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Infrared LEDs make you invisible to CCTV cameras
via Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow on February 20, 2008
This German exibition is showcasing bright infrared LED devices that overwhelm the CCDs in security cameras, allowing you to move through modern society in relative privacy. I used this as a gimmick in my story I, Robot -- now I want to own one!The URA / FILOART developed device promises to the citizens of a more reliable protection against security measures of the state (and other...
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Kansas high school official: woman "cannot be put in a position of authority over boys"
via Boing Boing by Mark Frauenfelder on February 14, 2008
St. Mary's Academy (25 miles northwest of Topeka) won't let women referee boys basketball games.The Kansas State High School Activities Association said referees reported that Michelle Campbell was preparing to officiate at St. Mary's Academy near Topeka on Feb. 2 when a school official insisted that Campbell could not call the game.The reason given, according to the referees:...
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Texas students shut down highway and march 7 miles to vote in gerrymandered district
via Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow on February 23, 2008
danah sez, "This is a video of students marching seven miles in Texas to cast their votes on the first day of early voting."Texas Republicans have worked overtime to make it harder for key Democratic voting groups to vote and be represented fairly. The redistricting games they've played are infamous. And for the Prairie View A&M University precincts, they put the early-polling place more than...
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Taking pictures on LA's Red Line violates the "9/11 Law"
via Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow on May 14, 2008
... You mean the Patriot Act?Him: No pictures.Me: Could you explain? What law do you mean?Him: You are lawyer?Me: No.Him: No pictures. You could be a terrorist. Very strict!Me: How about I take a picture of you?Him: F**k you...(I couldn't believe it either)He then proceeded to huddle in the corner and speak into his radio. Next thing I knew, a booming female voice very loudly announced over th...
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Is Comcast really blocking P2P? EFF + SF Weekly conclude: yeah.
via Boing Boing by Xeni Jardin on January 24, 2008
David Downs of the SF Weekly invited Electronic Frontier Foundation spokeshacker Peter Eckersly into his home to test claims that Comcast is blocking BitTorrent files:Eckersley's BitTorrent controller flickers for a second, showing that his computer is "seeding" our file to the Melbourne computer. Then everything stops. The transmission fails, and to an untrained eye, the problem appears to...
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Teenagers unhappy about security cameras in school lavatories
via Boing Boing by Mark Frauenfelder on February 26, 2008
Students at Lipson School in Plymouth UK returned from a one-week break to discover closed-circuit security cameras in the lavatories (They were "the round ones that can move," said one 15-year-old who saw them). After hundreds of students protested, the school agreed to remove the cameras.I'm not sure I believe principal Steve Baker when he says he didn't know about the cameras, but if...
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Billboard Liberation Front vs. ATT + NSA
via Boing Boing by Xeni Jardin on February 28, 2008
Snip from a BLF missive:The Billboard Liberation Front today announced a major new advertisingimprovement campaign executed on behalf of clients AT&T and the NationalSecurity Agency. Focusing on billboards in the San Francisco area, thisimprovement action is designed to promote and celebrate the innovativecollaboration of these two global communications giants.More, and larger, uncropped version...
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Cal State University fires Quaker for inserting "nonviolently" into loyalty oath
via Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow on March 03, 2008
A Quaker math teacher at California State University East Bay has been fired for inserting the word "nonviolently" into the loyalty oath that state employees are required to sign. The woman, who works with young people who need remedial help with math, has always made this change in the loyalty oaths she's signed throughout her long teaching career, but the CSU East Bay administration fired...
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Companies that use Gmail abroad break the law because PATRIOT makes it possible for US spooks to spy on Google
via Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow on March 26, 2008
Google's email and collaboration tools are facing legal problems outside of the USA, thanks to the USA Patriot Act spying bill. Google offers universities, hospitals and companies Gmail, calendar and document collaboration tools, but all the material hosted on Google's servers can be legally spied upon by the US government under the loosest of controls, thanks to the USA Patriot Act. But...
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HOWTO kill/block an RFID
via Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow on April 25, 2008
Instructables have just published their latest installment in their series of HOWTOs inspired by my forthcoming novel Little Brother, a young adult book about kids who use technology to wrest liberty from the Department of Homeland Security. This week, it's HOWTO block or kill an RFID chip.-The easiest way to kill an RFID, and be sure that it is dead, is to throw it in the microwave for 5...
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