WikiLeaks has applied for a $532,000 grant to expand the use of its anonymous system for citizens to submit documents they believe should be made public.
(From The New York Times)
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We need a wikileaks for the people who run HOA (home owners association) around the world and how they do not follow their own guildelines and so forth and abuses.
For example the president of the HOA who thinks he is so Alpha Male driving his big truck and loves to tailgate even in parking areas and when you let him know you do not like his antics he then gets passive agressive and refuses to paint back the parking number that has been agreed to for over 6 years so other people can park in your assigned spot.
HOA's are an epic fail. They are a waste of time and money for most of us who like freedom and in exchange for having our project rig in our driveay don't mind if the neighbor paints his house pink, or the other neighbor doesn't water his lawn because he wants to no native. Also governments that force them to exist to do their own job (maintaining infrastruture) are double taxing the members.
If only the military used military-grade encryption for it's spy planes... Sorry for the thread hijack, but if Wikileaks can use strong encryption, why can't the air force encrypt their video streams?!
Web giant is spending $120 million to beef up its Mountain View, Calif., headquarters, according to filings with the city reviewed by the San Jose Mercury News.
Tor's "obfsproxy" technology would make encrypted data look innocuous and let it dodge government censors. That could help citizens in Iran reach blocked sites as antigovernment protests reportedly loom.
MIT creates a simulation to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Spacewar. A relic of the early days of minicomputers, it was one of the first computer video games and set the stage for many others, including Asteroids.
For example the president of the HOA who thinks he is so Alpha Male driving his big truck and loves to tailgate even in parking areas and when you let him know you do not like his antics he then gets passive agressive and refuses to paint back the parking number that has been agreed to for over 6 years so other people can park in your assigned spot.
Things like that.