]
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