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October 25, 2012 – DCMX Radio: Anonymous Part 2 – Jailbreaking DMCA, Hacktivist Lawyer, InfoSec Jokers, Wiki ‘Detention’ Leak, Anons Defend Humanity
WikiLeaks to Release Over 100 Secret Documents on Detention Policies Jailbreaking now legal under DMCA for smartphones, but not tablets PlayStation 'master key' leaked online, Tiny Drones Work Together! Jester Update: th3j35t3r 'patriot hacker' Promotes the Military...
How Apple Quietly Reintroduced iPhone Tracking in iOS 6
Apple Reintroduced User Tracking With iOS 6 When Apple rolled out iOS 6 alongside the iPhone 5 in September 2012, a significant change slipped in with far less fanfare than the device itself. The company quietly introduced a new advertising tracking system known as...
Double-Tap Drone Strikes in Pakistan: Stanford-NYU Study Found 49 Civilians Killed Per Militant
The Hidden Cost of Double-Tap Drone Strikes A landmark joint study by Stanford and New York University researchers found that U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan were killing approximately 49 civilians for every known militant targeted. The nine-month investigation, based...
Journalist Glenn Greenwald Speech on “Humanitarian” Wars
http://youtu.be/MMirTxSlhBA Greenwald is that increasingly rare commodity in the US, a true journalist. I don't agree with him on a lot of things, but he is definitely correct here in debunking the hogwash about "humanitarian" wars. Nobody goes to war for humanitarian...
Bain Capital Returns and Drug Money Laundering Allegations Against Mitt Romney
Bain Capital's Extraordinary Returns Raised Red Flags During the 2012 presidential election cycle, the Los Angeles Times published a report detailing the remarkable financial performance of Mitt Romney's investment firm, Bain Capital. According to the Times, the firm...
Romney Family Investment Chain Linked to Electronic Voting Machine Company
The Romney-Bain Capital Connection to Electronic Voting Machines During the 2012 presidential election cycle, investigative journalists uncovered a financial link between the Romney family, Bain Capital-connected investment firms, and a company that manufactured...
What Happens After Jurors Get It Wrong?
About 300 people have been wrongfully convicted and exonerated in the U.S. thanks to DNA evidence. But overlooked in those stories are the accounts of jurors who unwittingly played a role in the injustice. One of those stories is playing out in Washington, D.C., where...
United Nations Report Called for Expanded Internet Surveillance in 2012
UN Report Pushes for Expanded Internet Monitoring In October 2012, the United Nations released a 148-page report titled "The Use of the Internet for Terrorist Purposes," calling for increased surveillance of internet users as a tool for investigating and prosecuting...
Boeing CHAMP Missile Disables Electronics With Directed Microwave Energy
The CHAMP Program: A Missile That Disables Electronics Without Explosions In October 2012, Boeing and the United States Air Force successfully tested one of the most unusual weapons in modern military development — a missile designed not to destroy targets through...
The 2012 Third-Party Presidential Debate: Four Candidates Excluded From the National Stage
In October 2012, four presidential candidates who had been excluded from the official debates between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney gathered in Chicago for an alternative forum that highlighted the structural barriers facing third-party campaigns in American politics....
Romney vs Obama Drone Policy: The Bipartisan Kill Program
Romney Endorsed Obama's Drone Strategy During the 2012 Foreign Policy Debate During the October 2012 foreign policy debate, Mitt Romney essentially gave his stamp of approval to President Obama's use of unmanned aerial strikes. Regardless of which candidate won the...
Rapture of the Nerds: Will the Singularity Turn us into Gods or End the Human Race?
A gathering of experts on artificial intelligence becomes a search for deeper meaning Hundreds of the world’s brightest minds — engineers from Google and IBM, hedge funds quants, and Defense Department contractors building artificial intelligence — were gathered in...
The Disposition Matrix: How the NCTC Built America’s Institutionalized Kill List
What Is the Disposition Matrix? In October 2012, reporting revealed that the Obama administration had spent two years secretly building what officials called the "disposition matrix" — a next-generation database designed to institutionalize and expand the government's...
We Are Legion: The Documentary That Revealed Anonymous
A Documentary That Put Faces on Anonymous "We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists," directed by Brian Knappenberger, premiered at the Slamdance Film Festival in January 2012 and offered one of the first in-depth documentary portraits of the hacktivist collective...
CIA Whistleblower John Kiriakou Sentenced for Exposing Waterboarding Program
In a case that drew national attention to the tension between government secrecy and accountability, former CIA officer John Kiriakou accepted a plea deal and received a 30-month prison sentence for disclosing classified information related to the agency's...
October 23, 2012 – DCMX Radio: Anonymous Part 1 – Quck History Timeline, Protection from FBI Manipulation, Anon Updates, Decrypting The Matrix
Timeline History of Anonymous Activism Protect Yourself from FBI Manipulation (w/attorney Harvey Silverglate) Outing of Amanda Todd Bullies!! DOX'd by Anonymous! Anon Action Groups, PLF, Par:AnoIA, AnonOps Decrypting the Matrix Statement Show Transcript Introduction:...
October 22, 2012 – DCMX Radio: Whistleblowers Gagged, Drones Tracking Faces, George Carlin on Politician Speak, Sugar Dangers
THIRD NORTHWEST ACTIVIST IS IMPRISONED FOR REFUSING TO TESTIFY AT GRAND JURY Whistleblowers: gagged by those in power, admired by the public How sugar may make you stupid Congressional report warns drones could track faces, never leave sky George Carlin Lying...
iPhone Privacy on iOS 6: How Apple Tracked Users for Advertisers and How to Stop It
How iOS 6 Tracked User Activity for Advertisers When Apple released iOS 6, the operating system included several mechanisms that transmitted user activity — including web browsing habits and app download history — to advertising networks. These systems allowed...
Magic Mushrooms Could Have Medical Benefits, Researchers Say
The hallucinogen in magic mushrooms may no longer just be for hippies seeking a trippy high. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have been studying the effects of psilocybin, a chemical found in some psychedelic mushrooms, that's credited with...
October 19, 2012 – DCMX Radio: Creativity ‘Illness’, Romney Drug Money, Blood Tranfusion Fountain of Youth, Chinese Plant Kills Cancer
Amazing Medical Discovery: Transfusions of Young Blood Appear to Rejuvenate the Elderly Assad bans GMOs in food ‘to preserve the health of human beings’ Mitt Romney - Drug Money Launderer Extraordinaire Chinese Plant Compound Wipes out Cancer in 40 Days, Says New...
How to Prepare for Civil Unrest After a Presidential Election
The possibility of civil unrest following a contested presidential election is not a hypothetical scenario. History shows that political tensions can spill into the streets when election outcomes provoke strong emotional reactions. Whether driven by genuine grievance...
October 18, 2012 – DCMX Radio: Top 10 Censored, Underreported News of 2012
Signs of an emerging police state Oceans in Peril - Pollution Overload U.S. deaths from Fukushima Japan Reactor Melt-down FBI agents responsible for terrorist plots Federal Reserve loaned trillions to major banks Small network of corporations run the global economy......
10 Critical Stories the Mainstream Media Refused to Cover
Every year, hundreds of significant news stories slip through the cracks of corporate media coverage. While major outlets focus on ratings-driven narratives, critical developments affecting public health, civil liberties, and economic transparency receive minimal...
October 16, 2012 – DCMX Radio: Romney Obama Debate Insanity, Green Party Arrests, Activist Censorship, Verizon Spying, New Planet Found?
Max Maverick stops by the Joe Show on Revealing Talk Radio! Scientists discover a planet in Alpha Centauri, the star system nearest Earth Leaked Debate Agreement Shows Both Obama and Romney are Sniveling Cowards DEBATE INSANTITY - REMINDERS WHY THEY ARE THE SAME...
October 15, 2012 – DCMX Radio: Wikileaks and Anonymous Fall-out Continued, High Tech Web Spying, Low-Income Biometric Datamining, Drone Strike Double-Tap
Wikileaks Statement, Anonymous Responds - A parting of ways..? Fact of the Day - Bin Laden family makes millions on defense industry Boom! Facebook Spying Methods, Secrecy Apples new i06 includes new (ad?)tracking Drone Strikes Super Tech Double-Tap Biomentric Privacy...
Whonix: The Anonymous Operating System
Whonix is an anonymous general purpose operating system based on Virtual Box, Ubuntu GNU/Linux and Tor. By Whonix design, IP and DNS leaks are impossible. Not even malware with root rights can find out the user's real IP/location. Whonix consists of two machines,...
Physicists Say There May Be a Way To Prove That We Live in a Computer Simulation
Back in 2003, Oxford professor Nick Bostrom suggested that we may be living in a computer simulation. In his paper, Bostrom offered very little science to support his hypothesis — though he did calculate the computational requirements needed to pull off such a feat....
BBC Film Crew Held at Gunpoint for Three Hours Outside Area 51
BBC Crew Detained at Gunpoint Outside Area 51 In October 2012, a BBC documentary film crew was held at gunpoint for more than three hours after crossing onto restricted ground near Area 51, the classified US Air Force facility in the Nevada desert also known as Groom...
MARINE – JON MICHAEL TURNER SPEAKS THE TRUTH
http://youtu.be/RfBQb6zrGzY Ex-Marine who threw back his medals, Jon Michael Turner, speaks the raw hard truth about merciless & indiscriminate killing PROMOTED by Staff Sgts and other Top Military Brass during modern war and middle eastern conflict.
How Private Military Contractors Took Over Government FOIA Processing
The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) stands as one of the most important transparency mechanisms in American democracy, granting citizens the ability to request and obtain records about government operations. While the law includes limited exemptions allowing...