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USAF General: Nobody’s Ready for the Killer Robot

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“If you go back to Aquinas and to St. Augustine, they talk about things like ‘right intention.’ Does the person who is doing the killing have right intention? Is he even authorized to do it? Are we doing things to protect the innocent? Are we doing things to prevent unnecessary suffering? And with autonomy and artificial intelligence, I don’t believe there’s anybody even in the business who can actually demonstrate that we can trust that those systems are doing what they should be doing.”

Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-12-30/nobody-s-ready-for-the-killer-robot

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Bitcoin Adoption Rate In Iran Surges Despite Censorship And Protests

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“The government has blocked popular messaging services like Telegram and Signal, in addition to several internet networks. Yet despite censorship and civil unrest, the Iranian bitcoin community is growing rapidly.  Iranian customers protested outside local branches in 2017, demanding deposits because they worry some of the country’s largest credit institutions are on the verge of collapse. Meanwhile, Iranians remain politically ostracized from most international businesses and financial institutions.  Part of the inspiration behind the Iranian revolution in 1979 was a belief that the Shah’s regime perpetuated economic inequality.”

Read more: http://www.ibtimes.com/bitcoin-adoption-rate-iran-surges-despite-censorship-protests-2636607

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French president announces ‘fake news’ law

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“French President Emmanuel Macron has announced plans for a new law to combat so-called fake news.  He said that during elections social media would face tougher rules over the content that they put online.  Speaking at a new year reception for the media, Mr Macron said it was possible now at a cost of just a few thousand euros to propagate untruths over social media.  In response, he proposed imposing tougher rules on social media about revealing the sources of apparent news content.”

Read more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/world-europe-42560688

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New German hate speech law tested as Twitter blocks satire account

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“A German satirical magazine’s Twitter account was blocked after it parodied anti-Muslim comments, the publication said on Wednesday, in what the national journalists association said showed the downside of a new law against online hate speech.  Twitter, Facebook and other social media platforms are scrambling to adapt to the law, and its implementation is being closely watched after warnings that the threat of fines could prompt websites to block more content than necessary.”

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-hatecrime/german-hate-speech-law-tested-as-twitter-blocks-satire-account-idUSKBN1ES1AT

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Facebook Deleting Accounts at the Direction of the U.S. and Israeli Governments

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“As is always true of censorship, there is one, and only one, principle driving all of this: power. Facebook will submit to and obey the censorship demands of governments and officials who actually wield power over it, while ignoring those who do not. That’s why declared enemies of the U.S. and Israeli governments are vulnerable to censorship measures by Facebook, whereas U.S and Israeli officials (and their most tyrannical and repressive allies) are not.”

Read more: https://theintercept.com/2017/12/30/facebook-says-it-is-deleting-accounts-at-the-direction-of-the-u-s-and-israeli-governments/

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Online ‘Swatter’ Triggered SWAT Raids On 100 Schools, 10 Homes

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“The FBI estimates that some 400 swatting incidents occur each year across the country. Each incident costs first responders approximately $10,000, and diverts important resources away from actual emergencies.”

Read more: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/01/serial-swatter-swautistic-bragged-he-hit-100-schools-10-homes/

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‘Swatting’ prank results in police killing of unrelated Kansas man

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“A 28-year-old Kansas man was shot and killed by police after a fraudulent SWAT team call sent a small army of police officers to the man’s private home. One player allegedly provided a fake address to another, who proceeded to embroil the innocent stranger in the feud without thinking of the consequences.”

Read more: https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/29/16830626/call-of-duty-swatting-prank-kansas-man-dead-police-shooting

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Snowden’s new app turns any Android phone into a personal security system

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“NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden is among the backers of a new surveillance app that helps guard against computer hijackings.  Haven is an open source app that will run on any Android phone, particularly inexpensive and older devices. It operates like a surveillance system, using the device’s camera, audio recording capability and even accelerometer to detect movement and notify a user. The idea is that, even with the best encryption in the world, a device is vulnerability to physical, in-person tampering — also known as ‘evil maid’ because literally a hotel maid could access it.”

Read more: https://techcrunch.com/2017/12/24/edward-snowden-haven-app/

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Privacy Complaints Mount Over Phone Searches at U.S. Border Since 2011

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“Smartphones and other personal electronics contain vastly more private information than suitcases.  The American Civil Liberties Union and the Electronic Frontier Foundation have filed a lawsuit in Boston arguing that a warrant should be required to search such devices at the border. Last week, the Trump administration asked a judge to dismiss the case. The lawsuit comes amid a surge in agents looking through — and sometimes copying data from — cellphones and laptops. Midway through fiscal year 2017, Customs and Border Protection was on pace to search 30,000 travelers’ electronics — more than tripling the annual number by that agency since 2015.”

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/22/us/politics/us-border-privacy-phone-searches.html?_r=0

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The Bulgarian Government Is Sitting on $3 Billion in Bitcoin

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“A crackdown on organized crime by Bulgarian law enforcement in May resulted in the seizure of more than 200,000 bitcoins – an amount worth more than $3 billion at today’s prices.  Twenty-three Bulgarian nationals were arrested during the operation, and officials said at the time that the arrests and subsequent asset seizures followed an investigation into an alleged customs fraud scam.  In all, the alleged perpetrators avoided paying some 10 million leva (Bulgaria’s national currency), worth roughly $6 million.”

Read more: https://www.coindesk.com/bulgarian-government-sitting-3-billion-bitcoin/

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