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Warrantless cracking of refugees' computers

dimanche 17 avril 2016 à 02:00

UK immigration officials are allowed to crack security of refugees' computers, specifically their phones. This could endanger their right to confidential communication with their lawyers.

I think it is legitimate for the state to crack security for investigations, but only with a specific warrant.

Painting political expression as "harassment"

dimanche 17 avril 2016 à 02:00

Stretched and subjective definitions of "bullying", "prejudice" and "trauma" make it easy to paint political expression as "violent harassment". It's a tendency we need to reject because it leads to censorship.

Exiles from Burundi

dimanche 17 avril 2016 à 02:00

The dictator of Burundi has driven 250,000 people into exile, fleeing from torture meted out to anyone that didn't support him.

Liberation of scientific literature

dimanche 17 avril 2016 à 02:00

Alexandra Elbakyan is freeing scientific literature from paywalls.

Three cheers!

Shame on the article's author for taking the side of the restricted access journals, by using words such as "pilfer" to describe liberating science from its feudal lords.

Guerrilla war not the same as terrorism

dimanche 17 avril 2016 à 02:00

Someone tell Israel that fighting the soldiers in an occupying army is not terrorism. The proper term is "guerrilla war".