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Facebook surveils everyone's web browsing regardless of whether they have an account or not, as described in this paper: ssrn.com/abstract=1717563

A simple way to prevent any packets being sent to or received from Facebook from your hardware is to set up filtering using iptables, a kernel-level firewall. On most GNU and Linux distributions, you can run the following three commands as root:

iptables -A INPUT -d facebook.com -j DROP
iptables -A OUTPUT -d facebook.com -j DROP
iptables -A FORWARD -d facebook.com -j DROP

The URL can be changed for other sites as well if you wish. Eg - for Twitter's "tweet" buttons run the same commands but using platform.twitter.com as the domain to reject. I also recommend adding Facebook's content delivery network: fbcdn.net to the blacklist.

For more documentation on iptables, I recommend the Arch Wiki - wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/I…
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Re-post from Michael Geist's blog, who is a law professor :-

Last week, the European Parliament voted overwhelmingly to reject ACTA, striking a major blow to the hopes of supporters who envisioned a landmark agreement that would set a new standard for intellectual property rights enforcement. The European Commission, which negotiates trade deals such as ACTA on behalf of the European Union, has vowed to revive the badly damaged agreement. Its most high-profile move has been to ask the European Court of Justice to rule on ACTA's compatibility with fundamental European freedoms with the hope that a favourable ruling could allow the European Parliament to reconsider the issue.

While the court referral has attracted the lion share of attention, my weekly technology law column (Toronto Star version, homepage version) reports that there is an alternate secret strategy in which Canada plays a key role. According to recently leaked documents, the EU plans to use the Canada - EU Trade Agreement (CETA), which is nearing its final stages of negotiation, as a backdoor mechanism to implement the ACTA provisions.

The CETA IP chapter has already attracted attention due to EU pharmaceutical patent demands that could add billions to provincial health care costs, but the bigger story may be that the same chapter features a near word-for-word replica of ACTA. According to the leaked document, dated February 2012, Canada and the EU have already agreed to incorporate many of the ACTA enforcement provisions into CETA, including the rules on general obligations on enforcement, preserving evidence, damages, injunctions, and border measure rules. One of these provisions even specifically references ACTA. A comparison table of ACTA and the leaked CETA chapter is posted below.   

The EU has also proposed incorporating ACTA's criminal enforcement and co-operation chapters into CETA. The criminal provisions were the target of European Parliament criticism for their lack of proportionality and uncertain application.

Canada has similarly pushed for the inclusion of ACTA provisions, proposing identical digital lock rules as well as ACTA-style Internet service provider provisions that raised privacy concerns from the European Data Protection Supervisor. In fact, Canada would like to extend ACTA by mandating an anti-camcording provision (a similar provision is currently voluntary in ACTA).

The European Commission strategy appears to be to use CETA as the new ACTA, burying its provisions in a broader Canadian trade agreement with the hope that the European Parliament accepts the same provisions it just rejected with the ACTA framework. If successful, it would likely then argue that ACTA poses no new concerns since the same rules were approved within the Canadian trade deal.

The backdoor ACTA approach creates enormous risks for Canada's trade ambitions. Given the huge anti-ACTA movement, the Canada - EU trade deal could face widespread European opposition with CETA becoming swept up in similar protests.

With anti-ACTA sentiment spreading across Europe, Canada should push to remove the intellectual property chapter from CETA altogether.  The move would not be unprecedented. Many of Canada's free trade agreements feature only limited IP provisions and last year a Canadian parliamentary committee recommended that "domestic copyright policies are not part of any present or future trade negotiations."

Meanwhile, the U.S. and EU recently announced their own plans to negotiate a trade deal but agreed to keep intellectual property issues out of the talks. If CETA becomes known as ACTA II, the future of the Canada - EU trade deal may hinge on adopting a similar approach.

Source: www.michaelgeist.ca/content/vi…
Go to source for table of comparison between ACTA and CETA-draft, and other links.

Help stamp out shady agreements like these from inside of politics pirateparty-da.deviantart.com/

I've had comments asking for permission to re-upload this.
That's a silly question. We are the internet - propagate and share media is what we do! :)
Michael Geist publishes his blog under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0.
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i don't usually do these, but i'm bored so bleh :P


● BRITISH ●
[ ] You drink a lot of tea.
[ ] You know what a brolly is.
[ ] Deal or No Deal has taken over your life.
[ ] You wanted Ben to win X Factor.
[ ] You use the word "bugger"or the phrase "bloody hell."
[ ] Fish and Chips are yummy.
[ ] You can eat a Full English Breakfast.
[ ] You dislike emos almost as much as you dislike chavs.
[X] It's football... not soccer.
Total: 1

● AUSTRALIAN ●
[ ] You wear flip flops all year.
[ ] You call flipflops thongs, not flip flops.
[ ] You love a backyard barbie.
[ ] You know a barbie is not a doll.
[X] You love the beach.
[ ] Sometimes you swear without realizing.
[ ] You're a sports fanatic.
[X] You are tanned.
[ ] You're a bit of a bogan.
[ ] You have an australian something.
Total: 2

● ITALIAN ●
[ ] The Sopranos is a great show.
[X] Your last name ends in a vowel.
[ ] Your grandmother makes her own sauces.
[X] You know how a real meatball tastes.
[ ] You know Italian songs.
[X] You have dark hair and dark eye color.
[ ] You speak some Italian.
[X] You are under 5'10''
[ ] You know what a Italian horn is.
[ ] Pizza/spaghetti is the best food in the world!
[ ] You talk with your hands.
Total: 4

● SPANISH ●
[ ] You say member instead of Remember.
[ ] You speak spanish or some.
[X] You like tacos.
[X] You are dark skinned.
[ ] You know what a Puta is.
[ ] You talk fast occasionally.
[ ] You have had highlights or have dyed your hair.
[X] You know what platanos are.
Total: 3

● RUSSIAN ●
[ ] You say villian as: Vee-lon.
[ ] You get short tempered.
[X] You know of somebody named Natasha.
[X] You don't get cold easily.
[ ] Rain is fun for you.
[ ] You get into contests all the time.
[X] You can easily make do with the cold weather.
Total: 3

● POLISH ●
[ ] You love good and solid food.
[ ] You're a strict catholic.
[ ] You have a very bright eyecolor.
[X] You don't care about many things.
[ ] You're a full family man.
[ ] You love to discuss.
[ ] You be quick to take offence.
[ ] You speak some Polish or Russian.
Total: 1

● IRISH ●
[ ] You think beer is the best.
[ ] You have a bad temper.
[ ] Your last name starts with a Mc, Murph, O', Fitz or ends with a ley, on, un, an, in, ry, ly, y.
[ ] You have blue or green eyes.
[X] You like the color green.
[ ] You have been to a st. pattys day party.
[ ] You have a family member from Ireland.
[ ] You have hair everywhere.
[ ] You have/had freckles.
[ ] Your family get-togethers always include drinking and singing.
Total: 1

● AFRICAN AMERICAN ●
[ ] You say nigga/nukka casually.
[ ] You have nappy hair.
[ ] You like rap.
[ ] You know how to shoot a gun.
[ ] You like chicken.
[X] You like watermelon.
[ ] You can ‘sing’ gospel.
[ ] You smoke newports.
Total: 1

● ASIAN ●
[ ] You have slanty/small eyes.
[ ] You like rice a lot.
[X] You are good at math.
[X] You play/have played the piano.
[X] You have relatives from Asia.
[X] You laugh sometimes covering your mouth.
[ ] Most people think you're Chinese.
[ ] You call hurricanes typhoons.
[ ] You go to Baulko.
Total: 4

● GERMAN ●
[ ] You like bread.
[ ] You think German Chocolate is good.
[ ] You speak some German.
[X] You know what Schnitzel is.
[X] You went to pre-school.
[X] You're over 5'2.
[ ] You like Limburger cheese.
Total: 3

● CANADIAN ●
[X] You like/play/played hockey.
[ ] You love beer.
[X] You say eh. A lot.
[ ] You know what poutine is.
[ ] You speak some French.
[ ] You love Tim Horton's.
[ ] At one point you lived in a farm house.
[ ] You watch/watched degrassi.
Total: 2

● AMERICAN ●
[ ] You hate foreigners.
[ ] You hate non-Christians.
[ ] You're lazy.
[ ] You have had an abortion.
[ ] But love the penalty.
[ ] You don't read.
[ ] You shop at Wal-Mart.
[ ] You think this survey is rather biased.
Total: 0

● FRENCH ●
[ ] You like french toast.
[ ] You love wine.
[ ] You speak a little or are fluent in French
[ ] You have eaten a snail.
[X] You like fashion.
[ ] You have been to France
[ ] You say “Zut” instead of damn
[ ] You own a beret.
[ ] You actually know what a beret is.
Total: 1

● BELGIAN ●
[ ] You grow some small vegetables in the yard.
[X] You like french fries.
[ ] You think Belgian chocolate rules.
[ ] You know that the official best beer in the world' is Belgian.
[ ] You speak both Dutch and French.
[X] You like Belgian waffles.
[ ] You call a pub or bar a café.
[ ] You fully realize and acknowledge that your football team sucks.
[ ] You drive/own a French or German car.
[X] You have a lot of comments on your government.
Total: 3

● DUTCH ●
[X] You like the colour orange.
[ ] You are a football enthusiast.
[ ] You often go to 'coffee shops'.
[ ] You know what is meant by 'coffee shops'.
[ ] You tend to overreact and show your emotions.
[X] You have a cheerful nature.
[X] You like the sea.
[X] You are good at buildinghandiworkprojects.
[ ] You tend to favour the megalomania.
Total: 4

● ARAB ●
[ ] You are a patriot.
[ ] You say "3ngleezy" instead of "english".
[ ] You laugh at other accents, especially Egyptian.
[ ] You beckon at things with you forehead or eyes.
[ ] You like seafood, especially fish, more than any other type of food.
[X] You have a black hair.
[ ] Your last name starts with " Al " or " bin "
[ ] you like showing off, especially with new cars and clothes.
[X] You dislike reading
Total: 2

● GREEK ●
[ ] You're very loud.
[ ] Your family alone makes a small city.
[ ] You blast music Saturday morning to clean the house.
[ ] You share a bathroom with 5+ people.
[X] You say “open the light” instead of “turn on the light”.
[ ] You always have a “to go plate” when leaving from a party.
[X] You have a last name that's hard to pronounce.
[X] You eat potatoes with the skin ON it.
Total: 3

● NEW ZEALANDER ●
[ ] You get annoyed that people only remember your country because of how many sheep are there
[ ] You hate aussies
[X] You know what an ‘aussie’ is
[X] You know that NZ is famous only because of Lord of the Rings
[ ] You like chocolate fish &/or pineapple lumps
[ ] You know what L&P is and you like it!
Total: 2

● NORWEGIAN ●
[ ] You know what lefse is.
[X] You can speak some Norwegian.
[ ] You love trolls.
[X] You know what lutefisk is.
[ ] You have been whale hunting/seeing.
[ ] Food made with potatoes and flour rule.
[X] Fish is a huge part of your diet.
[ ] You have blue or green eyes and have blonde or brown hair.
[X] You know how to fish or have fished before.
Total: 4



● ○ R E C A P ○ ●

British: 1
Australian: 2
Italian: 4
Spanish: 3
Russian: 3
Polish: 1
Irish: 1
African American: 1
Asian: 4
German: 3
Canadian: 2
American: 0
French: 1
Belgian: 3
Dutch: 4
Arab: 2
Greek: 3
New Zealander: 2
Norwegian: 4


i'm an Italian, Dutch, Norwegian, Asian!
Spanish, Russian, German, Belgian, and Greek tie second.
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Greetings all.

I found this colour test/quiz/challenge/game/thingus and thought it was somewhat appropriate to share with dA. It measures how well your eyes differentiate between colours. Don't know how accurate it is exactly, but it seems interesting.

Clicky: www.xrite.com/custom_page.aspx…

Comment back with your score! ^^
I got 8.
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O HAI!

1 min read
sorry for the silence.
i've not been anywhere photo-worthy recently, and i've got 3-4 unfinished works on my laptop with little motivation to complete them. i'll get to it eventually.

in other news, i finished uni :) and now joining the job-hunt :(

oh yeah, and the guitar i was working on from the previous post (if anyone remembers it) was finished quite a while back. pictures on UG profile.ultimate-guitar.com/he…

...and now i've run out of things to say to keep anyone mildly interested :P
so, bye bye!
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