The Temporary Autonomous Zone

New Humanist (Rationalist Association) - discussing humanism, rationalism, atheism and free thought It's interesting to see that a group of hackers calling themselves "Anonymous" have launched attacks on Visa and Mastercard, in what they say is an act of revenge for the companies' refusal to take payments on behalf of the controversial Wikileaks site. The hackers, as part of what they are calling "Operation Payback", launched DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks against the sites and succeeded in disrupting some of their online services, although a statement from Mastercard said "There is no impact on our cardholders' ability to use their cards for secure transactions globally." Anonymous have threatened to target other companies that have withheld their services from Wikileaks – the payment service Paypal stopped transactions for the site last week and has experienced DDoS attacks – and have suggested they might attack Twitter, alleging that it has censored the hashtag #WikiLeaks, although this has been denied by the social networking site. "This is an interesting question.

PHILOWEB 2010 » Programme de PhiloWeb 2010 (version française) Vers une philosophie du Web. 16 Octobre 2010, Amphi Gestion Sorbonne 8h15-8h30 : Introduction Alexandre Monnin I. Présidence : Bert Bos (W3C) 8h30-9h15 : Les ontologies du Web sont-elles des formalisations de conceptualisations préexistantes, ou l’occasion d’inventer de nouveaux concepts ? 9h15-10h00 : Le déplacement de l’ontologie, des entités aux opérations, Pierre Livet (Université Aix-Marseille I) 10h00-10h15 : Pause II. Présidence : Alexandre Monnin (Université Panthéon – Sorbonne, Paris 1) 10h15-11h00 : Qu’est-ce qu’un objet numérique ? 11h00-11h45 : Les URIs sont-elles bien des noms ? 11h45-12h30 : Intelligence Artificielle contre Intelligence Collective: la filiation cachée de la Philosophie du Web, Harry Halpin (Université d’Edimbourg & W3C) 12h30-14h00 : Déjeuner III. Présidence : Freddy Limpens (INRIA Sophia Antipolis) 14h00-14h30 : Présentation du Web de données, Henry Story 14h30-15h15 : Webmarks : pour une approche contextuelle de la référence en ligne, Nicolas Delaforge IV. V.

Everything You Ever Wanted To Know This classic statement of anarchism was written by a diverse group of anarchists in Cardiff around 1980 and it is an interesting historical record of the optimism of mainstream anarchist thought at that time. There is probably more rubbish talked about anarchism than any other political idea. Actually, it has nothing to do with a belief in chaos, death and destruction. Anarchists do not normally carry bombs, nor do they ascribe any virtue to beating up old ladies. It is no accident that the sinister image of the mad anarchist is so accepted. The alleged necessity of authority is so firmly planted in the average mind that anarchy, which means simply 'no government' is almost unthinkable to most people. Yet there are a limitless range of possible societies without the State. Various sorts of anarchists have differing ideas on exactly how society ought to be organised. Very few people seem to understand anarchism, even though it is a very simple, straightforward idea. Large Scale Campaigns

Voluntaryist.com Windows 8 voudra nos empreintes, maintenant! Windows 8.1 sera le premier système d’exploitation de Microsoft qui se lancera grâce à la reconnaissance de nos empreintes digitales. Ainsi, à partir d’ordinateurs, de tablettes, de claviers ou de souris équipés d’un lecteur biométrique, on pourra lancer lancer Windows, utiliser nos programmes, acheter des applications ou encore de verrouiller des dossiers du bout du doigt, ceci autant pour les usagers personnels que pour les professionnels. Le tout emballé dans une publicité d’enfer qui vante les appréciations des particuliers qui se verront ainsi dotés d’un dispositif de sécurité sur le pouce. Tous nos dossiers ou autres données sensibles seront verrouillées contre les piratages ou autres vols de données, et cela à partir de l’automne 2013 déjà! C’est-y pas merveilleux! Grâce à ce type de biométrie, nous pourrons acheter des logiciels sur WindowsStore en ligne, en apposant notre doigt sur nos différents produits informatiques connectés Windows, of course. Bigre! Like this:

01-04: Convictions of an Anonymous Legion Unless the sources of the DDoS attacks being carried out by Anonymous are identified and stopped, there seems to be no end in sight for their deluge of operations. These 'AnonOps' are presented as global outreach operations of sorts, aimed at assisting individuals and organizations subjected to persecution by governments and other institutions aiming to silence free expression and dissent. The Tunisian people are perceived by Anonymous to be in need of global support and the same can be said of Wikileaks. Whether the Anonymous group can succeed in its attempts to raise awareness of these issues and to discourage censorship hangs on the question of whether its members can be stopped. While 2 DDoS attack-related arrests have apparently been made in December, deterrence does not seem to be in the cards, given the number of participants actively engaged in these operations. A direct analogy can be drawn with respect to the now widespread use of LOIC software.

Arguments For And Against by Albert Meltzer Table of Contents Introduction Inalienable Tenets of Anarchism The Class Struggle Organisation and Anarchism The Role of an Anarchist in an Authoritarian Society Bringing About the New Society The Marxist Criticism of Anarchism The Social-Democratic Critique of Anarchism The Liberal-Democratic Objection to Anarchism The Fascist Objection to Anarchism The Average Person's Objection to Anarchism Introduction The Historical Background to Anarchism It is not without interest that what might be called the anarchist approach goes back into antiquity; nor that there is an anarchism of sorts in the peasant movements that struggled against State oppression over the centuries. In particular, we may cite three philosophical precursors of Anarchism, Godwin, Proudhon, and perhaps Hegel. Godwin is the father of the Stateless Society movement, which diverged into three lines. The third school of descent from Godwin is simple liberalism, or conservative individualism. The Class Struggle

tolfa La NSA, késako?! Une des multiples réponses Le top des documents secrets présentés par le tribunal montrent que les juges ont signé des blanc seings permettant à la NSA de faire usage des informations récoltées "par inadvertance" auprès des communications intérieures des Américains et ce, sans mandat. The Guardian publie d’ailleurs l’intégralité de ces deux documents soumis à la Cour secrète des Affaires étrangères du renseignement de Surveillance (plus connu sous le doux nom du tribunal de la FISA ), signés par le procureur général Eric Holder et affranchis 29 Juillet 2009. Des documents qui détaillent les procédures dont use la NSA pour cibler les «quidams non-américains» et sur ce que cette agence fait pour réduire au minimum les données recueillies sur les citoyens et les résidents des États-Unis dans le cadre de cette surveillance…mondiale! • Conserver les données qui pourraient contenir des renseignements sur des personnes vivant aux États-Unis et ce, pour un maximum de cinq ans; Ce que dit ce paragraphe: Edward Snowden

The Ethics of the DDoS Protest One consequence of WikiLeaks leak is that it has been cut off from its main sources of acquiring money. Mastercard, Visa, and PayPal have all stopped doing business with WikilLeaks. WikiLeak’s bank, PostFinance, has also stopped doing business with the organization. In response a group of “hackers” known as “Anonymous” have launched Operation Payback. This operation involves launching Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks on the web sites of the companies in question. Put a bit roughly, DDoS attacks work by overwhelming a site with traffic so that the site is greatly slowed or even forced to shut down. One factor that makes this DD0S attack stand out is that it is supposed to be a political protest. For the sake of the discussion, I will assume that the campaign is actually an act of protest and not merely an act of mischief using WikiLeaks as an excuse. While the students might be angry over their grades, the professor did not wrong them.

Anarchist Theory FAQ What is anarchism? What beliefs do anarchists share? Anarchism is defined by The American Heritage College Dictionary as "The theory or doctrine that all forms of government are unnecessary, oppressive, and undesirable and should be abolished." Anarchism is a negative; it holds that one thing, namely government, is bad and should be abolished. Aside from this defining tenet, it would be difficult to list any belief that all anarchists hold. Just as atheists might support or oppose any viewpoint consistent with the non-existence of God, anarchists might and indeed do hold the entire range of viewpoints consistent with the non-existence of the state. As might be expected, different groups of anarchists are constantly trying to define anarchists with different views out of existence, just as many Christians say that their sect is the only "true" Christianity and many socialists say that their socialism is the only "true" socialism. Why should one consider anarchism in the first place?

Nullify NSA! |Nullify NSA! Le jugement de Bradley Manning est une farce - interview de Julian Assange (La Jornada) -- Julian ASSANGE Pedro Miguel – envoyé spécial de La Jornada à Londres - Mardi 11 juin 2013 Le jugement contre le soldat Bradley Manning, accusé par les Etats-Unis d’avoir fourni des documents secrets du gouvernement étatsunien à Wikileaks, est une farce : son résultat est décidé d’avance, selon Julian Assange, fondateur et éditeur de cette organisation, la plus haïe et persécutée par Washington après Al Qaeda. Avec ce procès, la défense a les pieds et poings liés et le procureur cherche d’une part créer un précédent et d’autre part établir un contrôle totalitaire sur tous les employés gouvernementaux ainsi qu’une phase préparatoire pour le jugement « contre Wikileaks et contre moi ». L’entretien a lieu dans un terne bureau de la représentation équatorienne, à moins de quatre mètres de distance d’un policier britannique dont on perçoit le chapeau par la fenêtre de la pièce. Dehors, la vie londonienne fourmille avec normalité, animée par les clients du magasin Harrods qui se trouve à un pâté de maison.

The Philosophy of Anonymous I. Basic Principles of Anonymous Anonymous has received fairly bad publicity in the past. Although it is not that we care, in fact all the negativity that surrounds us actually made us stronger, in other words, we can turn just about anything into comedy. Take the first Faux News investigation on us for example. For such a short segment that clearly described us as domestic terrorists, about 30 things mentioned in that report ended up becoming memes. Anonymous is not a gang of hackers on steroids. But why do we go picking on other websites for our own enjoyment? II. Historically, Anonymous' targets have had one or more of the following properties: 1. Consider the Church of Scientology. 1. They pursue frivolous "copyright infringement" claims to ridiculous lengths, trying to remove and all data that does not present the Church of Scientology in a positive light. Lisa McPherson was just one of dozens of known and countless unknown victims who were killed by the Church of Scientology. III.