Thursday 13 November 2014

141113


Moody's Microblog Daily Digest 141112 - http://moodysmdd.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/141112.html yesterday's tweets as a single Web page

Why #Patents Are Dying - http://www.forbes.com/sites/sap/2014/11/11/why-patents-are-dying/ good explanation why patents don't work in the age of the Net (v @MikeNelson)

video giving good explanation (in Spanish) of the problems of #TTIP - http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?76917-TTIP-Corporate-Rule also has English subtitles #TAFTA

Malmström in Berlin: ISDS in #CETA and #TTIP likely not opposed by German government - http://www.borderlex.eu/malmstrom-berlin-isds-ceta-ttip-likely-opposed-berlin/ Gabriel buckles, as feared

Trade protest signs stolen in night - http://jerseyeveningpost.com/news/uk-news/2014/11/12/nhs-not-for-sale-boards-go-up/ weird #TTIP story from Jersey

#TPP Trade Talks Must Stop - https://www.popularresistance.org/tpp-trade-talks-must-stop/ "criticising the secrecy and corporate bias in the current negotiations."

Ny analyse: #TTIP-aftale vil koste på BNP, eksport og job - http://www.information.dk/515329 important new study shows huge negative effects

#NHS must use fewer temporary staff and sell land to save £10bn, says Hunt - http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/nov/13/nhs-temporary-staff-land-save-billions-jeremy-hunt his plan: first: weaken; then: privatise

Save Borneo's Pygmy Elephants From #PalmOil Companies - http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/582/608/689/ killing these amazing animals with rat poison; pl. sign

London's Third Wall And #Surveillance Function Creep - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20141112/06534529115/londons-third-wall-surveillance-function-creep.shtml "paranoia, electromagnetism, & infrastructure"

Keep Devon's beavers in the wild - https://www.foe.co.uk/act/keep-devons-beavers-wild-b lots of benefits all around

PrivacyGrade: Grading The #Privacy Of Smartphone Apps - http://privacygrade.org/ looks potentially useful (v @AdV007)

#Firefox Leans Towards the Vertical - http://www.computerworlduk.com/blogs/open-enterprise/firefox-3585611/ where does #Mozilla go from here? #privacy #devs

Carmakers tinkering with APIs to connect cars to Google says CA Technologies - http://www.computerworlduk.com/news/applications/3585362/carmakers-are-already-working-with-apis-connect-cars-google-social-media/ what could possibly go wrong? #privacy

Here to stay: Water #remunicipalisation as a global trend - http://www.tni.org/briefing/here-stay-water-remunicipalisation-global-trend #TISA will make this impossible (v @satokokishimoto)

Hamburg at forefront of drive to reverse privatisation of city services - http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/nov/12/hamburg-global-reverse-privatisation-city-services which #TISA will prevent (v @ClaireProvost)

"bringing water services in England back into public hands could yield savings in the range of £900m a year" - http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/nov/12/hamburg-global-reverse-privatisation-city-services do it

.@Dotcom Loses Lawyers – Then They Erase All History of Him - http://torrentfreak.com/dotcom-loses-lawyers-then-they-erase-all-history-of-him-141113/ weirder & weirder... #NZ

"Any ‘significant progress’ made on the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal is pure bureaucratic BS" - http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2014/11/11/john-ivison-any-significant-progress-made-on-the-trans-pacific-partnership-trade-deal-is-pure-bureaucratic-bs/ #TPP

A Solar Pocket Factory is a tabletop machine that makes solar panels automatically - http://solarpocketfactory.com/ nice, assuming it works

Spain Copyright Executive Claims $50k Brothel Bill Was For Work-Related Activities - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20141112/06190329113/spain-copyright-executive-claims-50k-brothel-bill-was-work-related-activities.shtml ah, yes, the copyright industry

Plans 2 scrap EU environmental laws must be stopped - http://bearder.eu/en/article/2014/940871/plans-to-scrap-eu-environmental-laws-must-be-stopped outrageous: will @JunckerEU's commission really be this stupid?

#Android Cipher Indicator - Identify Cell Network Tampering - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1760935672/android-cipher-indicator-identify-cell-network-tam important project for post-#Snowden world (v @9600)

Stop forced displacements by dirty coal - http://action.wdm.org.uk/ea-action/action?ea.client.id=1784&ea.campaign.id=33277 coal which comes to EU & US: our responsibility, IOW

"The vaults below Threadneedle Street hold about £156bn worth of bullion" - http://londonist.com/2014/11/londons-gold-vaults.php yikes #london

"Porndroid": Trojaner-App erpresst Android-Nutzer mit Kinderpornos - http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/apps/porndroid-android-trojaner-erpresst-mit-kinderpornos-a-1002653.html nasty, in every way

House Dems say trade bills have no chance of passing - http://thehill.com/policy/finance/223923-house-democrats-say-fast-track-tpp-have-no-chance-to-pass interesting #TPP #TPA

EU Advances Legal Regime Protecting Trade Secrets - http://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/continental-shift-eu-advances-legal-reg-82246/ this is a dangerous development...

German Spy Agency Wants To Buy Zero-Day Vulnerabilities In Order To Undermine #SSL Security - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20141111/03485729100/german-spy-agency-wants-to-buy-zero-day-vulnerabilities-order-to-undermine-ssl-security.shtml just crazy


"Hannigan’s oft-repeated invocation of “democracy” is without content, without integrity. He should be fired" - http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/nov/13/gchq-assault-privacy-illegality-net-blackmail-surveillance #gchq

Local Economies on the Table - http://www.iatp.org/documents/local-economies-on-the-table EU wants to get rid of ‘Buy American’ as part of #TTIP/#TAFTA deal


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