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Iran expected to permanently cut off Internet by August

I Iran kan man säga att internetkriget har avslutats och de som vill kontrollera och bevaka har avgått med segern. Dock är jag säker på att kontakt mot det “riktiga” internet kommer att finnas kvar men det får ske utan att staten får kunskap om det.

Millions of Internet users in Iran could soon be permanently cut off from the Web, social networks, and e-mail.

In a statement released last week, Reza Taghipour, the Iranian minister for Information and Communications Technology, announced it plans to establish a national intranet within five months in an effort to create a “clean Internet,” according to an International Business Times report. “All Internet Service Providers (ISP) should only present National Internet by August,” Taghipour said in the statement.

Web sites such as Google, Hotmail, and Yahoo will be blocked and replaced by government-administered services such as like Iran Mail and Iran Search Engine, according to the report. The government has already begun a registration process for those interested in using the Iran Mail that will verify and record user’s full name and address.

Iran expected to permanently cut off Internet by August | Digital Media – CNET News.

Detta ska lagras med den nya datalagringslagen

Lite läskigt:

När det gäller telefonsamtal via det fasta nätet ska detta sparas:

Uppringande nummer
Uppringt nummer och nummer som samtalet styrts till
Uppgifter om uppringande och uppringd abonnent och, i förekommande fall, registrerad användare
Datum och spårbar tid då kommunikationen påbörjades och avslutades
Uppgifter om den eller de tjänster som har använts

När det gäller mobilsamtal ska samma uppgifter som för vanlig telefoni sparas, och dessutom:

Uppringandes och uppringds abonnemangsidentitet och utrustningsidentitet
Lokaliseringsuppgifter för kommunikationens början och slut
Datum, spårbar tid och lokaliseringsuppgifter för den första aktiveringen av en förbetald anonym tjänst

När det gäller ip-telefoni ska samtliga ovanstående uppgifter sparas, samt även dessa:

Uppringandes och uppringds ip-adresser
Datum och spårbar tid för på- och avloggning i den eller de tjänster som använts
Uppgifter som identifierar den utrustning där kommunikationen slutligt avskiljs från operatören till den enskilda abonnenten

När det gäller meddelanden:

Avsändares och mottagares nummer, ip-adress eller annan meddelandeadress
Uppgifter om avsändande och mottagande abonnent och, i förekommande fall, registrerad användare
Datum och spårbar tid för på- och avloggning i den eller de tjänster som använts
Datum och spårbar tid för avsändande och mottagande av meddelande
Uppgifter om den eller de tjänster som har använts

Och slutligen när det gäller internetuppkopplingar:

Användares ip-adress
Uppgifter om abonnent och, i förekommande fall, registrerad användare
Datum och spårbar tid för på- och avloggning i tjänsten som ger internetåtkomst den typ av kapacitet för överföring som har använts
Uppgifter som identifierar den utrustning där kommunikationen slutligt avskiljs från operatören till den enskilda abonnenten.

Det är inte mycket privatliv kvar…

(via: Här är all trafikdata som ska lagras – IDG.se)

Megaupload User Asks Court to Return His Video Files | Electronic Frontier Foundation

Case Raises Key Questions About User Rights in Cloud-Based Storage

San Francisco – A small business owner who used Megaupload’s cloud-based storage system as part of his daily operations has asked a federal court to establish a process that would allow him and other lawful Megaupload users to get their files back. The procedure would help rectify the collateral damage caused by the government’s seizure of Megaupload.com as part of a copyright infringement investigation.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) represents Kyle Goodwin, who runs a business reporting on high school sporting events in Ohio. Goodwin stored his video footage on Megaupload’s servers as a backup to his hard drive. In January, the FBI shut down Megaupload.com and executed search warrants on the company’s servers, locking out all Megaupload customers in the process. When Goodwin’s hard drive crashed, he could not get access to any of his own video files, which he needed to conduct his business.

(via: Megaupload User Asks Court to Return His Video Files | Electronic Frontier Foundation
)

Politiskt motiverade visiteringar vid gränsen kan vara olagliga

An outspoken supporter of WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning can continue his lawsuit against the federal government over a border search-and-seizure conducted in 2010 after his return to the U.S. from a Mexico vacation, as a federal court ruled Wednesday that his constitutional rights may have been violated.

A federal judge denied the government’s motion to dismiss the case brought by David Maurice House, an MIT researcher, finding that the government’s search-and-seizure of his electronics may have violated his right to free speech – even if agents have the right to search travelers at the border for no reason.

“Although the agents may not need to have any particularized suspicion for the initial search and seizure at the border for the purpose of the Fourth Amendment analysis, it does
not necessarily follow that the agents, as is alleged in the complaint, may seize personal electronic devices containing expressive materials, target someone for their political association and seize his electronic devices and review the information pertinent to that association and its members and supporters simply because the initial search occurred at the border,” U.S. District Court Judge Denise Casper wrote.

(via: Wired Politically Motivated Border Searches Could Be Unconstitutional, Judge Rules | Threat Level | Wired.com)

Megaupload släpper stämning för att fokusera på brottsmålet

Embattled Megaupload is dropping a lawsuit against Universal Music that accuses the label of unlawfully removing from YouTube a four-minute video Megaupload produced featuring Kanye West, Mary J. Blige, will.i.am and others praising the notorious file-sharing service.

In dropping the suit, Hong Kong-based Megaupload is shifting its attention to criminal charges in the United States where its founder, Kim Dotcom, and top employees are accused of being responsible for facilitating wanton copyright infringement. Dotcom and four others were arrested in New Zealand in January, where they remain free pending possible extradition to the United States to face charges in one of the government’s largest criminal copyright-infringement cases.

Megaupload Drops Universal Lawsuit to Focus on Criminal Charges | Threat Level | Wired.com

Scammers Are Targeting Megaupload Users With Fake Legal Threats

At least two scams targeting users of file-sharing services have emerged over the last few days. So far the reports all come from overseas, but if it’s happening in Germany then similar scams in the US are very likely. Watch out.

The scams both try to trick users into thinking they’ve been busted for copyright infringement and that they’ll be on the hook for huge legal penalties unless they pay upfront settlement fees online. According to TorrentFreak, the first of the two scams appears to target former Megaupload users. The users received emails like the one above from a fake German law firm that claims to represents major entertainment companies. The scam provides no details about what you supposedly stole.

(via: Gizmodo – Warning: Scammers Are Targeting Megaupload Users With Fake Legal Threats)

Copyright Treaty Requires Congressional Support, Senator Says

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) says the Obama administration must secure congressional approval for the United States to participate in an international anti-piracy treaty, a position at odds with the president.

The accord, known as the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, exports on participating nations an intellectual-property enforcement regime resembling the one in the United States. Neither the United States nor any other country has ratified the deal, which was brokered by both the President George W. Bush and the President Barack Obama administrations and finalized in October.

“I believe Congress should approve binding international agreements before the U.S. is obligated to comply with those agreements. This a point where the administration and I disagree and is particularly true on matters that impact our nation’s ability to implement policies that encourage innovation,” Wyden said in a statement.

Copyright Treaty Requires Congressional Support, Senator Says | Threat Level | Wired.com