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Details On Worldwide Surveillance and Filtering

An anonymous reader writes "Help Net Security is running an interview with Rafal Rohozinski, a founder and principal investigator of the OpenNet Initiative, which investigates, exposes and analyzes Internet filtering and surveillance practices all over the world. Rafal provides insight on the process of assessing the state of surveillance and filtering in a particular country and discusses differences related to these issues in several regions, touching especially the United States and Europe. In the US, censorship is more difficult to implement if for no other reason than the court systems offer greater protections for freedom of speech. However, in both places surveillance is on the rise particularly as law-enforcement agencies become more adept at working in the cyber domain."

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  1. Oblig XKCD by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Oblig XKCD

    Now and then, I announce "I know you're listening" to empty rooms.

    If I'm wrong, no one knows. And If I'm right, maybe I just freaked the hell out of some secret organization.

    1. Re:Oblig XKCD by QuantumG · · Score: 2, Funny

      http://xkcd.com/538/

      I think that's more appropriate.

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      How we know is more important than what we know.
  2. Re:Just Remember. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Really? I thought those was US congressmen!

    Shennanigans in the cloakroom, Shennanigans in the bathroom, Shennanigans on the internet just seems logical!

    They want the cameras so they can spy on us naked! Those pervs!

  3. Re:Just Remember. by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 3, Funny
  4. Re:Just Remember. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    The chans are filled with old creepy men who want to have sex with young girls and boys!
    Fixed... no charge.

  5. Re:Just Remember. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hopefully the next time they talk to Jesus, he tells them to stop using table-based layouts. It's just unchristian.

  6. Knowing What Not to Say. by FurtiveGlancer · · Score: 4, Funny

    I judiciously avoid terms that will make my internet experience suspect for the key word scanners. Words like Keyhole, Echelon, Einstein might cause notice of your inputs so just be care{click, dial tone}

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    Invenio via vel creo
  7. ah, the Internet... by Tastecicles · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...where men are women, women are men, and little girls are FBI agents running honeypots...

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    Operation Guillotine is in effect.
  8. Re:Just Remember. by DigiShaman · · Score: 2, Funny

    no, no one wants to have sex with congressmen.

    That's because they already fuck us over. Why would we want to go through that again?

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    Life is not for the lazy.