freeinfidel

It seems that Turkey doesn’t quite grasp the concept of free speech. It has again blocked access to YouTube for content it deems insulting to Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the country’s founder.

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I asked Facebook to close my account. And it seems they obeyed. But there was something about the company’s reponse that made me uneasy.

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Caving in to pressure from users and the New York Times, Facebook has finally created a process by which you can delete your account entirely. Now let’s hope we can trust them to do this, because there’s really no way to check.

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If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear. How often do we hear this from those who would promote surveillance, increased police powers and other forms of social control? But there is a basic flaw at the heart of this thinking: who decides what constitutes ‘hiding’? How do you decide what is acceptable behaviour?

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Fingerprint System Nightmare - Funny home videos are a click away

No security system is ever foolproof. The more we rely on technology for our sense of security, the more vulnerable we become.