Category Archives: freedom

Internet in Peril

Got this alarming email from the good folks at SavetheInternet.com and thought I should share it with the rest of you. Dear dc414, You’ve heard from me a lot recently about the “resolution of disapproval” (S.J. Res. 6) against Net … Continue reading

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BarCamp – Post Conference Report

DC414 got a lot of exposure at BarCamp.  We were the only peeps that setup in “the commons” where most everyone would pass through while entering the building.  This was also the area that lightning talks, introductions, and closing events … Continue reading

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Meeting place change.

dc414 has just about grown out of our current meeting space so we are going to start testing out a few new venues starting with Bucketworks. So the meeting will still be on the 10.7.11 at 7pm it will just … Continue reading

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Stop mandatory data retention

Got this email from our friends at EFF: Dear friends, The U.S. House of Representatives is currently considering H.R. 1981, a bill that would order all of our online service providers to keep new logs about our online activities, logs … Continue reading

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Aaron Swartz indicted.

Got this email from the good group of people at Demand Progress: Shocking news: Moments ago former Demand Progress Executive Director Aaron Swartz was indicted by the US government. As best as we can tell, he is being charged with … Continue reading

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Know you rights event post…..blog post and news

The know your rights event was a huge success!! We took a bunch of pictures which we will be uploading later. I big thanks to Candlelight Collective, Waring R. Fincke, M.Peters Trucking, and the dc414 crew for making the event … Continue reading

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Help 2600 Magazine Compile a List of Dates for their Hacker Calendar!

2600, the magazine familiar to many as a preeminent hacking quarterly, is publishing a calendar. While, according to the 2600 site, most calendars only mark holidays, 2600 intends to “provide as complete a guide to milestones in the hacker world … Continue reading

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Defend Online Anonymity – Set Up a Tor Relay

Got this in a email from the good people over at EFF: Dear Anarchy, We use Tor to access our website and to publish to our blog, which is blocked inside of our country. — Iranian human rights activist If … Continue reading

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Anonymous Press Release: #OpWisconsin

OP: http://anonnews.org/?p=press&a=item&i=585 Dear Citizens of the United States of America, It has come to our attention that the brothers, David and Charles Koch–the billionaire owners of Koch Industries–have long attempted to usurp American Democracy. Their actions to undermine the legitimate … Continue reading

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Material related to operation Tunisia

First the why: Yeah i hope someone finds the ppl in that van and gives them a slow death! Anonymous care package for the poor ppl of Egypt – www.bit.ly/hsAjGq This from – http://typewith.me/optunisia ´=========================================== ( ),,( )     … Continue reading

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