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36 Governments (Including Canada’s) Are Now Using Sophisticated Software To Spy On Their Citizens

Leo Mirani | Quartz | May 1, 2013

A new report from Citizen Lab, a Canadian research center, shows surveillance software sold by FinFisher, a “governmental IT intrusion” company owned by the UK-registered Gamma International, is now active in 36 countries. That’s up from the 25 countries reported two months ago. Read More »

Nine Reasons for Using Open Source Software

Bruce Byfield | Datamation | December 16, 2015

For years, I've wondered why anyone still bothers with proprietary software. Around the turn of the millennium, they might not have found an open source alternative, but today, that situation is rare enough that it comes as a surprise. Force of habit is a likely explanation, but often users simply don't know what they don't know. In fact, thanks to obsolete rumors, sometimes what users believe about open source is the exact opposite of the truth. By contrast, here are x reasons, both practical and philosophical, why I do all my computing with open source software...

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Police Around The Country Are Distributing Software That Makes It Easier To Hack Your Computer

Dustin Volz | Nextgov.com | October 1, 2014

ComputerCOP's makers have long promised their program will protect children from online predators, and that promise has been enough to persuade local police forces nationwide to hand it out free to concerned parents.  But according to a new report from an Internet freedom group, the police have been had—and the parents using the program are actually putting their families' privacy at risk...

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Why We Should All Worry About Being Tracked Online

James Ball | The Guardian | February 11, 2013

'Riot' software developed to monitor people on social networks is as sinister as it sounds. We need legal safeguards, and fast Read More »