Hiding from Google

From Slashdot: “Google offers Web users a simple trade-off: Let the search giant track a substantial portion of your comings and goings around the Web, and it will offer you a free, superior online experience. Now independent security researcher Moxie Marlinspike is making Web users a counter-offer: take Google’s giveaways and keep your privacy too. […]

Update on the Facebook vs. Suicidemachine issue

After the story came out about how Facebook is trying to tyranize a small Dutch web-service, that helps people disconnect from social media services, quite a lot of attention has been drawn to the case. Especially on the wonderful Nettime-mailinglist where people gather to discuss issues of net criticism. One of the most interesting posts, […]

Remixed Danish tourist poster reflects the brutal Copenhagen police actions

Check out this brilliantly made remix of the classic old ‘Wonderful Copenhagen’ poster, made by Camilla Brodersen. A remix that so accurately visualizes the political shift in mentality that has happened in Denmark over the last 5-6 years. I found it at Boing Boing – read the original post here.

We never really question the privacy issue when signing up for another Google-service, do we? #google #privacy

Over at Slashdot, a user named hubert.lepicki has posted the following query, that has sparked an interesting discussion that is well worth checking out. We never really question these issues when signing up for another google-service, do we? I use Google all the time. I keep two GMail tabs open when I’m online (one is […]

Danish copyright activist challenges conflicting DRM-legislation

Boing Boing writes: “In Denmark, it’s legal to make copies of commercial videos for backup or other private purposes. It’s also illegal to break the DRM that restricts copying of DVDs. Deciding to find out which law mattered, Henrik Anderson reported himself for 100 violations of the DRM-breaking law (he ripped his DVD collection to […]

Spanish activists issue manifesto on the rights of Internet users

Triggered by the huge debate about ao. the so-called three strikes legislation in Europe, Spanish web activists lead by Javier “Barrapunto” Candeira have formulated a manifesto that express the fundamental rights of Internet users and the principles of net neutrality that so many citizens and non-profit advocacy groups across the globe are fighting to preserve […]

Man arrested for failing to tweet

Though Twitter is rapidly growing as a communication tool – as well as a social network service – it’s significance seemed to reach an unprecedented peak today, as it was announced that a man in the United States was actually arrested for failing to send a tweet as commanded by the police. Yes, it sounds […]

‘The Iraq Center’ – autonomous initiative to counter Danish government failure

One of the major national newspapers in Denmark, Politiken, has – somewhat contrary their not particularly leftist ideology – launched an autonomous (and may I say impressive) initiative to try to save some of the remaining Iraqi interpretors that the Danish government has rejected for asylum and started deporting back to war-torn Iraq to an […]

A call for respect and fullfilling of the rights of citizens and artists in the digital era

During the last years, innumerous organisations, activists, researchers and others savvy of the Internet have been fighting to create awareness of the importance of retaining net neutrality in the online sphere, where a myriad of commercial interests are using every possible means to gain dominance. Yet another large-scale initiative of advocacy is now taking place […]

Danish anti-piracy agency throw in the towel

/// UPDATE NOV 8, 2009: This piece was Boing Boing’ed today, both on the site and in the newsletter. /// /// See also ping-backs from siltala.net, gadgetsteria.com, theworldmatters.org, newsblog.twitwp.com, skivadlime.se, nezinau.lt and partidulpiratilor.ro /// Just now it has been announced in the press by the official Danish Anti-Piracy agency, Antipiratgruppen, that they are throwing in […]