With the New Year comes the launch of NAT64Check version 2 from the Internet Society. The first version of NAT64Check was introduced a couple of years ago and has proved very popular and successful, so for the past year we’ve been working on a number of enhancements in response to feedback and requests. And we’re very happy to be able to make the new version available as we welcome in 2019.
The rules require review committees to examine all surveillance orders issued under this section every couple of months.
The article by Nehaa Chaudhari was published in Asian Age on December 30, 2018.
The Internet now reaches more than half the world.
A recent estimate indicates that nearly 4 billion people – more than half the world’s population – now use the Internet. More people are now online than existed in the world the year I was born. Everyone, it seems, values the Internet. We all still know the Internet is for everyone.
Founder of multiple tech companies, Alanna Irving presents an alternative money story, offering practical tools for radical financial transparency, trust and participation.
This video was filmed at New Frontiers / Te Tūhura Nuku – November 2018 in Upper Hutt, New Zealand.
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An MHA order last week authorised 10 government agencies to scan data on computers. This was followed by the Modi government’s proposal to amend the Information Technology rules for social media platforms like WhatsApp, Facebook and Twitter to “proactively identify, remove or disable access to unlawful information or content” in order to curb fake news online.
#2018 Year-End Special: We now live in a time when devices listen, chips track your choices, and governments can watch from behind a barcode. How do we navigate this world?
The article by Dipanjan Sinha was published in the Hindustan Times on December 29, 2018. Pranesh Prakash was quoted.
Eleni Katrini: Analysis: Imagine living in a neighborhood where you can learn from your neighbors, grow your own food, participate in your child’s education, and invest back to your community’s well-being through your daily transactions. If you’re reading this article, you’re probably interested in or already involved in a community garden, daycare cooperative, trade school, tool library, or other hyperlocal initiative.
"Estamos frente a un problema que se arrastra por mucho tiempo y que no hemos tenido el coraje político de abordar en forma definitiva", señala en la siguiente columna el profesor de Escuela de Salud Pública de la Facultad de Medicina, Marcos Vergara, quien analiza la necesidad de realizar una reforma al sistema de licencias médicas de quienes se encuentran adscritos al Fondo Nacional de Salud.Escuchamos hoy que la reforma a las Isapres incluirá el tema de las licencias médicas, como la Comisión Presidencial de Financiamiento de la Salud recomendó durante el primer gobierno
Más de una docena de actividades para niños y adultos son las que ofrecerán diferentes unidades de la Casa de Bello, encuentros que se suman a la tradicional Escuela de Verano (EDv) y a la quinta edición de la Escuela de Temporada que se realizará en Iquique entre el 20 y el 25 de enero, cuyas inscripciones ya se encuentran abiertas.
Since their inception, community networks have depended on modifying existing off-the-shelf routers to adapt them to their particular needs. Software development originated in community-network groups and the free software movement as a whole have pushed the barrier of innovation and helped commercial enterprises develop new products over the years.
In 2018, the Internet saw concerted government efforts to restrict free speech on the Internet – some in the name of fighting “fake news” – and to compromise encryption on devices and messaging apps.
Can the government decide what’s fake news? Several countries either passed or explored laws intended to combat so-called fake news and online disinformation. In some cases, the laws contained significant prison time for those who create or disseminate fake news.
Open and Collaborative Developments by Patrick Van Zwanenberg, Mariano Fressoli, Valeria Arza, Adrian Smith and Anabel Marin.
In this article, reposted from Socialist Project, Steven Tufts examines union reactions to sharewashing platforms.
Quienes cursan estudios en la Casa de Bello pueden formar parte de una amplia variedad de instancias que abarcan desde el arte, la música y la política, a la diversidad sexual, cuidado de animales y género, entre otras.
Los académicos del Instituto de Estudios Internacionales (IEI) y de la Facultad de Derecho formaron parte de los equipos jurídicos de Chile ante la Corte Internacional de Justicia de La Haya en los procesos iniciados por Perú y Bolivia.
Este año, el evento internacional estará marcado por una mirada latinoamericana a un ámbito invisibilizado de esta etapa de la vida: las dimensiones de género en la vejez.
Whilst we were putting together some content about DNS privacy recently, we learned that recent distributions of Linux ship with support or this. We therefore decided to give Ubuntu 18.10 a try on a laptop.
تلقى ملايين المستخدمين عبر فيسبوك مؤخراً رسائل تفيد بأن بياناتهم الشخصية قد تسربت بسبب اختراق Cambridge Analytica لها، يأتي هذا بعد أن كشفت صحيفة Observer أن Cambridge Analytica ، التي عملت مع فريق دونالد ترامب الانتخابي استحوذت على ملايين الحسابات الشخصية لمواطنين أمريكيين واستخدمت بياناتهم لبناء برنامج حاسوبي للتنبؤ بالناخبين والتأثير عليهم.
At the Internet Society Sudan Chapter office, adjacent to the west bank of the Blue Nile, four men decided to set up a local server capable of DNSSEC verification. It was an unplanned deployathon: a hands on, practical session in which a solution or service is deployed in a real-world scenario. Deployathons can help build technical capacity or set up a new service, and in this case, the men hoped to increase knowledge of DNSSEC and to prepare the individuals managing Sudan’s top-level domain (.sd) for signing in the near future.
Surveillance Valley: The Secret Military History of the Internet by Yasha Levine.
In this fascinating book, investigative reporter Yasha Levine uncovers the secret origins of the internet, tracing it back to a Pentagon counterinsurgency surveillance project.