zds – random thoughts

"The owners and operators at Freedom Hosting are openly supporting child pornography and enabling pedophiles to view innocent children, fueling their issues and putting children at risk of abduction, molestation, rape and death," the message said. "For this, Freedom Hosting has been declared #OpDarknet Enemy Number One. By taking down Freedom Hosting, we are eliminating 40+ child pornography websites, among these is Lolita City, one of the largest child pornography websites to date containing more than 100 GB of child pornography. We will continue to not only crash Freedom Hosting’s server, but any other server we find to contain, promote, or support child pornography."

via Anonymous Hackers Take Down Child Porn Websites, Leak Users’ Names | Cybercrime & Cybercriminals | Internet Crime & Pornography | SecurityNewsDaily.

Nyt, kysyn teiltä, Suvi Lindén, KRP ja PeLa: miksi te ette tehneet näin jo vuonna 2005? Miksi päätitte alkaa rajoittaa kansalaisvapauksia, sen sijaan että olisitte alkaneet ratkaista itse ongelmaa? Jos joukko vapaaehtoisia pystyy tekemään näin, teidän olisi pitänyt pystyä yhtä lailla.

Oli jo suomalaista lapsiporno”suodatus”lakia säätäessä kaikille jotka viitsivät asiaan perehtyä selvää, että samalla kun hallitus tekee tällaisia mukatoimia, oikeat lapsipornorikolliset jatkavat toimiaan täysin vapaasti, ja että ongelmaan pitäisi puuttua sen alkulähteillä.

Mutta koska olette joko täysin selkärangattomia tai umpityhmiä, päätitte antaa itse ongelman olla ja peittää sitä savuverholla. Nyt vasta joku vaivautuu oikeasti tarttumaan asiaan.

Hävetkää!

Facebook plays dirty games:

The social network has admitted that it hired a PR firm to plant anti-Google stories related to user privacy.

via BBC News – Facebook exposed in Google smear campaign.

This just in:

“transactions cannot be processed via 3-D Secure. This is affecting all payment service providers and is not SecureTrading specific.”

via MasterCard & Maestro 3-D Secure | SecureTrading.

When the legal bodies fail the freedom of press and the freedom of speech, illegal bodies must act.

"Disclosure is messy and tests moral and legal boundaries. It is often irresponsible and usually embarrassing. But it is all that is left when regulation does nothing, politicians are cowed, lawyers fall silent and audit is polluted. Accountability can only default to disclosure."

via Live with the WikiLeakable world or shut down the net. It’s your choice | John Naughton | Comment is free | The Guardian.

This.

‘”To me the New York Times has committed at least an act of bad citizenship, but whether they have committed a crime is a matter of discussion for the justice department.” Joe Lieberman told Fox News’

In other news:
“The United States is pleased to announce that it will host Unesco’s World Press Freedom Day event in 2011, from 1-3 May in Washington, DC.”
“The theme for next year’s commemoration will be 21st Century Media: New Frontiers, New Barriers. The United States places technology and innovation at the forefront of its diplomatic and development efforts. New media has empowered citizens around the world to report on their circumstances, express opinions on world events, and exchange information in environments sometimes hostile to such exercises of individuals’ right to freedom of expression.”

A gruesomely captivating video of a young woman – laid out on a Tehran street after apparently being shot, blood pouring from her mouth and then across her face – swept Twitter, Facebook and other websites this weekend. The woman rapidly became a symbol of Iran's escalating crisis, from a political confrontation to far more ominous physical clashes.

In Iran, One Woman’s Death May Have Many Consequences – TIME.

Tää on aika.. karua:

2. kesäkuuta 1967 opiskelija-aktivisti Benno Ohnesorgin ampunut länsiberliiniläinen poliisi Karl-Heinz Kurras oli ollut Stasin agentti ja Itä-Saksan kommunistipuolueen SED:n jäsen

Janita Hämäläinen: Saksan lähihistoria meni uusiksi – Uusi Suomi.