http://qbit.cc Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:11:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://qbit.cc/congress-to-vote-on-fascist-protect-ip-act-11-16/ http://qbit.cc/congress-to-vote-on-fascist-protect-ip-act-11-16/#comments Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:27:20 +0000 qbit http://qbit.cc/?p=4573 ]]> http://qbit.cc/congress-to-vote-on-fascist-protect-ip-act-11-16/feed/ 0 http://qbit.cc/facebook-saves-everything-forever-has-shadow-profiles-for-non-users/ http://qbit.cc/facebook-saves-everything-forever-has-shadow-profiles-for-non-users/#comments Tue, 18 Oct 2011 18:41:42 +0000 qbit http://qbit.cc/?p=4534 From http://www.identityblog.com/?p=1201 no date topic status files 01 18-AUG-2011 Pokes. Pokes are kept even after the user “removes” them. Filed with the Irish DPC Complaint (PDF) Attachments (ZIP) 02 18-AUG-2011 Shadow Profiles. Facebook is collecting data about people without their knowledge. This information is used to substitute existing profiles and to create profiles of non-users. [...]]]> http://qbit.cc/facebook-saves-everything-forever-has-shadow-profiles-for-non-users/feed/ 0 http://qbit.cc/message-from-anonymous-operation-facebook-nov-5-2011/ http://qbit.cc/message-from-anonymous-operation-facebook-nov-5-2011/#comments Wed, 10 Aug 2011 13:39:57 +0000 qbit http://qbit.cc/?p=4412 This ought to be interesting. I’ll get the marshmallows.]]> http://qbit.cc/message-from-anonymous-operation-facebook-nov-5-2011/feed/ 0 http://qbit.cc/study-internet-explorer-users-less-intelligent/ http://qbit.cc/study-internet-explorer-users-less-intelligent/#comments Tue, 02 Aug 2011 16:14:58 +0000 qbit http://qbit.cc/?p=4389 * By “study” I mean publicity stunt. AptiQuant Psychometric conducted an online study (IQ-Browser-AptiQuant-2011.pdf)  to determine the intelligence of users of various web browsers.  When I saw this article at first on Consumer Affairs about it, I was all, like, duh! Being a programmer, I know IE is a big piece of garbage, and personally I [...]]]> http://qbit.cc/study-internet-explorer-users-less-intelligent/feed/ 0 http://qbit.cc/tweeting-again/ http://qbit.cc/tweeting-again/#comments Thu, 07 Apr 2011 01:48:43 +0000 qbit http://qbit.cc/?p=3824 I was using a service to tweet my posts to twitter but that stopped working so I installed a plugin for the blog which will auto-tweet posts. Additionally I'm running a local url shortner, so there won't be any 3rd party tracking of your clicks (excluding the NSA vacuuming up most if not all internet traffic).]]> http://qbit.cc/tweeting-again/feed/ 0 http://qbit.cc/google-censoring-bittorrent-other-search-terms/ http://qbit.cc/google-censoring-bittorrent-other-search-terms/#comments Fri, 18 Feb 2011 21:12:12 +0000 qbit http://qbit.cc/?p=3527 To Google and shadow government homeland security types who are probably doing a lot of arm-twisting in the form threats and payoffs, I have a message for you… There are a lot of legitimate uses for BitTorrent other than piracy. It can be used to share ANY data.  You are attempting to restrict access to [...]]]> http://qbit.cc/google-censoring-bittorrent-other-search-terms/feed/ 1 http://qbit.cc/ariana-huffington-and-aol-ceo-discuss-huffpo-sellout/ http://qbit.cc/ariana-huffington-and-aol-ceo-discuss-huffpo-sellout/#comments Tue, 08 Feb 2011 23:19:14 +0000 qbit http://qbit.cc/?p=3490 No need to watch this, unless you want to see AOL CEO Tim Armstrong doing a kind of corporate internet jargon-show. The only reason AOL could possibly want HuffPo is to suppress alternative views that may have slipped thru in a multi-user blog environment like hers.   It’s doubtful that anything very earth-shattering would have slipped [...]]]> http://qbit.cc/ariana-huffington-and-aol-ceo-discuss-huffpo-sellout/feed/ 0 http://qbit.cc/it-always-cracks-me-up-when-anonymous-does-a-press-release/ http://qbit.cc/it-always-cracks-me-up-when-anonymous-does-a-press-release/#comments Mon, 07 Feb 2011 17:13:55 +0000 qbit http://qbit.cc/?p=3474 ANONYMOUS PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Distribution February 7th, 2011 Recently, the head of internet security firm HBGary Federal, Aaron Barr, sought to elevate his investigation of the Anonymous movement by providing the Financial Times with what he claimed to be accurate and useful information about those who allegedly drive our activities. In yesterday’s release we [...]]]> http://qbit.cc/it-always-cracks-me-up-when-anonymous-does-a-press-release/feed/ 0 http://qbit.cc/you-need-to-get-off-facebook/ http://qbit.cc/you-need-to-get-off-facebook/#comments Fri, 04 Feb 2011 22:17:56 +0000 qbit http://qbit.cc/?p=3468 ]]> http://qbit.cc/you-need-to-get-off-facebook/feed/ 0 http://qbit.cc/kill-switches-go-both-ways/ http://qbit.cc/kill-switches-go-both-ways/#comments Sat, 29 Jan 2011 14:11:54 +0000 qbit http://qbit.cc/?p=3455 From reddit]]> http://qbit.cc/kill-switches-go-both-ways/feed/ 0 http://qbit.cc/update-on-the-openbsd-ipsec-backdoor-allegation/ http://qbit.cc/update-on-the-openbsd-ipsec-backdoor-allegation/#comments Mon, 03 Jan 2011 17:18:59 +0000 qbit http://qbit.cc/?p=3355 OpenBSD IPSEC source code has been reviewed by and so far no evidence of any unpatched vulnerability or back door has come up, however the IPSEC source code is large and complex so it may be premature to close the door on this one.  From Theo de Raadt @ openBSD: (e) After Jason left, Angelos [...]]]> http://qbit.cc/update-on-the-openbsd-ipsec-backdoor-allegation/feed/ 0 http://qbit.cc/torrent-based-alternative-dns-system-coming/ http://qbit.cc/torrent-based-alternative-dns-system-coming/#comments Wed, 01 Dec 2010 15:47:07 +0000 qbit http://qbit.cc/?p=3323 dot-p2p.org Hello all #isp of the world. We’re going to add a new competing root-server since we’re tired of #ICANN. Please contact me to help. - Peter Sunde via Twitter @brokep on November 27th, 23:08 PST. TorrentFreak: BitTorrent Based DNS To Counter US Domain Seizures Written by Ernesto on November 30, 2010 ArsTechnica: Fed up [...]]]> http://qbit.cc/torrent-based-alternative-dns-system-coming/feed/ 0 http://qbit.cc/alex-jones-removed-from-google-news-since-november-youtube-channel-may-be-deleted/ http://qbit.cc/alex-jones-removed-from-google-news-since-november-youtube-channel-may-be-deleted/#comments Tue, 30 Nov 2010 16:50:46 +0000 qbit http://qbit.cc/?p=3308 After “they” flushed the video of Donald Rumsfeld saying “missile hit the pentagon” down a memory hole (I swear I’ve seen it with my own eyes… once), I started saving videos- usually FLV or Mp4 files from my browser cache.  If YouTube wants to censor videos selectively for political gain, I have a few TB/month [...]]]> http://qbit.cc/alex-jones-removed-from-google-news-since-november-youtube-channel-may-be-deleted/feed/ 0 http://qbit.cc/comcast-charging-level-3-internet-backbone-provider-fees-to-transfer-competing-content-to-customers/ http://qbit.cc/comcast-charging-level-3-internet-backbone-provider-fees-to-transfer-competing-content-to-customers/#comments Tue, 30 Nov 2010 15:29:36 +0000 qbit http://qbit.cc/?p=3305 Level 3 Communications Press Release BROOMFIELD, Colo., November 29, 2010 Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: LVLT) today issued the following statement, which can be attributed to Thomas Stortz, Chief Legal Officer of Level 3: “On November 19, 2010, Comcast informed Level 3 that, for the first time, it will demand a recurring fee from Level 3 to transmit Internet [...]]]> http://qbit.cc/comcast-charging-level-3-internet-backbone-provider-fees-to-transfer-competing-content-to-customers/feed/ 0 http://qbit.cc/forces-of-good-repurpose-google-trends/ http://qbit.cc/forces-of-good-repurpose-google-trends/#comments Fri, 12 Nov 2010 23:06:30 +0000 qbit http://qbit.cc/?p=3198 ]]> http://qbit.cc/forces-of-good-repurpose-google-trends/feed/ 0 http://qbit.cc/dns-txt-records-represent-vulnerability-for-caching-dns-servers/ http://qbit.cc/dns-txt-records-represent-vulnerability-for-caching-dns-servers/#comments Wed, 27 Oct 2010 15:56:07 +0000 qbit http://qbit.cc/?p=3103 … And now there’s an easy way to exploit it to leach bandwidth. Since TXT records are now deprecated in the DNS (Domain Naming System) specification, administrators of public caching dns servers would be advised to place limits on number of TXT records and hostnames for a domain, or just disable the use of txt [...]]]> http://qbit.cc/dns-txt-records-represent-vulnerability-for-caching-dns-servers/feed/ 2 http://qbit.cc/preserve-internet-freedom-oppose-cybersecurity-legislation-presidential-kill-switch/ http://qbit.cc/preserve-internet-freedom-oppose-cybersecurity-legislation-presidential-kill-switch/#comments Tue, 22 Jun 2010 21:42:53 +0000 qbit http://qbit.cc/?p=1999 The U.S. already possesses a very healthy and capable private IT security industry. Government interference would only destroy private protection initiatives and efforts, and allow faulty security and intelligence agencies and the Executive Branch to hold sway over the liberties of the people...]]> http://qbit.cc/preserve-internet-freedom-oppose-cybersecurity-legislation-presidential-kill-switch/feed/ 0 http://qbit.cc/qbit-now-on-facebook/ http://qbit.cc/qbit-now-on-facebook/#comments Tue, 22 Jun 2010 21:21:05 +0000 qbit http://qbit.cc/?p=1992 Qbit.cc posts now feed into facebook.  You could among the first to “friend” qbit on facebook! Add qbit.cc as a friend on facebook. Add qbit.cc ‘recent posts’ widget to your facebook profile. Yes I know facebook has connections to DARPA and CIA venture capital.  But their network is a way to reach people.  A lot [...]]]> http://qbit.cc/qbit-now-on-facebook/feed/ 0 http://qbit.cc/qwest-ceo-imprisoned-in-retaliation-for-failure-to-cut-surveillance-deal-with-nsa/ http://qbit.cc/qwest-ceo-imprisoned-in-retaliation-for-failure-to-cut-surveillance-deal-with-nsa/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:46:28 +0000 qbit http://qbit.cc/?p=1439 WMR has been told by NSA insiders that if the full extent of NSA’s illegal operations became public, the American people would go into a “state of shock.”]]> http://qbit.cc/qwest-ceo-imprisoned-in-retaliation-for-failure-to-cut-surveillance-deal-with-nsa/feed/ 0 http://qbit.cc/whistleblower-site-cryptome-org-shut-down-by-microsoft-over-leaked-surveillance-doc/ http://qbit.cc/whistleblower-site-cryptome-org-shut-down-by-microsoft-over-leaked-surveillance-doc/#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:14:08 +0000 qbit http://qbit.cc/?p=1437 jya.jpg John Young and Deborah Natsios' whistleblower archive Cryptome has long been a thorn in the flesh of US government agencies. But if my memory serves correctly, none of them ever managed to do what Microsoft did today: shut the site down.]]> http://qbit.cc/whistleblower-site-cryptome-org-shut-down-by-microsoft-over-leaked-surveillance-doc/feed/ 0 http://qbit.cc/three-google-employees-convicted-in-italian-court-for-user-uploaded-content/ http://qbit.cc/three-google-employees-convicted-in-italian-court-for-user-uploaded-content/#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:53:53 +0000 qbit http://qbit.cc/?p=1431 In late 2006, students at a school in Turin, Italy filmed and then uploaded a video to Google Video that showed them bullying an autistic schoolmate. The video was totally reprehensible and we took it down within hours of being notified by the Italian police. We also worked with the local police to help identify the person responsible for uploading it and she was subsequently sentenced to 10 months community service by a court in Turin, as were several other classmates who were also involved. In these rare but unpleasant cases, that's where our involvement would normally end.]]> http://qbit.cc/three-google-employees-convicted-in-italian-court-for-user-uploaded-content/feed/ 0 http://qbit.cc/obama-we-need-to-bailout-newspapers-to-stop-new-media-taking-over/ http://qbit.cc/obama-we-need-to-bailout-newspapers-to-stop-new-media-taking-over/#comments Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:59:16 +0000 qbit http://qbit.cc/?p=685 President says preserving “mutual understanding” is critical to democracy]]> http://qbit.cc/obama-we-need-to-bailout-newspapers-to-stop-new-media-taking-over/feed/ 0 http://qbit.cc/hal-turner-a-trained-fbi-agent-provocateur/ http://qbit.cc/hal-turner-a-trained-fbi-agent-provocateur/#comments Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:10:38 +0000 qbit http://qbit.cc/?p=474 Beware patriots, they internet is crawling with pr agents, racist provocateurs, fake bloggers, and software for manipulating social bookmark sites. ]]> http://qbit.cc/hal-turner-a-trained-fbi-agent-provocateur/feed/ 0 http://qbit.cc/china-to-to-require-web-filtering-software-on-all-pcs/ http://qbit.cc/china-to-to-require-web-filtering-software-on-all-pcs/#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:32:27 +0000 qbit http://qbit.cc/?p=384 China plans to require that all personal computers sold in the country as of July 1 be shipped with software that blocks access to certain Web sites, a move that could give government censors unprecedented control over how Chinese users access the Internet.]]> http://qbit.cc/china-to-to-require-web-filtering-software-on-all-pcs/feed/ 0 http://qbit.cc/you-tube-free-speech-purge-accelerates-infowarrior-channel-banned/ http://qbit.cc/you-tube-free-speech-purge-accelerates-infowarrior-channel-banned/#comments Tue, 12 May 2009 12:48:51 +0000 qbit http://qbit.cc/?p=351 But more Alex Jones videos appearing on video networking site than ever before as censorship backfires Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet.com Tuesday, May 12, 2009 You Tube accelerated its aggressive purge against free speech today after the video networking website suspended the Infowarrior Channel, which was the replacement for the previously censored Alex Jones Channel. [...]]]> http://qbit.cc/you-tube-free-speech-purge-accelerates-infowarrior-channel-banned/feed/ 0