The New Dark Age

11 August 2011 — williambowles.info

Shmoop Snoops the Facebook Profiles and Email Inboxes of the Gods, Launches …
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
@shmoop went all WikiLeaks on us… mere mortals are all up in our Olympian business. SOCTLB* According to an anonymous Valhalla-based publicist, Shmoop’s team of private investigators infiltrated some seriously personal files and facts about the Greek …
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2011/08/10/prweb8708932.DTL

OpenLeaks calls on hackers to attack its test site
Help Net Security
Since Daniel Domscheit-Berg’s public disagreement with Julian Assange and his decamping from WikiLeaks, there hasn’t been a secure place for whistleblowers to drop off documents they wish to make public. At the time, Domscheit-Berg and some other …
http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=11428

Al-Jazeera Follows EFF’s Whistleblower Recommendations
EFF
In June, we published an article highlighting the problems with uploading sensitive documents to two Wikileaks imitators, the Al-Jazeera Transparency Unit (AJTU) and the Wall Street Journal’s Safehouse. Apart from the well-documented security problems …
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/08/al-jazeera-follows-effs-whistleblower

Did a US Cable Out a Malaysian Politician as Gay?
The Atlantic Wire
A US diplomatic cable leaked by Wikileaks and published on Wednesday by the Malaysian news site Malaysia Today appears to have outed some government higher-ups as gay, a dangerous bit of information to let slip in a country where homosexual sex is a …
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/global/2011/08/did-us-cable-out-malaysian-minister-gay/41114/

Protect IP Could Have Far-reaching Impact on Digital Freedom
The Epoch Times
To illustrate this, websites such as The Pirate Bay and WikiLeaks who have
been accused of distributing copyrighted content in the past, could have
all of their search results blocked on search engines, effectively making
them invisible. …
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/technology/protect-ip-could-have-far-reaching-impact-on-digital-freedom-60203.html

We are allowed to ask questions
ABC Online
Are they connected with WikiLeaks? Why hasn’t that Assange guy been charged
with anything yet? Did he really rape those Swedish girls or was it all
just a set-up? If WikiLeaks has done nothing illegal, why are people
calling for his assassination? …
http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/2833616.html

‘Hacktivists’ threaten to destroy Facebook on November 5 over privacy policy
Daily Mail
The ‘hacktivists’, infamous for meddling with the American government and
for their support for WikiLeaks, have announced that they will focus on
bringing down the social networking site because of its privacy policy.
Facebook was started in 2004 and …
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2024449/Anonymous-threaten-close-Facebook-November-5.html

Protocols to Have ‘Profound Effect’ on Turkey-US Relations, Says Envoy
Asbarez Armenian News
The fate of the Turkey-Armenia protocols will have the most “profound
effect” on the Turkey-US relations, said former US Ambassador to Turkey,
James Jeffrey, in a 2010 State Department cable released by WikiLeaks. In
discussing US expectations …
http://asbarez.com/97604/protocols-to-have-%E2%80%98profound-effect%E2%80%99-on-turkey-us-relations-says-envoy/

Mobile phone eavesdropping made easy: Hackers crack GPRS encryption
Computerworld (blog)
The plan to conquer space was followed by former WikiLeaks Daniel
Domscheit-Berg announcing four days of public testing of Open.Leak.org.
Domscheit-Berg told Forbes, “We need to be sure for the people who use such
a system that it can’t be compromised. …
http://blogs.computerworld.com/18776/mobile_phone_eavesdropping_made_easy_hackers_crack_gprs_encryption?source=rss_blogs

The AfPak Channel: A statement from the family of Jared Day
Foreign Policy
US has deliberately deluded itself about Afghan Taliban’s Pakistani
connections in fueling and sustaining Afghan insurgency as reported by Matt
Waldman in ‘The sun in the sky’ on 6/13/2010, corroborated by WikiLeaks
leaks on 7/25/2010 and then further …
http://afpak.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/08/10/a_statement_from_the_family_of_jared_day

Documentary films v. social media
The Hindu
At the launch was a lively panel discussion titled ‘Documentary films in
times of Twitter, Facebook and WikiLeaks’, moderated by Nupur Basu,
independent journalist and documentary filmmaker. The panellists were
filmmaker Madhusree Dutta, …
http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/article2343430.ece

Uzbekistan: Dictator’s Daughter Expected at New York’s Fall Fashion Week
EurasiaNet
Karimova, revealed in an alleged US embassy cable exposed by WikiLeaks to
be “the most hated person in Uzbekistan,” has become notorious in the world
media for her alleged involvement in Zeromax, a state-organized
conglomerate of businesses involved in …
http://www.eurasianet.org/node/64028

Karunanidhi swipes at Jayalalithaa on Lanka issue
Asian Tribune
“ Furthermore, when speaking to the media persons, DMK Chief denied the
‘so called’ report of Wikileaks about his huge deposits in the Swiss Bank.
Few newspapers have carried this report citing Wikileaks, pointing out that
Karunanidhi has deposits …
http://www.asiantribune.com/news/2011/08/10/karunanidhi-swipes-jayalalithaa-lanka-issue

The agony of Ogoni
NEXT
Their independence is of course affected by the fact that Shell has
infiltrated the petroleum ministry in a deep and total way (remember
WikiLeaks cables). If government is serious about regulating the sector it
will need to ensure that those called to …
http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/Money/5738479-146/story.csp

My wishes for Independence 50
Jamaica Gleaner
If all embassies could talk the WikiLeaks language, we would be surprised
and embarrassed by the comments being fired back to foreign governments
about the sanctity and safety of their investment in this country. Finally,
a wish for a return to our …
http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20110811/cleisure/cleisure4.html

London riots: Tech’s role in the thick of it
CBS News
If law enforcement ask Facebook to hand over data of users — as they have
done before, according to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, then even more
technology companies are at the whim of UK law enforcement. Many are naive
to the traceability of …
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/08/10/scitech/main20090712.shtml

Comic Books as Journalism: 10 Masterpieces of Graphic Nonfiction
The Atlantic
Like a graphic interpretation of Wikileaks, the slim but delectable volume
investigates the down-and-dirty ways in which the US government altered
history using the most common of comestibles. Whether you’re an activist,
foodie, or history buff, …
http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2011/08/comic-books-as-journalism-10-masterpieces-of-graphic-nonfiction/243351/

Civilian Deaths Shatter a Lull in Kashmir: Choudhury
Bloomberg
Last year confidential cables released by Wikileaks had revealed widespread
torture by the government forces in Kashmir. The International Committee of
the Red Cross (ICRC) had sent evidence to US diplomats about widespread
torture by government forces …
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-10/civilian-deaths-shatter-a-lull-in-kashmir-choudhury.html

‘Degrassi: Now Or Never’ Recap: “Lose Yourself, Part One”
Ology
Case in point: She has a bit of a lactation problem in the middle of a
class (on WikiLeaks, no less) and has to leave to get the breast pump. Yep,
Degrassi just went there. Jenna can’t even get KC to sit down at lunch with
her! …
http://www.ology.com/tv/degrassi-now-or-never-recap-lose-yourself-part-one

John Buckman: The battle to keep the internet free for all
The Independent
“One of the most interesting things that WikiLeaks has taught is that your
best defence against the government is putting your words out on dead
trees. If you are purely digital, you don’t have seem to have anywhere near
as strong a legal defence. …
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/john-buckman-the-battle-to-keep-the-internet-free-for-all-2335562.html

Movie review: ‘Page One’ doesn’t have much news to offer about the New York …
Kalamazoo Gazette – MLive.com
Julian Assange and WikiLeaks? Sure, Rossi can spare a minute or two for
that. And why not give succinct shout-outs to Gawker, The Huffington Post
and ProPublica while we’re at it? “Page One” contrasts black-and-white
footage of a mid-1950s newsroom in …
http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2011/08/movie_review_page_one_doesnt_h.html

Who Mandated Weapon’s Smuggling into Syria?
ABNA.ir
“Some people did not wait for judgment, the probable became certain, and
suspects turned into criminals, while this decision has been out since the
first day without a trial ie since Detlev Mehlis report, Wikileaks,
Truthleaks and false witnesses,” he …
http://abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=258914

Military Facilities in Urban Areas Remain Under Threat of Attack
Newsline
In a US State department cable dated March 28, 2006, released by WikiLeaks,
a senior PAF official admitted to the Americans that he was facing problems
with Islamist sympathisers within the PAF. In the November 2008
assassination of Maj. Gen. …
http://www.newslinemagazine.com/2011/08/military-facilities-in-urban-areas-remain-under-threat-of-attack/

“My sympathies have always been with the bullied rather than the bully.”
New Statesman (blog)
I think the Guardian’s work over the last decade, especially with WikiLeaks
and phone-hacking, has been extraordinary. Literally world-changing. I love
the way people like Ben Goldacre give you not just the story but the tools
to understand the story …
http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/helen-lewis-hasteley/2011/08/interview-twitter-fact

E-Book about Assange on sale Wednesday
Newsday (subscription)
Click here E-Book about Assange on sale Wednesday Originally published:
August 10, 2011 1:54 PM Updated: August 10, 2011 2:09 PM By The Associated
Press (AP) — A British journalist’s inside take on WikiLeaks founder
Julian Assange is being published …
http://www.newsday.com/news/e-book-about-assange-on-sale-wednesday-1.3086734

Uganda Ex-Vice President Bukenya Fails To Block Corruption Trial
NASDAQ
In 2009, the US envoy to Uganda proposed to possibly revoke Mbabazi’s US
visa over allegations he accepted bribes in exchange for supporting the
sale of oil assets in Uganda, according to a US diplomatic cable published
by WikiLeaks.
http://www.nasdaq.com/aspx/stock-market-news-story.aspx?storyid=201108100721dowjonesdjonline000184&title=uganda-ex-vice-president-bukenya-fails-to-block-corruption-trial

Anarchy in the UK…and Philadelphia? Flash Mobs, Double-Edged Technology, and …
Lawfare (blog)
Second, there is an intersection here with cybersecurity and vigilantism,
quite similar to what was seen when hacker groups assaulted various
financial services companies for their decision to take steps against
Wikileaks last year. …
http://www.lawfareblog.com/2011/08/anarchy-in-the-uk-and-philadelphia-flash-mobs-double-edged-technology-and-state-authority/

Dozens of civilians killed in NATO air raid on Libyan village
The Voice of Russia
The scandalously popular WikiLeaks web site has calculated that 31
civilians per day were killed during the US-led military operation in Iraq,
and the overall civilian death toll is estimated at tens of thousands. In
Afghanistan, a NATO air strike in …
http://english.ruvr.ru/2011/08/10/54460441.html

Microsoft patches final Pwn2Own IE bug | WikiLeaks News
By WLNews
Computerworld – Microsoft on Tuesday patched the last vulnerability in
Internet Explorer (IE) used by a researcher in March to win $15000 at the
annual Pwn2Own hacking contest.
http://wikilinksnews.com/wikileaks-news/microsoft-patches-final-pwn2own-ie-bug/

Wikileaks Haiti: The Aristide Files – Yahoo! News
Read ‘Wikileaks Haiti: The Aristide Files’ on Yahoo! News. The Nation — US
officials led a far-reaching international campaign aimed at keeping former
…
http://news.yahoo.com/wikileaks-haiti-aristide-files-191217184.html

WikiLeaks Just the Beginning | Friends of Time
WikiLeaks gained the attention of American authorities after it hosted
video of a 2007 U.S. Apache helicopter attack in Baghdad that killed two
members of …
http://www.friendsoftime.org/wikileaks-just-the-beginning.html

BANNED WIKILEAKS UFO FOOTAGE BANNED RATED ”R”? – YouTube
BANNED WIKILEAKS UFO FOOTAGE BANNED RATED ”R” … UFO Sightings Wikileaks
New Aug Alien Encounter…by californiamarcos477 views · Thumbnail 1:25.
Add to …
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWsk9-fL2d4

Wikileaks, Conspiracies, and Revolution | Scragged
Wikileaks was founded on the belief that ordinary Americans would become
enraged and force changes in their government if they could see what their
…
http://www.scragged.com/articles/wikileaks-conspiracies-and-revolution