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The US government has been running a quantum Internet for over two years

The US government has been running a quantum Internet for over two years

Reuters / Stephen Lam It’s a perfectly secure Internet that by definition cannot be penetrated by wiretaps and eavesdropping — and the US government has been sitting on it for the last two-and-a-half years. A longtime goal among cryptologists has been to perfect the “quantum Internet” — which, in the most basic way possible, uses the main principle of quantum mechanics to transfer communications from one point to another. Still confused? Technology Review explained it as easily as possible: “The basic idea here is that the act of measuring a quantum object, such as a photon, always changes it. So…

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Obama signs executive order on cybersecurity

Obama signs executive order on cybersecurity

  Barack Obama has signed an executive order on cybersecurity aimed at boosting the defense of critical US infrastructure, while also avoiding the criticism over compromising civil liberties that its legislative predecessors suffered from. ­The legislative push continues, and will cover the same area and make the increase in security mandatory for the private sector. A new version of the controversial bill CISPA is expected to be introduced to the House on Wednesday.   (Reuters / Kevin Lamarque) President Obama revealed the long-expected executive order in his State of the Union address on Tuesday. He cited “growing threat from cyber-attacks” as…

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Google’s sinister glasses will turn the whole world into search giant’s spies

Google’s sinister glasses will turn the whole world into search giant’s spies

By Tom Leonard ..They look like something you’d see at a Star Trek convention, perhaps worn with a pair of fake pointy ears. And that’s entirely fitting, given that these high-tech specs are about to propel us into a sci-fi future few could have envisaged a decade ago. Google Glass has had the tech world giddy with excitement since it was unveiled nearly a year ago. Last week, at the South By Southwest technology convention in Austin, Texas, a Google designer gave the first demonstration to a rapt audience. Scroll down for video Look into the future: But are Google's…

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Aaron Swartz files reveal how FBI tracked internet activist

Aaron Swartz. The FBI also collected information from his Facebook and Linkedin profiles. Photograph: Noah Berger/Reuters A blogger has published once-classified FBI files that show how the agency tracked and collected information on internet activist Aaron Swartz. Swartz, who killed himself in January aged 26, had previously requested his files and posted them on his blog, but some new documents and redactions are included in the files published by Firedoglake blogger Daniel Wright. Wright was given 21 of 23 declassified documents, thanks to a rule that declassifies FBI files on the deceased. Wright said that he was told the other…

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Google results miss; shares dive after premature report

Google results miss; shares dive after premature report

By Alexei Oreskovic and Edwin Chan SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc's quarterly results fell well short of Wall Street's expectations after its core advertising business slowed, stunning investors accustomed to consistently rapid growth from the Internet giant and wiping more than 9 percent off its market value. The disappointing numbers on Thursday came hours ahead of schedule in a rare instance of premature filing. Google blamed the misfire on an unauthorized filing by its financial printers, RR Donnelley & Sons Co, and later confirmed the numbers' accuracy. The earnings report, which had not been expected until after the market…

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If you see this warning, Big Brother is watching

If you see this warning, Big Brother is watching

By Dr. Mercola Big Brother is watching. No kidding. And the warning is coming from none other than Google, which says government spies may be spying on you. Some believe the Google announcement may be related to the recent discovery of the data-mining virus named "Flame." In a June 3 New York Times article, Andrew Kramer and Nicole Perlroth write1: "When Eugene Kaspersky, the founder of Europe's largest antivirus company, discovered the Flame virus that is afflicting computers in Iran and the Middle East, he recognized it as a technologically sophisticated virus that only a government could create. He also…

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Obama quietly gives himself power to seize internet

Obama quietly gives himself power to seize internet

By Todd Beamon afternoon release from the White House — this one on how agencies should communicate with the public in emergencies — has Internet privacy advocates crying foul over a possible power grab. The executive order — “Assignment of National Security and Emergency Preparedness Communications Functions” — was released last Friday in the late afternoon. The Friday before, the White House issued data showing that its payroll had increased 14.1 percent over the last year of the Bush administration. President Barack Obama’s new order outlines procedures for government agencies to follow in preparing plans so they can communicate with…

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Malware may knock thousands off Internet on Monday

Malware may knock thousands off Internet on Monday

By Lolita c. Baldor, Associated Press Despite repeated alerts, tens of thousands of Americans may still lose their Internet service Monday unless they do a quick check of their computers for malware that could have taken over their machines more than a year ago. The warnings about the Internet problem have been splashed across Facebook and Google. Internet service providers have sent notices, and the FBI set up a special website. According to the FBI, the number of computers that probably are infected is more than 277,000 worldwide, down from about 360,000 in April. About 64,000 still-infected computers are probably…

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Google sees ‘alarming’ level of government censorship

Google sees ‘alarming’ level of government censorship

Web giant says that in the past six months it received more than 1,000 requests from government officials for the removal of content. It complied with more than half of them. by Steven Musil Google reports it has seen an "alarming" incidence in government requests to censor Internet content in the past six months. The Web giant said it received more than 1,000 requests from governments around the world to remove items such as YouTube videos and search listings. The company, which said it complied with more than half the requests, released a catalog of those requests as part of…

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‘Cyberterrorism could mark the end of the world as we know it’

‘Cyberterrorism could mark the end of the world as we know it’

Eugene Kaspersky, whose information security firm discovered Flame virus, speaks at Tel Aviv conference, warns against possible repercussions • Defense Minister Ehud Barak: Israel must be at the forefront of the global cyberarena. ByIlan Gattegno Israel is working to be a world leader in cybercapabilities, Defense Minister Ehud Barak said on Wednesday, speaking at a cybersecurity conference held by the Yuval Ne'eman Workshop at Tel Aviv University. Barak said the defense establishment intends to push Israel to the forefront of the global cyberarena — both in terms of developing defense systems and in preparing civilian infrastructure against attack,” Barak said.

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