PUBLIC MARKS from sbrothier with tags privacy & Activism

The Web is our largest shared resource. Let's keep it free and open for us, and for the next generation.

Parce que nous croyons profondément que la censure de l'Internet est non seulement contraire au principe même de l'Internet, à savoir de permettre à ses utilisateurs de communiquer les informations qu'ils désirent aux interlocuteurs qu'ils choisissent, mais aussi contraire au droit à la liberté d'opinion et d'expression, [...] qui implique le droit de ne pas être inquiété pour ses opinions et celui de chercher, de recevoir et de répandre, sans considérations de frontières, les informations et les idées par quelque moyen d'expression que ce soit (DUDH, Article 19), nous vous proposons "Comment contourner la censure sur Internet".

ecurity in-a-box is a collaborative effort of the Tactical Technology Collective and Front Line. It was created to meet the digital security and privacy needs of advocates and human rights defenders. Security in-a-box includes a How-to Booklet, which addresses a number of important digital security issues. It also provides a collection of Hands-on Guides, each of which includes a particular freeware or open source software tool, as well as instructions on how you can use that tool to secure your computer, protect your information or maintain the privacy of your Internet communication.

In March 2010, Hojjatollah Behrouz, managing director of the Tehran Traffic Control Company, was quoted as saying that 550 cameras are now watching the streets and, in the course of a five-year plan, their number should hit 1,400 in order to cover the whole city. The so called "Smart Systems" include special cameras monitoring traffic restricted zones, visual control cameras, and multipurpose billboards.

One sentence: Cory Doctorow (craphound.com) is a science fiction author, activist, journalist and blogger -- the co-editor of Boing Boing (boingboing.net) and the author of the bestselling Tor Teen/HarperCollins UK novel LITTLE BROTHER. His latest young adult novel is HOMELAND, his latest novel for adults is RAPTURE OF THE NERDS.