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The Second Annual Cato Surveillance Conference: Closing Keynote

Cato Institute 

It has been a dizzying year in the world of surveillance: In June, nearly two years after Edward Snowden shocked the world with unprecedented leaks revealing the scope of National Security Agency spying, Congress moved to limit the bulk collection of domestic communications data via the USA FREEDOM Act — first introduced at a Cato conference in 2013 — but how much privacy protection will the law’s reforms truly provide? Meanwhile, courts and policymakers struggle to keep up with a rapidly evolving array of high-tech threats to privacy... Читать дальше...

The Second Annual Cato Surveillance Conference: The Feeling of Being Watched

Cato Institute 

It has been a dizzying year in the world of surveillance: In June, nearly two years after Edward Snowden shocked the world with unprecedented leaks revealing the scope of National Security Agency spying, Congress moved to limit the bulk collection of domestic communications data via the USA FREEDOM Act — first introduced at a Cato conference in 2013 — but how much privacy protection will the law’s reforms truly provide? Meanwhile, courts and policymakers struggle to keep up with a rapidly evolving array of high-tech threats to privacy... Читать дальше...

The Second Annual Cato Surveillance Conference: The State of Global Surveillance, Return of the General Warrant, Surveilling Terrorists: Assessing the Costs and Benefits, and Smartening up Congress About National Security

Cato Institute 

It has been a dizzying year in the world of surveillance: In June, nearly two years after Edward Snowden shocked the world with unprecedented leaks revealing the scope of National Security Agency spying, Congress moved to limit the bulk collection of domestic communications data via the USA FREEDOM Act — first introduced at a Cato conference in 2013 — but how much privacy protection will the law’s reforms truly provide? Meanwhile, courts and policymakers struggle to keep up with a rapidly evolving array of high-tech threats to privacy... Читать дальше...

The Second Annual Cato Surveillance Conference: National Surveillance Laws on a Borderless Network

Cato Institute 

It has been a dizzying year in the world of surveillance: In June, nearly two years after Edward Snowden shocked the world with unprecedented leaks revealing the scope of National Security Agency spying, Congress moved to limit the bulk collection of domestic communications data via the USA FREEDOM Act — first introduced at a Cato conference in 2013 — but how much privacy protection will the law’s reforms truly provide? Meanwhile, courts and policymakers struggle to keep up with a rapidly evolving array of high-tech threats to privacy... Читать дальше...

The Second Annual Cato Surveillance Conference: Luncheon Keynote

Cato Institute 

It has been a dizzying year in the world of surveillance: In June, nearly two years after Edward Snowden shocked the world with unprecedented leaks revealing the scope of National Security Agency spying, Congress moved to limit the bulk collection of domestic communications data via the USA FREEDOM Act — first introduced at a Cato conference in 2013 — but how much privacy protection will the law’s reforms truly provide? Meanwhile, courts and policymakers struggle to keep up with a rapidly evolving array of high-tech threats to privacy... Читать дальше...

The Second Annual Cato Surveillance Conference: Watching the Watchmen: The Privacy & Civil Liberties Oversight Board

Cato Institute 

It has been a dizzying year in the world of surveillance: In June, nearly two years after Edward Snowden shocked the world with unprecedented leaks revealing the scope of National Security Agency spying, Congress moved to limit the bulk collection of domestic communications data via the USA FREEDOM Act — first introduced at a Cato conference in 2013 — but how much privacy protection will the law’s reforms truly provide? Meanwhile, courts and policymakers struggle to keep up with a rapidly evolving array of high-tech threats to privacy... Читать дальше...

The Second Annual Cato Surveillance Conference: Economic Benefits of Encryption, Ciphertext Rots: Towards Guidelines for Retention & Analysis of Encrypted Data, and IP-Based Communications & the Content/Metadata Distinction

Cato Institute 

It has been a dizzying year in the world of surveillance: In June, nearly two years after Edward Snowden shocked the world with unprecedented leaks revealing the scope of National Security Agency spying, Congress moved to limit the bulk collection of domestic communications data via the USA FREEDOM Act — first introduced at a Cato conference in 2013 — but how much privacy protection will the law’s reforms truly provide? Meanwhile, courts and policymakers struggle to keep up with a rapidly evolving array of high-tech threats to privacy... Читать дальше...



Aeration

Fox Meadow Golf and Country Club 

This is often a dirty word for golfers…it ranks right up there with ‘frost delay’. Both things are inevitable during the golf season and both make you as the golfer unhappy. But the key to accepting aerating, is understanding why we do it. There are many benefits to aerating and they all go a long... Read more »

Perilous Partners

Cato Institute 

American leaders have cooperated with regimes around the world that are, to varying degrees, repressive or corrupt. Ted Galen Carpenter discusses his new book, Perilous Partners.

13 best in-ear headphones

The Independent 

From buds for bodies on the move to sleek designs for audiophiles, IndyBest gets an earful of the latest tech

The Second Annual Cato Surveillance Conference: Welcome and Introduction and After FREEDOM: A Dialogue on NSA in the Post-Snowden Era

Cato Institute 

It has been a dizzying year in the world of surveillance: In June, nearly two years after Edward Snowden shocked the world with unprecedented leaks revealing the scope of National Security Agency spying, Congress moved to limit the bulk collection of domestic communications data via the USA FREEDOM Act — first introduced at a Cato conference in 2013 — but how much privacy protection will the law’s reforms truly provide? Meanwhile, courts and policymakers struggle to keep up with a rapidly evolving array of high-tech threats to privacy... Читать дальше...

SRC breaks silence, rejects misappropriation claims

New Straits Times 

<p>KUALA LUMPUR: SRC International Sdn Bhd says the RM4 billion borrowed from the Retirement Fund (Incorporated) (KWAP) is accounted for in its balance sheet, in accordance with the standard accounting and governance practices. "None of it was misappropriated as claimed by those with malicious intent," it said in a statement rebutting a media report that claimed that the fund had been misappropriated.</p> © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd

Beg, Borrow, or Steel

Carnegie.ru (en) 

Since the first Five-Year Plan, the steel industry has been a major engine of the Russian economy. Despite being privatized, market-oriented and relatively competitive, it became burdened with large amounts of debt and may be headed for greater government involvement with the maladies that entails | Русский

Moscow Plays Poker in Syria: What's at Stake?

Carnegie.ru (en) 

The Assad regime is Russia's main stake which allows the Russians to influence the situation in Syria and demonstrate their importance in the international arena by positioning Moscow as one of those players without whom the crisis cannot be solved.

Shedding some light on chemistry: Mole Day and the Year of Light

Cultureofchemistry.fieldofscience.com 

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It's October and there is lots of science to celebrate.  Chemists in the US and elsewhere are celebrating Mole Day on Friday (October 23 at 6:02 pm) to honor Avogadro's number (6.02 x 1023 items are in a mole -- it's the chemist's version of a dozen).  It's also the International Year of Light, and while you might think that light is the purview of physicists, it's an element of chemistry as well. Читать дальше...

Slavery Did Not Die Honestly

The Atlantic  

A century and a half after the Civil War, the process of Reconstruction remains contested—and incomplete.

Haze: Penang cancels afternoon school session

New Straits Times 

<p>GEORGE TOWN: Schools in Penang have been ordered to cancel their afternoon session today due to the worsening haze.</p> © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd

How Traveling Through Europe Permanently Is Cheaper Than the 9-5 Life

Yahoo Travel 

Cities such as New York City and London are even worse, averaging just over $3,000 a month in the Big Apple, and roughly $2,300 in London. There are hostels around the world not only offering free accommodation in return for work, but they also award an allowance to employees. Take for example this Central London hostel (the ad has expired). You can work 36 hours a week in exchange for free accommodation and approximately $185 a month.





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