links for 2008-02-15

• How To: Set Up Anonymous Browsing in 30 Seconds or Less | Compiler from Wired.com
  "When you arrive at a site, your browser and IP address can be used to extract a surprising amount of information about where you are, who you are and what you like to browse. Yet it’s surprisingly easy to stop that information from being gathered."
  (tags: tor anonymity privacy internet)
• House Democrats Stand Up To Bush, Refuse to Rubber Stamp Domestic Spying | Threat Level from Wired.com
  "House Democrats are willing to fight Bush on anti-terrorism policies, where fear-mongering rhetoric had previously cowed their opposition."
  (tags: politics u.s.a. u.s.policy surveillance privacy freepseech internet telecoms)
• Bill Curbing Terror Interrogators Is Sent to Bush, Who Has Vowed to Veto It - New York Times
  "The Senate voted Wednesday to ban waterboarding and other harsh interrogation methods that have been used by the Central Intelligence Agency against high-level terrorism suspects."
  (tags: u.s.a. u.s.policy congress torture bush terrorism)
• …My heart’s in Accra » The Kenyan middle class… or is that the digital activist class?
  "There’s a strong overlap between the emerging middle class in the developing world and the world of citizen media."
  (tags: activism politics citizenmedia africa kenya journalism CitizenJournalism newmedia globalvoices blogging cyber-activism)

Comments

[mahathir_fan]

Btw, you miss the news on Spielberg leaving the Olympics!

Anyway, I know this is off topic a little, but I just want to say how I highly applaud what Spielberg is doing and I hope that it would inspire other individuals who doesn't like doing business with the Chinese government to boycott the Beijing olympics.

Next thing is for protestors to show up at the Olympics and grab the spotlight while it is beamed across the world.

You may be wondering why an apparently "pro-Beijing" person like me is wishing this but I shall reveal it the future.

When at a party you wish that those there are people you like. Only peace doves would invite the whole neighbourhood.

[Charles L]

R, here's the Chinese equivlant of the Wired article:

http://www.sogou.com/sohu?query=%C4%E4%C3%FB+%E4%AF%C0%C0

Look Ma, not censored.