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OHM 2013 — The Joy of Geeks
Home and recovered from the rigours of the amazing geekfest, OHM 2013. Annie Machon (UoI),- This was a 5-day festival in the Netherlands where 3000 geeks, activists and whistleblowers gathered...
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OHM 2013 — Geeks and Drugs
Annie Machon (UoI),- As I have mentioned before, the Dutch geekfest Observe, Hack, Make (OHM 2013) was not just a chance for geeks to play with cool tech toys, the whole event also had a very strong...
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Keeping Abreast of Privacy Issues
Annie Machon (UoI) ,- With thanks to my mother for the title of this piece. It made me laugh. In the wake of the Edward Snowden disclosures about endemic global surveillance, the rather...
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Another abuse of UK terrorism laws
Annie Machon (UoI) ,- David Miranda had just spent a week in Berlin, before flying back to his home country, Brazil, via London’s Heathrow airport. As he attempted to transit on to his flight...
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US/UK spy chiefs cover up NSA surveillance scandal
Annie Machon (UoI) , - The disparity in response to Edward Snowden’s disclosures within the USA and the UK is astonishing. In the face of righteous public wrath, the US administration is...
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The Empire Strikes Back. MI5 Chief´s First Public Speech
Sir Andrew Parker, the recently elevated Director General of the UK’s domestic security Service (MI5) yesterday made both his first public speech and a superficially robust defence of the...
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NSA Scandal Whitewash: The spies are called to account
Annie Machon (UoI) , – As the Snowden-related disclosures continue to flow, each new one refuting the last dissembling statements of the desperate spies, diplomats around the world must be...
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TPP — copyright versus free speech
Annie Machon (UoI) , – We, the citizens of the world, already owe NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden a huge debt of gratitude. Even the limited publication of a few of the documents he...
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In Celebration of Whistleblowers
In the UK last week there was a series of events to celebrate the wonderful work of whistleblowers. Annie Machon (UoI) : In previous decades these brave and rare individuals have often been...
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The New Terrorism
Annie Machon (UoI) : Two horrors have dwelt in my mind for the last twenty years, ever since I read reports about terrorist groups while an impressionable young intelligence officer. The first...
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