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Knowing How the Global Internet Works – And How It Can Crash
We all know about websites crashing, or institutional infrastructure crashing, but can the Internet crash? The answer is ‘yes’. As we’ve pointed out before to 21WIRE readers, roughly 99% of TED Talks are pretty useless
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Homeland Security top officer to work on UN’s new global Internet rules
The second-in-command at the US Department of Homeland Security is stepping down as deputy secretary in order to sign-on for a role with the United Nations. But as Jane Holl Lute changes venues, will
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Obama likely to issue executive order on cybersecurity as early as January
An executive order from President Obama aimed at protecting the nation from cyberattacks is likely to be issued in early 2013, and perhaps as soon as January, observers say. The long-awaited executive action is unlikely
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The UN asks for Control over the World’s Internet
Members of the United Nation’s International Telecommunications Union (ITU) have agreed to work towards implementing a standard for the Internet that would allow for eavesdropping on a worldwide scale. At a conference in Dubai this
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Obama Secret Directive Gives Cyber-Control to Military For National Security
Google is stating in their most recent Transparency Report that the US government has stepped up their surveillance on civilians. According to the internet giant, more personal data is being profiled on Americans and
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JUST BEFORE HURRICANE SANDY, OBAMA SIGNED EXECUTIVE ORDER MERGING HOMELAND SECURITY WITH PRIVATE SECTOR TO CREATE VIRTUAL DICTATORSHIP
While all eyes were on Hurricane Sandy in the days leading up to the storm’s breach on the mainland of the Northeast, the White House was busy devising new ways to enslave Americans under
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State-Sponsored Hackers Disrupt Networks and Justify DHS New Digital Militia
Last month Janet Napolitano, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) claims that unspecified reports coming from US financial institutions assert that hackers are “actively” attacking them. Napolitano said: “Right now, financial institutions
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DHS Takeover: Newly Released DHS Manual Reveals Advanced Surveillance and Tactical Network
When the Department of Homeland Security was brought into existence the general population didn’t really know what to expect, they were never really told, and most of them didn’t care all that much to
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Obama Empowers DHS to Use Local Gov and Corporations for Their Own “Priorities”
Just last week, President Obama signed yet another executive order; this one empowering the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to utilize local governments and private sector corporations for the expressed purposes of “[supporting] homeland
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There’s A Huge Plan In The Works To Give The UN Control Of The Internet
It is expected to be the mother of all cyber diplomatic battles. When delegates gather in Dubai in December for an obscure UN agency meeting, fighting is expected to be intense over proposals to rewrite
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Obama Closer to Seizing Control of Cyberspace; Exec. Order Imminent
According to a copy of a draft executive order on cybersecurity obtained by the Associated Press (AP), President Obama will soon order “U.S. spy agencies to share the latest intelligence about cyberthreats with companies
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Obama Signs New Executive Order Expanding Homeland Security Mission In The U.S.
On Oct. 26, President Obama signed a new Executive Order which expands the role and scope of Homeland Security in states and areas across the country. This order, which establishes a new Security Partnership
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