But our merger with DirecTV was totally fine, AT&T says.
Source: AT&T blasts cable mergers, says cable companies should compete instead | Ars Technica
Category: Ignorant or unreasonable
Rightscorp Granted Australian Patent to Chase Pirates – TorrentFreak
Rightscorp has been awarded a patent by the Australian Patent Office which should protect it from competitors looking to muscle in on its business model Down Under. The patent protects a system which helps Rightscorp identify repeat infringers, individuals it is now targeting in the United States with settlement demands and lawsuits.
Source: Rightscorp Granted Australian Patent to Chase Pirates – TorrentFreak
CNN and the NYT Are Deliberately Obscuring Who Perpetrated the Afghan Hospital Attack
From the start, not even the U.S. military had the audacity to try to obscure that they did this. They left that dirty work to their leading media outlets which, as usual, are more than eager and happy to comply.
Source: CNN and the NYT Are Deliberately Obscuring Who Perpetrated the Afghan Hospital Attack
There are laws making it illegal to collect data on open land | Ars Technica
Wyoming law—which forbids testing water quality, taking photos—is being challenged.
Source: There are laws making it illegal to collect data on open land | Ars Technica
AVG to flog your web browsing, search history from mid-October
Your secrets sold to advertisers
Source: AVG to flog your web browsing, search history from mid-October
TSA Master Keys – Schneier on Security
Someone recently noticed a Washington Post story on the TSA that originally contained a detailed photograph of all the TSA master keys. It’s now blurred out of the Washington Post story, but the image is still floating around the Internet. The whole thing neatly illustrates one of the main problems with backdoors, whether in cryptographic systems or physical systems: they’re fragile.
Skype restricted my paid account, without recourse, over a billing hiccup | Ars Technica
I fixed it by playing the journalist card—but regular customers might not be so lucky.
Source: Skype restricted my paid account, without recourse, over a billing hiccup | Ars Technica
DEA Impersonating Medical Board Investigators To Gain Access To Personal Health Records | Techdirt
“It’s not like there’s ten of them. There’s probably thousands — I know there are thousands,” Matt Barden, spokesman for the DEA, told the Daily Caller News Foundation about the DEA’s use of administrative subpoenas.
Source: DEA Impersonating Medical Board Investigators To Gain Access To Personal Health Records | Techdirt
Hacker mag 2600 laughs off Getty Images inkspots copyright claim • The Register
Those are OUR random blotches of ink, says photo library
Source: Hacker mag 2600 laughs off Getty Images inkspots copyright claim • The Register
WordPress Adds Subaru to Takedown “Hall of Shame” – TorrentFreak
WordPress.com is taking a strong stance against rightsholders who abuse its takedown process. The company maintains a “hall of shame” which recently expanded with the addition of Subaru. The car manufacturer tried to take down a blog which was created in response to one of Subaru’s own contests.
Source: WordPress Adds Subaru to Takedown “Hall of Shame” – TorrentFreak