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:n/e/t/surf: SMSL'Union européenne et 22 de ses États Membres on signé ACTA hier![]() Hier à Tokyo, l'Union européenne et 22 de ses États Membres, dont la France, ont officiellement signé ACTA , l'accord commercial anti-contrefaçon. Le mouvement citoyen mondial contre les lois américaines anti-partage SOPA et PIPA doit désormais vaincre leur équivalent global ACTA auprès du Parlement européen. [via Dominique Keller+] Signez la pétition pour protester. textually.orgPolice track phones with silent SMS In Europe security services have been sending thousands of Silent SMS messages, allowing them to locate and track phones without the recipient's knowledge. A legal vacuum exists around the technique. Owni.eu reports via @jranck.
Read full article. Previously: - Silent SMS track terrorists ringtonia.comObama's a cappella performance of Al Green hit as a ringtone![]() President Obama's recent impromptu a cappella performance of Al Green's hit "Let's Stay Together" at a fundraiser at the Apollo Theater in New York last week is now available as a ringtone on his official website: President Obama was inspired to sing a bit of Al Green during a recent campaign stop at the Apollo Theater. And now you can have his rendition of "Let's Stay Together" as a ringtone. [via Rolling Stone] picturephoning.comNew Apps Help Activists Sharing Video To Remain Anonymous A pair of new apps, launched via a collaboration between WITNESS, The Guardian Project, and the International Bar Association, are attempting to ensure better "visual anonymity" and "visual privacy" for activists -- but also to preserve that video for posterity. Radio Free Europe reports.
Read full article. Related: apps for activists and related articles: -- Activist app Protest4 gained 50,000 users in 17 days -- Inhuman Microphone app lets protesters spread the word -- Wall Street Protests Use Go App to Coordinate Anonymously -- Occupy Wall Street inspires the 'I'm getting arrested' app -- Wall Street protesters use social media app Vibe to communicate anonymously -- Twitter buys Whisper Systems Which Creates Privacy Tools for Activists WatchingTV OnlineSearch engines are asked to de-list popular filesharing sites and give higher ranking to authorized sitesAt a behind-closed-doors meeting facilitated by the UK Department for Culture, Media and Sport, copyright holders have handed out a list of demands to Google, Bing and Yahoo. To curb the growing piracy problem, Hollywood and the major music labels want the search engines to de-list popular filesharing sites such as The Pirate Bay, and give higher ranking to authorized sites. [via TorrentFreak] |
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