Stop Censorships

Good evening folks! I just realized I forgot to report last Tuesday's news updates. My apologies...I've been caught up on this Windows Microsoft non-support of Windows XP. I have been operating on XP since the day it came out. And it is still my favorite. However, I may be forced to upgrade to at least Windows 7 for security reasons. But I just found out Malwarebytes has an upgrade that will protect us until 2016. I might check that out as their feel version is fantastic to begin with. Anyway, I hope all you Windows XP Users stay safe. I'll update this issue as I find more info. In the meantime, here is this week's Cyber Security Updates. Enjoy!

Doing nothing is not an option to stop on-line piracy

With the ability to make perfect digital copies of movies, books, music and software at zero cost, trying to stem the tide of on-line piracy is an uphill battle. The current mechanism under U.S. law to deal with on-line piracy are the “notice and takedown” provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act or “DMCA.” The process envisioned by the DMCA is supposed to be simple and straightforward: if a copyright holder finds that an on-line service (e.g., a search engine or YouTube) is providing access to illegal content, then the rights-holder shall “notify” the service who is supposed to promptly “take down” the content. Unfortunately, life is not that simple.Read More!

Turkey Internet Censorship:Turkish government tightened blockade Twitter / Breaking News

The Turkish government has over the weekend expanded its Twitter-blockade. According to media reports, access to alternate DNS servers like Google has been blocked. Twitter itself to have been now locked on an IP basis. For people in Turkey, it is becoming increasingly difficult to use the short message service Twitter: Over the weekend, the Turkish government has tightened its blockade service . Was it resourceful computer users initially possible with the simplest means to circumvent the officially imposed Twitter ban , and for example to post jokes , some more effort is required for it now . Even on Friday, Twitter had just let continue to use if you dodged to an alternate DNS server as the Google ( ” 8.8.8.8 “). Many users had pointed out for example in other social networks in this way , even graffiti drew attention . Read More!