If you go to the ACLU website and sign the “be a Constitution voter” pledge, you can get a free bumper sticker.
Sign here
I Am a Constitution Voter
* I believe that no one — including the President — is above the law.
* I oppose all forms [...]
Subject: Check-in: Your bags and your rights.
If you travel outside the United States this summer, you can kiss your right to privacy, and perhaps your laptop, digital camera and cell phone, goodbye.
Did you know…
1. Border security can seize your laptop, cell phone or camera with no suspicion or explanation.
2. Many airports use scanners that conduct [...]
My dad’s been in the hospital with a blocked artery - nothing contagious. Today around 10am, he was moved out of ICU to a regular room, at which point he asked for some water. The nurse’s aide brought him a small pitcher full of ice water, large enough to hold 3-4 glasses’ worth [...]
Real Nightmare
If Real ID happens:
* Every state’s DMV database will be linked and tons of information from social security numbers and birth dates to copies of birth certificates and bank statements will be accessible to DMV employees across the country. o This [...]
Broadband Internet providers are increasingly imposing early termination fees to keep their customers from straying away for a better deal somewhere else.
“Cancellation penalties are anti-competitive and deprive consumers of the benefits of competition in the markets where there is more than one broadband provider,” says Kenney. “The justifications for them are suspect. Once enticing consumers [...]
Because you display that magnet, you support the troops (or breast cancer, or whatever cause) more than I do? Unless the profit from the sale of that magnet goes to charity, your purchase supports nothing.
Other designs available, for $5 to $7, at Anti-Magnet
“Alright, we’ve been following the RIAA’s increasingly frequent affronts to privacy and free speech lately, and it’s about time we stopped merely bitching and moaning and did something about it. The RIAA has the power to shift public policy and to alter the direction of technology and the Internet for one reason and one reason [...]
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200 ways to fight DRM this Tuesday
DefectiveByDesign’s Peter Brown writes in with “Zuned” — a sticker-designed produced for October 3, the International Day Against DRM.
There are over 200 projects proposed for the Anti-DRM Day, from Free DRM-Free movie downloads to encouraging French citizens to continue turning themselves into the police for [...]
Microsoft’s Zune will place DRM on any song you share with someone else, regardless of whether that song has DRM in the first place.
Amazon’s Unbox video download service has some of the worst terms of service ever, including a clause that lets them report on what software you have installed on your computer.
German company Akuma [...]
