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New York Legislation Would Ban Anonymous Online Speech

Photo: dcwriterdawn /Flickr Did you hear the one about the New York state lawmakers who forgot about the First Amendment in the name of combating cyberbullying and “baseless political attacks”? Proposed legislation in...

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Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012 Net News No Comments

‘Military Meltdown Monday’ — 90K Military Usernames, Hashes Released

Anonymous hackers have broken into a server belonging to consultancy firm Booz Allen Hamilton and published a database containing some 90,000 military e-mail addresses and hashed passwords in what they named Military Meltdown...

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Tuesday, July 12th, 2011 Net News No Comments

Anonymous Dumps Military Contractor Booz Allen to ThePirateBay, 90,000 e-Mails Compromised

Previously, Anonymous leaked numerous Turkish government websites to ThePirateBay . Now, the collective has taken to hacking and dumping content of Booz Allen, a military and government IT consulting organization. The release includes...

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Monday, July 11th, 2011 Net News No Comments

Judge not convinced consumers confused over dueling app stores

Proof that users will be confused about the similar names of Amazon's Appstore for Android and Apple's own App Store is a "stumbling block" for Apple in its trademark claims against Amazon, according...

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Thursday, June 23rd, 2011 Net News No Comments

Patriot Act Signing Just the Latest in Autopen Infamy

Minutes before midnight, after a landslide House vote of 250-153, President Obama signed legislation backing a four-year extension on the controversial USA PATRIOT Act. (Did you know that’s an acronym for Uniting and...

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Friday, May 27th, 2011 Net News No Comments