« A top secret National Security Agency program allows analysts to search with no prior authorization through vast databases containing emails, online chats and the browsing histories of millions of individuals, according to documents provided by whistleblower Edward Snowden ». (via XKeyscore: NSA tool collects ‘nearly everything a user does on the internet’ | World news | theguardian.com)
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Le régulateur assure que Free ne différencie pas les conditions d’acheminement des contenus “selon leur nature, leur origine [ou] leur destination”. Les ralentissements proviennent simplement de la capacité des “tuyaux” qu’il accorde à Youtube, insuffisante au regard des besoins du géant américain.
« Internet service providers (ISP) will be expected to provide filtering technology to new and existing customers, with an emphasis on opting out, rather than opting in ». (via ISPs to include porn filters as standard in UK by 2014 (Wired UK))
Quand vous achetez le dernier opus de Call of duty ou que vous payez votre abonnement à World of warcraft, vous pensez sans doute que votre argent part en Californie, où est basé Activision Blizzard, l’éditeur de ces jeux. Voire en France, où se situe son propriétaire Vivendi. Mais il n’en est rien. En réalité, tous les profits générés hors d’Amérique du nord partent aux Bermudes. En effet, le leader mondial des jeux vidéo a mis en place un montage d’optimisation fiscal en ce sens. Résultat: à fin mars, 2,7 milliards de dollars de profits dorment dans ce paradis fiscal des Antilles, soit 60% de la trésorerie totale de la société, indiquent les comptes trimestriels.
Apple, Google, Facebook, Microsoft are part of a broad alliance of technology companies and civil liberties groups that will tomorrow demand dramatically increased transparency around U.S. government surveillance efforts.
A NEW facial recognition system will soon help shop assistants to identify VIP customers. The technology aims to ensure that staff members can offer a more personalised service – and don’t unwittingly miss out on potentially lucrative sales – by flagging up famous or particularly wealthy notable people
The ‘Back up my data’ option in Android is very convenient,” wrote Micah Lee, staff technologist at the EFF. “However, it means sending a lot of private information, including passwords, in plaintext to Google. This information is vulnerable to government requests for data.
The challenge that governments and businesses have is whether to rely on automated tools that are not that effective or to engage a huge amount of human effort.