EFF sues AT&T for illegal wiretapping

EFF has filed a class action lawsuit against AT&T claiming AT&T has been secretly, and illegally, giving NSA access to all of AT&T’s cellphone calls data and all Internet traffic flowing through its networks.

Of note about this is that the Internet traffic flowing through AT&T’s networks is not necessarily sent from or to AT&T, as AT&T operates one of the backbone networks that route traffic from provider to provider. Essentially this means that the NSA has been illegally wiretapping, with AT&T’s active participation, a large percentage of all Internet traffic in the United States.

Update: Here’s some information about exactly what the NSA is listening. Great stuff.

-TPP

Ässät!!!

My hometown hockey team is kicking ass for the first time in years!

The first semi-final game was against the defending champions at their home arena, and the visiting team, the allmighty Porin Ässät won 3 – 1!!!!

Two more wins and Ässät are in the finals!

-TPP

news12.ru is back as news12.info

The pro-russian propaganda site news12.ru is back as news12.info.

Looks like Vladimir Jashmetov from New Torial, Mari-El decided to resurrect the anti-Mari site after it dissappeared last February. news12.info has been registered on Feb 24th, immediately after news12.ru dissappeared. That lends credibility to the theory that the site was becoming a political liability, and the site owners were commanded to move it away from the .ru domain.

Here’re the domain registration records for news12.info:

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Domain Name:NEWS12.INFO
Created On:24-Feb-2006 08:28:09 UTC
Last Updated On:25-Feb-2006 17:06:08 UTC
Expiration Date:24-Feb-2007 08:28:09 UTC
Sponsoring Registrar:Tucows Inc. (R139-LRMS)
Status:TRANSFER PROHIBITED
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Registrant Name:Vladimir Jashmetov
Registrant Organization:none
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Registrant City:New Torial
Registrant State/Province:Mary El
Registrant Postal Code:424001
Registrant Country:RU
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Admin Name:Vladimir Jashmetov
Admin Organization:none
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Admin City:New Torial
Admin State/Province:Mary El
Admin Postal Code:424001
Admin Country:RU
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Billing Name:Vladimir Jashmetov
Billing Organization:none
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Tech ID:tuyryRijJHJIUlpG
Tech Name:Vladimir Jashmetov
Tech Organization:none
Tech Street1:st. Mehanizatorov, 14-2
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Name Server:NS3.DNS-MEGABAIT.COM
Name Server:NS4.DNS-MEGABAIT.COM

-TPP