What would we do without the internet?

[Halororor]

Well, I must say that the internet really has matured me a lot. I've come a long way since last year about this time, so I would be a bit lost without it. More specifically, forums all over the internet have matured me. I've come into contact with people I normally would avoid and I've met the strangest people. It made me broaden my view on all subjects and my viewpoints have changed a lot. Sometimes the people on the internet are so mature I get a bit frustrated with my friends' at schools childishness.

So I'd be a lost soul without internet.

[PureSnipe]

Well, I must say that the internet really has matured me a lot. I've come a long way since last year about this time, so I would be a bit lost without it. More specifically, forums all over the internet have matured me. I've come into contact with people I normally would avoid and I've met the strangest people. It made me broaden my view on all subjects and my viewpoints have changed a lot. Sometimes the people on the internet are so mature I get a bit frustrated with my friends' at schools childishness.

So I'd be a lost soul without internet.

And sometimes they're so immature that you want to beat your head into a pulp on the keyboard.

[Halororor]

And sometimes they're so immature that you want to beat your head into a pulp on the keyboard.

 

Yeah, that too ;)

But it's usually easy to avoid websites with people like that. That's one of the nice things of the Nexus Forums, either you act mature or you get treated like the immature child you are acting like. And there aren't many people here who act immature.

[Skree000]

I have a strong growing suspicion that the us elites/ govt will stage a fake terrorist attack on the internet, under the guise of 'hackers and viruses', and bring it down, just for long enough to introduce their new internet, a pinnacle of shining hope, resting on a golden pillow, coincidentally all setup just in time for us to switch over: Internet2, which is actually already almost complete, and should be coming online and all setup this fall, they are working on it at Stanford university.

 

The new internet will be setup more like a tv cable system where you have to pay to view things, and you can get packages with optional channels, but you cant go to any website, it will all be filtered.

 

unfiltered regular internet (the way we have it now) will become an extremely expensive 'elite' version which consumers will be able to buy into if they have the cash.

 

You might think im nuts, but the groundwork is already almost complete. Internet2 has been in the works for a long time now, and its backed by the new president and has a huge money supply to fund its implementation. check it out....

http://www.internet2.edu/

Check out the section about the stimulus bill. Large sums of cash from the stimulus package are being funnelled to this new internet which will replace our current one, removing more freedoms. yay!

 

Heres some fear-mongering propaganda from the mouth of the beast, NYTimes (the official paid "news" outlet of the Bankers)http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/weekinreview/15markoff.html

 

They claim we 'need a new internet' because we are all at risk of super bad things. They mention Nazis, WW2, terrorists, all kinds of words and messages to try to convey the 'seriousness of the situation'. (its a cover for their excuses to introduce 'Pay-per-net' which will replace internet.

Why would we want that? well... you just wait. They will scare us enough we will be begging for a 'revolutionary change' to the way the internet works.

 

Everyone knows the Antivirus companies fund hackers to write new lethal viruses to spread, so they can instantly receive and distribute fixes... for a price.

Guarantee you that top execs of the rich and powerful already have new and lethal viruses at their disposal that can and will destroy much more than we think in regards to computers... perhaps new kinds of viruses that can circumvent and bypass firewalls, proxies, anything you put in its way. These could theoretically be the new weapons of 'e-terror' that they will unleash on us so that we will be so terrified and scared, we will beg for their 'grand solution', which will be covertly binding our hands and stripping more freedoms. w00t.

 

They wont clobber us all at once though, no, they will ramp things up nice and slowly by making people more and more cautious and scared about 'the evils of the internet'. Then before long, they will have everyone convinced 'we need a new internet' because the current one is 'too dangerous!' zomg no internetterrorists ahhhh

 

Dont take my word for it though. take a look. Official press releases from Microsoft, backed by the Government, DHS and the NSA! talking about an 'immediate need for a complete redesign for Internet security' to prevent 'Cyberterrorism' Are they serious? does anyone believe this crap. Its a complete and utterly blatant attempt at stomping on freedoms.

http://www.nwcn.com/business/stories/NW_03...S.21d74e27.html

 

This phenomena of 'needing to take action NOW' is spreading around the globe like wildfire. The fear mongering is nearing critical mass. Here is an article out of india citing L K Advani, (the Prime Ministerial candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), India's principal opposition party)'s blueprints for the transformation of the country. All boring stuff, except for the last line. notice how they sneak in these 'minor' tidbits at the end of these long winded docs... by the time you get to the bottom you arent really paying attention to the facts in front of you.

• An independent body, Digital Security Agency (DSA), to be set up for cyber warfare, cyber counter-terrorism, and cyber security of national digital assets.

http://www.business-standard.com/india/new...t-jobs/56629/on

 

 

here is a rather hilarious article referring to 'Cybergeddon'. Basic fear mongering that you dont need to read unless you really want to laugh at their biased views on how we need their new internet2. Its very long winded, after reading it i found I only really ever needed to read the bold headlines that show up before each new paragraph. Basic premise of the article is showing us 'proof that 'something must be done' because impending 'Cybergeddon' is coming.

http://www.info4security.com/story.asp?sec...4121885&c=1

 

Heres some news regarding the new 'Law Enforcement 2.0' (their quote not mine) about how now law enforcers are fighting crime online using their own proprietary type of Facebook-like networking site... http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/08/technology/08stream.html

yea cos theres so many criminals hiding in the back alleys of the internet waiting to stab you in the face right through your screen as you surf past the site. They make it sound all nice and good with an example of how Facebook users caught some Vandals in the act. Subtle crimes like this seem justifyable to punish, who can side with vandals? By laying a foundation of introductory examples of how online-law-enforcement needs to be, they build on it once we have accepted it as fact, and step by step corner us and push us back, stripping away freedoms.

 

 

DHS of all govt. organizations is already spreading seemingly innocent and common-sense info warning people about the most mild of internet abuse and evil-ness, cyberbullying...

Look at the bottom of this link for Tips to 'avoid internet bullying' from ... can you believe this... Dept. of Homeland Security? (from this page: http://mywebtimes.com/archives/ottawa/display.php?id=376797)

 

another story about 'cyberterrorism' from NYTimes... exposing us to the nasty possibilities of DDOS attacks! They phrase it again to sound like terrorists are about to destroy the world. (scare tactic by blasting us with stories of e-terrorism, again laying the groundwork in our minds that Internet2 is necessary.)

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/13/technology/13cyber.html

 

an article trying to show how terrorists are sitting in their caves with laptops, browsing forums while their ak47s rest at their sides. LOL terrorists are OFF the grid, they dont use forums.

Here is more propaganda laying the groundwork for their upcoming intensification of their Fear-campaign to convince us that the internet needs to be policed heavily. (the article comes off as a bit racist to me iono)

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/10/opinion/10bergman.html

 

Cyberterrorism, largely ignored looming threat? OHNOES *runs to bomb shelter*

http://themoderatevoice.com/26654/cyberter...rrorist-threat/

 

an article discussing Cyberterrorism, titled are 'Cyber-Militias attacking Kyrgzstan?' LOL yup laying the groundwork of fear.

http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/0...yber&st=cse

 

an article discussing how american corporations and Lobbyist groups (aka bankers with cash and an agenda) are waging war in Europe to prevent Net-Neutrality and institute their vice-grip on the internet, which would be another stab at freedom. The article fails at trying to remain unbias, and is clearly defending the big internet companies who are trying to take away our rights and freedoms. All in the name of 'stability on the network' ... yeah...

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/09/technolo.../09neutral.html

 

an article about how Walmart wants Digital Health records online... .yea cos Walmart (being the richest corporate entity worldwide) really needs to know your health records!

(bottom line reason why im including this is to show how the rich and powerful are trying to get everything we are online in digital form, where it will all soon become completely monitored, regulated, controlled, etc etc (as if it isnt monitored already lul)

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/11/business/11record.html

 

an article describing the Army developing dedicated teams to combat 'Electronic warfare'

The type of warfare they describe is not internet, but forces us to realise electronics are easily a medium for terrorism and evil-ness. The end of the article has an interesting note: "cyber warfare, which deals with defending or attacking computer networks, with local, national and even international impact." .. yea.. like i said, laying the groundwork by subtle hints here and there that there are terorrists inside your computer and they are trying to kill your family through the internetz.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/08/washington/08army.html

 

oh NO digital 'cyberassaults' raise fears about teh internets after a "data-siege' strongly worded imagery within... Im scared! They even have a map with the caption 'Attack on estonia' LMAO. Wow they are really not trying to hide their fear-mongering. They mention how NATO and UN are now trying to combat 'cyberwar' in the digital age.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/29/technolo...yber&st=cse

 

Global trail of online crime ring: (their quote) ONLINE CRIMINALS?? time to put up 2 firewalls (until they tell us firewalls are no good and we need Internet2 aka Pay-per-net) When i think of 'online crime ring' i know what they refer to. they mean a bunch of overweight glasses-wearing guys in their basements burning and cracking DVD encoding. What they WANT us to think of when we hear these words are hardened criminals with tattoos from prison, tossing knifes in the air and scheming on how to kill, attack, injure, maim, rob or otherwise harm everyone through teh internets. sorry but I know their definition of 'online criminals' lul.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/12/technology/12theft.html

 

a seemingly tame story about how our cellphone networks (and internet networks) are old and outdated and need replacing! (hmmmm /suspicious) (note the last line int he article; 'if i could have a more reliable phone (network) it would be just perfect' ... subtle hint, ya

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/14/technolo...ml?pagewanted=2

 

an article discussing the idea of Computerizing physicians notes... cos on paper the Gov't and elites cant see them as easily. They need to be mailed around and photocopied and all that work. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/11/opinion/l11medical.html

 

an article discussing conglomerating all News media outlets into one umbrella News agency... (yea thats not an invitation for control *rollseyes) And attacking the idea of Free-News. (since you should have to PAY to find out whats going on!) lol They personalize this story by narrating it in a sense that would allow readers to feel sympathy and relate to the story. There is no benign bias-free way of promoting this idea. Its just too wrong, it has to be told in their very bias context to justify it and convince us they are right.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/09/business/media/09carr.html

 

a seemingly- useless, tame article discussing how trash-tabloid type sites are now being scooped up by bigger sites like Mail.com which will 'help them become less opinionated'. Mail.com is a massive multimilliondollar corporate and bankrolled website that features news articles Exclusively from... yup.. Associated Press, another corporate media outlet bankrolled from behind the curtains. At first it seems silly that i link this here, but the idea is you have to look at all the information and see trends. What might seem like a harmless article about wacko hollywood-critical-opinionated-bloggers being bought-out by big-media, is just another example of a recent trend of internet Censorship. They dont want you to think anything but that which they regulate.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/09/business...9movieline.html

 

not a big scare tactic or anything, but subtle hints here and there, like this article, repeatedly reminding us by pounding into our heads that the internet is the most important thing we have left. (laying the groundwork for the coming scare tactics which will help us convince ourselves that since the internet is so precious, we must do what they tell us is good for us. (aka new internet)

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/08/business/08count.html

 

an article about 'Cyber-rebels' in cuba. the article seems mild unless you realise its context and greater function. The article ends with the words 'we are training an army of information specialists'.... really... an 'army'.. .you could have used any other word... but no, please refer to the itnernet in a military training context. lol

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/06/world/am...yber&st=cse

 

an article discussing the public unveiling of technology which the gov't has had for years, the ability to retrieve deleted photos. The article tries hard to avoid the fact that we will suddenly become scared that someone out there will manage to reconstruct our deleted photos! Its fear mongering via reverse psychology and subtlety. The article itself is harmless. But by bombarding us daily with these little bits of info about the kinds of things people can do with sensetive documents such as photos or files... will allow us to believe and understand that there are risks to be worried about.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/01/business/01novel.html

 

an article with the headline that 'cyberTerrorism in india has necessitated surveillance and e-surveillance.' Yeah, cos everyone on teh internets is a terrorist so we need a solution! (and that solution happens to be big brother)

http://www.mynews.in/fullstory.aspx?storyid=16512

 

 

a rather good article by free media, exposing the biases of other so called free-media outlets. It outlines the crazy Lack of Freedoms in certain countries regarding internet.

Did you know that in Burma, you have to get a Government-issued liscence to operate a MODEM? Else you will be arrested for attempting to dismantle or damage state security! wow.

I GUARANTEE you this is the Us Gov't (and other gov'ts) Wet dream. They want this. Bad.

 

http://news.cnet.com/8301-10787_3-10193866-60.html

 

i could go on citing articles and tying them up to paint a grim picture but then again, im just seeing between the lines... im not really seeing truths right. Im just paranoid and interpreting bogus assumptions...

[PureSnipe]

If they do indeed try this, this is an infringement on the first amendment: freedom of speech and press.

I can think of a few people that would be driven over the edge by that.

And since you're on the topic of seeing through the lines and haze, let me paint a picture for you on our current economic situation.

In the Communist Manifesto, they state that an impoverished, in debt society is the easiest to control for the fact that they will build a dependency on the state. (Sound familiar?)

Another big point of communism was to remove all religious activity. (Think about this, pilots are no longer allowed to say "Merry Christmas" on their plane to passengers for the fact it's imposing their religion. WTF??)

I could go on and on and on about what our government is doing and what it should be doing. Only thing is, I know there's enough of us that will defend it.

I'm not going to go into specifics on what our military thinks, but we all know that they're almost 100% loyal. They take an oath to "...defend and uphold the Constitution and the freedom of America from all threats, foreign or domestic..."

Just saying, I think the tension is about to hit a breaking point and we may see another revolution occur. Just my ideas though, no matter how wacked-up they may sound. I'm a Constitutionalist; if the Constitution says you can do it, go ahead, I won't stop you. If it says you can't, then, well, you're in for a bad time.

 

Oh, and on the security issues? Pfft. Two clicks on my browser and my IP is being bounced around the world. I did some research. The FBI has had few cases they were able to get though a proxy, and that was because the host gave the information.

 

My apologies, I skimmed your post to get the gist of it, and now I'm re-reading it more thoroughly. On the photo and file restoration? For every thing the develop, there's at least 5 ways to beat it. Most of which the average computer user can do. Two of the easiest: Reformat, and, powerful magnet. Data gone for good

[Skree000]

If they do indeed try this, this is an infringement on the first amendment: freedom of speech and press.

I can think of a few people that would be driven over the edge by that.

And since you're on the topic of seeing through the lines and haze, let me paint a picture for you on our current economic situation.

In the Communist Manifesto, they state that an impoverished, in debt society is the easiest to control for the fact that they will build a dependency on the state. (Sound familiar?)

Another big point of communism was to remove all religious activity. (Think about this, pilots are no longer allowed to say "Merry Christmas" on their plane to passengers for the fact it's imposing their religion. WTF??)

I could go on and on and on about what our government is doing and what it should be doing. Only thing is, I know there's enough of us that will defend it.

I'm not going to go into specifics on what our military thinks, but we all know that they're almost 100% loyal. They take an oath to "...defend and uphold the Constitution and the freedom of America from all threats, foreign or domestic..."

Just saying, I think the tension is about to hit a breaking point and we may see another revolution occur. Just my ideas though, no matter how wacked-up they may sound. I'm a Constitutionalist; if the Constitution says you can do it, go ahead, I won't stop you. If it says you can't, then, well, you're in for a bad time.

They already killed 3000+ people in controlled demolitions to make us scared enough to gladly give up our freedoms.... whats stopping them from doing the same to the internet. It would be costly, risky and massive in scope. Websites around the world exchange billions of dollars over the internet for services and products, hosting etc. With one fell swipe they can (and arent afraid to) destroy it (or some of it) all, all in the name of Instituting their Master Plan for our internet. After all, whats a few hundred million angry internet users who have just been robbed going to do? they took the LIVES of others, they are not afraid of taking our money.

 

heres something interesting for you: Ever read up on Northcom? Canada and US are now hand in hand, and, i quote, ' have signed a Civil Assistance Plan that allows the military from one nation to support the armed forces of the other nation during a civil emergency.'

 

civil emergency..... like when states cede from the union because of constitutional laws being broken? :) hmmmm They are covering their asses pretty good, setting up the defenses before the manufactured emergencies force the nation to break up. Oh look, how convenient, a multinational military, poised right in our backyard, able to swoop in and quell any civil emergency... So if states try to back out... nope sorry, armies of 2 countries stomp on your neck.

 

Regarding the image deletion thing, i know, and many people know there are surefire ways to delete digital info, but the fact remains that they are pumping out this info to the public that will cause them to become subconsciously worried about the sanctity of their documents. (not everyone is computer savvy, sadly)

[PureSnipe]

If they do indeed try this, this is an infringement on the first amendment: freedom of speech and press.

I can think of a few people that would be driven over the edge by that.

And since you're on the topic of seeing through the lines and haze, let me paint a picture for you on our current economic situation.

In the Communist Manifesto, they state that an impoverished, in debt society is the easiest to control for the fact that they will build a dependency on the state. (Sound familiar?)

Another big point of communism was to remove all religious activity. (Think about this, pilots are no longer allowed to say "Merry Christmas" on their plane to passengers for the fact it's imposing their religion. WTF??)

I could go on and on and on about what our government is doing and what it should be doing. Only thing is, I know there's enough of us that will defend it.

I'm not going to go into specifics on what our military thinks, but we all know that they're almost 100% loyal. They take an oath to "...defend and uphold the Constitution and the freedom of America from all threats, foreign or domestic..."

Just saying, I think the tension is about to hit a breaking point and we may see another revolution occur. Just my ideas though, no matter how wacked-up they may sound. I'm a Constitutionalist; if the Constitution says you can do it, go ahead, I won't stop you. If it says you can't, then, well, you're in for a bad time.

They already killed 3000+ people in controlled demolitions to make us scared enough to gladly give up our freedoms.... whats stopping them from doing the same to the internet. It would be costly, risky and massive in scope. Websites around the world exchange billions of dollars over the internet for services and products, hosting etc. With one fell swipe they can (and arent afraid to) destroy it (or some of it) all, all in the name of Instituting their Master Plan for our internet. After all, whats a few hundred million angry internet users who have just been robbed going to do? they took the LIVES of others, they are not afraid of taking our money.

 

heres something interesting for you: Ever read up on Northcom? Canada and US are now hand in hand, and, i quote, ' have signed a Civil Assistance Plan that allows the military from one nation to support the armed forces of the other nation during a civil emergency.'

 

civil emergency..... like when states cede from the union because of constitutional laws being broken? :) hmmmm They are covering their asses pretty good, setting up the defenses before the manufactured emergencies force the nation to break up. Oh look, how convenient, a multinational military, poised right in our backyard, able to swoop in and quell any civil emergency... So if states try to back out... nope sorry, armies of 2 countries stomp on your neck.

 

Regarding the image deletion thing, i know, and many people know there are surefire ways to delete digital info, but the fact remains that they are pumping out this info to the public that will cause them to become subconsciously worried about the sanctity of their documents. (not everyone is computer savvy, sadly)

Ahh, but here's where family in the military comes in handy.... Cousin just got out of BT for the USMC, and they way it sounds, if a revolution starts, chances are it'll originate from a military that has sworn to defend their country from any threat. I'll quote my cousin on what the sarge said to him, "If there's any shooting to be done, chances are it'll start here"

[Thor.]

I remember the days when the internet was a thing of the future, and what i did for intertainment was well play video games, watch movies or go (OUTSIDE) lol. Anyway i woudn't nececerally go crazy because i have other means of entertaining myself.

 

Talking about digital pictures, remember that face book licence change, when you agreed to the licence agreement the content is now theirs on their servers, scary stuff aye. Just think on what they can do to your persanol photos or information.

 

Another reason not to trust the internet, or facebook.

[Orchidea]

95% instead of 20% of all the people would have a life.

[Skree000]

Latest slice of m$/government-funded fear-mongering to help us be terrified-enough into pleading and begging for Internet 2.0:

 

Fearful story about Conficker, the supervirus that the government and microsoft are definately NOT funding/sponsoring. (/sarcasm)

Department of homeland security tells you to run Microsoft Update! (Yea thats not government/corporate handshaking =P) (i never liked ms update anyways =P)

Funny how they know so much about the inner workings of this virus, when it will strike next and come 'live' etc... viruses have never before been 'weather-forcast' like this....

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29956746/wid/11915829/

 

"Internet predators continue to multiply" - fear mongering by telling a tale of a kiddy-porn arrest followed by less than subtle hints that File-Sharing networks are dominated by kiddy-porn criminals. Follows up with a few paragraphs telling us not to trust our neighbors, because, even a priest was a pedophile, so your neighbors could be too! (article basically points a finger at file-sharing and labels all p2p downloaders as being kiddy-porn distributors)

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29793814/wid/11915829/

 

"Reports of internet crime jump 33%!" so says an anonymous un-explained group called the 'Internet Crime Complaint Center'... and we are supposed to take their word for it... because well.. its in the news, and supposedly they are a non-profit organization working with the fbi... Id like to see the facts and proofs of these claims. You cant just wave numbers in our faces and expect us to nod and go 'wow teh internet is dangerouz! please fix it!' *sigh* I cant believe this article is for real. It bears the mark of AP (associated Press <- bank-funded propaganda) however its so poorly written and vague I almost question the amount of effort that went into it. Sounds like they have almost nothing to back up their story so they dont bother opening a can of worms... just skimming the surface then movnig along. Our weekly mini-reminder that "Internetz is bad. Nothing more to say"

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29960044/wid/11915829/

 

"Researchers Uncover China Cyber-spies'

Onoes not teh cyber spies. Please dont steal my pr0nz.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29935591/

 

"Is a computer Virus stealing your identity?"

Onoes my Facebook!!one!!

They really REALLY try hard to push laymans terms for us troglodytes who dont know not to open bogus emails and accidentally install keyloggers.

Cos, you know, us internet folks iz dum and we click on everything and install randomly named .exe files that appear in our face, as well as click every banner ad and open every email (especially the ones from ebay telling you to type in your password and credit card info) LOL

(Basically they are trying very hard to make sure even the most stupid computer user becomes scared of the internet. Fear mongering targeting the newbs incase they werent convinced that Internet 1.0 is evil and Internet 2.0 is win. (its not btw)

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29719417/

 

"Email scams get makeover for recession"

Who honestly replies/opens/installs junk that randomly gets emailed to them anyways. ZOMG I can work from home and make 2000000 dollars a minute? zomg tell me more! *sigh*

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29513632/

 

"Government warns of Stimulus Internet scam"

LOL cos you know, the government doesnt want e-thieves stealing your money. They want you to make sure your money is safe and sound in your pocket where they can steal it nice and proper via Bailouts/Stimulus packages. Thieves warning people about other thieves with hopes that they will appear righteous lul.

IMHO anyone who responds to an email offering Obamas stimulus package money if you 'reply now with CC infoz' deserves to be robbed. Survival of the smartest =P

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29512292/

 

"EU forms coalition to fight online child pornography"

Im beginning to think child porn is the new 'al'queda'. (aka government scapegoat for all the worlds problems, as well as being our main reason for taking action and revolutionizing everything. Ie. first it was terrorism that was causing us to want our freedoms taken away, now its in the name of stopping kiddy porn. (dont get me wrong, kiddy porn is bad. But there comes a point when you have to stop and wonder... why did they even post this article? What is the purpose in telling us.... could it be because they need a cover story for all the additional surveillance? naw, they are just spending billions of dollars and bringing together BANKS and law enforcement worldwide to 'keep little billy safe while he talks on msn'.. right.

Cos banks are so holy and caring.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29485583/

 

'12 americans indicted in online child porn ring'

By specifically mentioning 'americans' in the article headline, they are attempting to force readers to start wondering what their neighbors are doing. BLATANT Fear mongering.

Why not just say, "12 indicted"... cos then people wont get scared and think, ZOMG americans? maybe my neighbor is a kiddy-porn addict, I better report him to the authorities, he HAS been downloading alot, my bandwidth is suffering, he must be a criminal!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23470545/

 

'Girl, 14, posts nud pics, is charged with kiddy porn'

This is a rather laughable article. She posts pics for her boyfriend and gets charged with posession and distribution of KP. LOL. Follow it up with a statement of 'The teen needs help, not legal trouble'. Im guessing that when most of us were 14, if the social networking sites were as big as they are today, many of us would find ourselves in this girls situation and be pressed with charges lol. (I do believe she was making a mistake of posting them anywhere on the internet... but.. nonetheless an entertaining article)

In the end the article reminds us about the dangers of the internet and keeps poking us in the eye with a pointy stick called KP. ow.... ow... hoping we will be begging for Net 2.0

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29912729/

 

'Teen hacker turns cyber-crime consultant'

This article works both FOR them and AGAINST them.

How it works for them: It spreads fear by informing everyone that even little billy next door can be 'skimming millions' off your bank account and circumventing national security computers. (causing us to not trust our neighbors and again fear for our lives on teh internetz)

How it works against them: Its living proof that the authorities trap and employ hackers and malicious computer users. (Would it be so much of a stretch if they say... hired a virus-writer to come up with a massive worldwide virus that is such a threat as to necessitate regular warning-news-articles and reminders to not only remember to Windows-Update, but buy Anti-virus protection? Naw... who would do that... that would be..... wrong... they would make so much money... it would be definately very very wrong.)

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29875907/

 

'Man accused of hacking for nude teen pics'

SENTENCED TO 110 years in Prison LAWL. Epic pr0n fail.

Anyways, this is a strongly worded article detailing how this 'ex military' guy (im scared now), was 'setting up programs on victims computers' to access their photos and systems remotely etc etc. (he prolly just sent a "Remote Assistance' request thru MSN and hoped they would click it =P).

Tell me how he got 110 yrs when murderers only get Life (25ish) ?

Additionally I found it interesting that the article admits the authorities were monitoring him for over 5 years, even after he had met and contacted girls =P

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29743013/

 

'Federal government: Star of Youtube, Flickr'

A seemingly innocent and positive article showing us that the government is now the good guys, they care about us, and are now so COOL as to get involved with internet social sites.

They go to great lengths to pummel into our brains that they are 'here to help us' and REALLY go out of their way (im not joking lol) and list a good dozen of examples of how 'the government is integrated into these popular websites to 'help everyone'. Lul.

Its pre-exposing us to the fact that the Gov't is a strong presence in the internet. Incrementalism, ie. The 'frog in the pot of boiling water' analogy inwhich the frog wont jump out if you slowly turn up the heat.

Honestly i really want to be pleased and happy with this article but it is SO obviously a perfect example of incremental pre-programming.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29882992/wid/11915829/

 

'President Obama gets to keep his Blackberry'

A blatant ad campaign for RIM? (makers of the Blackberry, whom, I worked for a few years ago, whose main assembly plant (in ontario canada) is located adjacent to a Raytheon facility. Yes, Raytheon in canada.)

Or is this article just hammering into our heads that, since, 'obama has been called the 'first hi-tech president' that means we should like him and adore him even more because, we too are 'hi-tech' with our blackberries and our internetz.

Again, a seemingly harmless article implants us with the knowledge that the government takes the internet and modern social-tech seriously, so it wont be so shocking when they try to integrate themselves with every single aspect of our lives for 'surveillance against terrorism and Kiddyporn'.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28780205/

 

'Mexico to fingerprint phone users'

This article was strangely deleted from MSNBC.com because it 'expired' (yet they still have news articles from months and months ago).

It outlines how Mexico's congress has already passed and implemented a bill INSTRUCTING phone companies to collect and retain fingerprint information from phone buyers, as well as retain all text messages, call recordings and logs.

Im guessing this article was pulled because it might make people suspect that american phone companies could be responsible for something so insidious... no... cos they would never do that here.... they would tell us if they were doing that... right?.... right?

 

http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyN...E5187EB20090209

(found the article mirrored on a Reuters news feed site)

 

 

Thats all for now. Funny how I can find almost all the government propaganda directly from microsoft's MSNBC website. Not a surprise though, Associated Press is the main news outlet for mSnbc, who are also major news outlets for New york times, along with every other mainstream news source paid for by... well.. you know the rest.

 

/lul