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Spying fears highlight worth of Swiss data centres

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“‘Trust’ is the watchword of the expanding Swiss data storage industry as it quietly carves out a highly lucrative global niche. Recent revelations of U.S. intelligence agency spying, coupled with ongoing reports of espionage emanating from China, may have raised public consciousness of the dangers to data but the industry has known about it for years.  Some data storage providers have taken security to extremes, housing their servers in ex-military alpine bunkers, such as the aptly-named ‘Fort Knox’ in canton Bern. One company using the bunker, Siag – which labels itself the ‘Swiss private bank for digital assets’ – refuses to deal with US clients on security grounds.”

http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/business/Spying_fears_highlight_worth_of_data_centres.html?cid=36212448

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Privacy services companies stand up against Big Brother

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“Encryption communication services companies are gaining momentum as public trust in US technology companies and social media networks are at an all-time low following explosive revelations by Edward Snowden. ‘It’s going crazy. You know a lot of people suspected the US government was spying on Americans. But now we have this confirmation so everybody is contacting us now. We’ve had a huge surge in orders,’ said Phil Zimmermann, CEO of Silent Circle, encrypted communications firm. Another company that is bearing the fruits of the NSA’s misfortune is Seecrypt, a mobile application that encrypts information sent over the mobile phone.”

http://rt.com/news/privacy-services-companies-boom-142/

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Bitcoins Seized By DEA

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“The Drug Enforcement Administration posted an Official Notification that Bitcoin (i.e. property) belonging to Eric Daniel Hughes was seized for forfeiture pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 881, because the property was used or acquired as a result of a violation of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. §§ 801 et seq.)  The DEA appears to have been the first agency to seize actual Bitcoins from an individual with this seizure.  Exactly how the Bitcoin was seized is not known as of this writing.  However, reading the top of the notice it appears that Mr. Hughes can request release of the seized property during the pendency of the forfeiture proceeding due to hardship.”

http://letstalkbitcoin.com/post/53700133097/users-bitcoins-seized-by-dea

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Use of Tor and e-mail crypto could increase chances that NSA keeps your data

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“Using online anonymity services such as Tor or sending encrypted e-mail and instant messages are grounds for US-based communications to be retained by the National Security Agency even when they’re collected inadvertently, according to a secret government document published Thursday.  The document, dated July 28, 2009, bears the signature of US Attorney General Eric Holder.  It’s hard to read the documents and not be struck by the irony that use of these services may subject people on US soil to a much higher likelihood that their communications will be retained by an agency that’s supposed to focus on foreign targets.”

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/06/use-of-tor-and-e-mail-crypto-could-increase-chances-that-nsa-keeps-your-data/

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Onion Pi turns Raspberry Pi into Tor proxy and wireless access point

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“A good project for users looking to anonymize their Internet traffic, ‘Onion Pi’ requires just a Raspberry Pi, a few standard peripherals, and some work in the command line. ‘Using it is easy-as-pie,’ Adafruit wrote. ‘First, plug the Ethernet cable into any Internet provider [sic] in your home, work, hotel or conference/event. Next, power up the Pi with the Micro USB cable to your laptop or to the wall adapter. The Pi will boot up and create a new secure wireless access point called Onion Pi. Connecting to that access point will automatically route any web browsing from your computer through the anonymizing Tor network.'”

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/06/onion-pi-turns-raspberry-pi-into-tor-proxy-and-wireless-access-point/

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Bitcoin: Internationalization’s New Best Friend

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“Bitcoin makes it easy to move funds around the world and convert it into and out of fiat currencies in a very private fashion. There’s nothing to declare at borders, as with cash or precious metals, since the value exists ‘out there’ in the Internet. All you have are the keys to access those funds when desired. And, best of all, it allows frequent travelers and permanent travelers (PTs) to build up a readily accessible ’emergency account’ that can’t be easily identified, let alone stolen. However, the trick to getting all these privacy benefits is to use it properly.”

http://www.internationalman.com/78-global-perspectives/947-bitcoin-internationalization-s-new-best-friend

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When You Need To Disappear

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“Whistleblower Edward Snowden needs to disappear if he is to avoid kidnapping, assassination, extradition, or deportation to the United States.  If you’re ever faced by a situation in which you need to disappear, right away, what would you do? Perhaps someone is bent on revenge and has threatened to kill you.  Perhaps you’re caught in an impossible personal or financial situation and you feel that ‘going underground’ is the only way out.  Or perhaps like Snowden, you find yourself an enemy of the state. If you’re in such a situation, privacy may be a matter of life or death.  You need to be prepared to act quickly, and when the time comes, not to hesitate.”

http://www.nestmann.com/when-you-need-to-disappear/

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Agorism’s Tech Triumvirate

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“Both Bitcoin and Bitmessage rely on Internet access to function, and despite valiant efforts by supporters to create ad-hoc networks for protesters, it’s still often within the State’s power to prevent reliable access to many. The third emerging technology relevant here is Meshnet. Meshnet is a free and open-source project that aims to provide robust network access in the face of deliberate attempts by ‘authorities’ to restrict Internet access and censor online speech. Meshnet works by dynamically creating networks of wireless routers. Each router becomes a node in the network, relaying connectivity to other routers in its physical vicinity.”

http://www.fee.org/the_freeman/detail/agorisms-tech-triumvirate

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The Rise of the Anti-State Cyber-Warrior

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“What is it about this new direction in war that makes it so different? First, it is not a battle that is waged by governments against other governments. It is a battle of the individual against the state. It is a battle that the state has a difficult time protecting against because it has a difficult time understanding from where an attack might emerge and it has a difficult time understanding the nature of the attack once the attack itself is observable.  Among current, early cyber-warriors leading attacks, I have in mind such men as Julian Assange, creator of Wikileaks, Satoshi Nakamoto, the  pseudonymous developer of Bitcoin and Edward Snowden, the NSA whistleblower.”

http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2013/06/the-rise-of-anti-state-cyber-warrior.html

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Bitcoin Grows Up

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“According to the official count, 1200 enthusiasts, techie geeks, trendy investors, eccentric entrepreneurs, crypto hackers, small-government aficionados, and a few downright weirdos had descended on the Bay Area for America’s first big bitcoin conference, which, for a $300 fee, promised participants a hard look at the not-so-hard future of money. In one way it was like a rich guy’s LAN party, a chance to put a face to people who had known each other mainly through internet forums. But it also had the vibe of one of those night-long infomercials about the Next Big Thing.”

http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/bitcoin-grows-up

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