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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Government Surveillance (HBO)

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Government Surveillance (HBO)
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Snowden (2016) Rien à cacher (argument) Un article de Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre. « Rien à cacher » — ou, formulé de façon plus complète, « si vous n’avez rien à cacher, vous n’avez rien à craindre » — est un argument mis en avant pour soutenir que les analyses des données et les programmes de surveillance des gouvernements ne sont pas un problème pour la vie privée, dans la mesure où cette vie privée ne couvre pas d’activités illégales[1]. Le slogan « Si vous n’avez rien à cacher, vous n’avez rien à craindre » a été utilisé dans le programme de vidéosurveillance pratiqué dans les villes du Royaume-Uni[Lesquelles ?]. Cet argument est communément utilisé dans les discussions portant sur la vie privée. Lorsqu’il est invoqué, cet argument fait appel au bon sens de l’interlocuteur : quelqu’un qui n’a rien à cacher, rien à se reprocher ne sera pas ciblé par un programme d’analyse de données ou de surveillance, ou tout du moins ne s’en trouvera pas concrètement affecté. « Je pense qu’il faut faire preuve de jugeote. Daniel J.

iOS 9 to include another privacy feature: allowing ad-blockers Apple's newest mobile software will allow developers to create extensions that block web content from their devices. Although it wasn't publicly announced by the company at its annual developer conference in San Francisco on Monday, developers running iOS 9 can now find the "content blocking" feature buried deep in their device's settings. Content blockers "affect what content is loaded" when using Safari, the default browser on iPhones and iPads. According to Apple's developer pages, the system works by allowing developers to pass a list of rules and links that can be used to block content on pages, such as images and video, text, popups, and tracking cookies. Ad-blockers have become increasingly controversial in recent months and years. Millions of desktop users use ad-blockers -- a browser plugin that effectively scrubs every webpage from flashy, garish, and memory-consuming ads. While these ads pay the bills to keep websites operational (including this one!)

In Defense of Edward Snowden against John Kerry’s Slanderous Attacks “The notion that a radical is one who hates his country is naïve and usually idiotic. He is, more likely, one who likes his country more than the rest of us, and is thus more disturbed than the rest of us when he sees it debauched. He is not a bad citizen turning to crime; he is a good citizen driven to despair.” —H. My good colleague Lawrence has already highlighted the hypocrisy behind Secretary of State John Kerry’s recent comments on NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. “Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. Treason is the only federal crime that’s defined in the Constitution along with the procedural and evidentiary standards spelled out. It’s very clear Snowden has not “levied war” or adhered to an enemy of the United States. “The Fourth Amendment as it was written — no longer exists. “My priority is not about myself.

What Does Google Know About Me? Did you know that unlike searching on DuckDuckGo, when you search on Google, they keep your search history forever? That means they know every search you’ve ever done on Google. That alone is pretty scary, but it’s just the shallow end of the very deep pool of data that they try to collect on people. What most people don’t realize is that even if you don’t use any Google products directly, they’re still trying to track as much as they can about you. Google trackers have been found on 75% of the top million websites. Most people also don’t know that Google runs most of the ads you see across the internet and in apps – you know those ones that follow you around everywhere? But even that’s not all… If You Use Google Products If you do use Google products, they try to track even more. And if you use Android (yeah, Google owns that too), then Google is also usually tracking: If you use Gmail, they of course also have all your emails. You Become the Product It’s exploitative.

Do not track Glenn Greenwald: The Explosive Day We Revealed Edward Snowden's Identity to the World May 11, 2014 | Like this article? Join our email list: Stay up to date with the latest headlines via email. On Thursday 6 June 2013, our fifth day in Hong Kong, I went to Edward Snowden's hotel room and he immediately said he had news that was "a bit alarming". An internet-connected security device at the home he shared with his longtime girlfriend in Hawaii had detected that two people from the NSA – a human-resources person and an NSA "police officer" – had come to their house searching for him. Snowden was almost certain this meant that the NSA had identified him as the likely source of the leaks, but I was sceptical. Whatever the news meant, it underscored the need for Laura Poitras – the film-maker who was collaborating with me on the story – and I to quickly prepare our article and video unveiling Snowden as the source of the disclosures. "Um, my name is Ed Snowden," the now-famous film begins.

Three Reasons Why the "Nothing to Hide" Argument is Flawed Over the years, we at DuckDuckGo have often heard a flawed counter-argument to online privacy: “Why should I care? I have nothing to hide.” As Internet privacy has become more mainstream, this argument is rightfully fading away. However, it’s still floating around and so we wanted to take a moment to explain three key reasons why it's flawed. 1) Privacy isn’t about hiding information; privacy is about protecting information, and surely you have information that you’d like to protect. Do you close the door when you go to the bathroom? Simply put, everyone wants to keep certain things private and you can easily illustrate that by asking people to let you make all their emails, texts, searches, financial information, medical information, etc. public. 2) Privacy is a fundamental right and you don't need to prove the necessity of fundamental rights to anyone. You should have the right to free speech even if you feel you have nothing important to say right now. And for good reason.

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