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Subject: Will Obama take it to the next level? | EFFector 29.08
Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2016 20:16:52 -0700
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In our sqrt(-1)th issue:
Obama Seeks Cellebrite Assistance with Candy Crush Saga Backdoor
<https://www.eff.org/pages/04/01>
After technology advocates pushed back against a court order filed
against King.Com Ltd for cheat codes that would allow President Obama to
bypass Level 125 of Candy Crush Saga, the White House is seeking
assistance from the Israeli technology firm Cellebrite to backdoor the
viral game. "Licorice swirls and layered meringues cannot stand, should
not, will not stand in the way of progress," Obama said in the Rose Garden.
EFF Encourages State Department To Take Hard Look at "Computers"
<https://www.eff.org/pages/04/01>
In the wake of the U.S. State Department's agreement to renegotiate some
of the more controversial terms of the Wassenaar agreement on export
controls, EFF is urging a strong stance against general computing
devices. "Computers have had a good run, but it's time we stop trying to
pretend that they have any positive value," said EFF attorney Nate
Cardozo, looking up from the plow with which he had just completed an
honest day's work.
Pirates In Crisis <https://www.eff.org/pages/04/01>
Internet pirates convened an emergency meeting on IRC this week after
realizing that their rampant piracy was failing to destroy western
culture. Pointing to a chart of ever-increasing revenues for
entertainment conglomerates, Captain copyB33RD bemoaned, "Thar be sales
here!" Younger pirates have for years been telling established captains
that filesharing tends to boost the revenues of quality media and that
people are happy to support creators financially, even without being
forced to by the global network of surveillance and censorship necessary
to enforce copyrights online. To destroy western culture, they say,
pirates should simply embrace the playbook of the big studios and let
endless sequels and rehashing of offensive plotlines do their work for them.
ODNI Convenes Closed-Door Meetings on Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Act Acronyms <https://www.eff.org/pages/04/01>
Following criticism from Congress that the Intelligence Community is
playing wordgames in response to official inquiries, Director of
National Intelligence James Clapper has agreed to convene a classified
hearing to decide once and for all whether the secret court created
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act should be called FISC or FISA
Court. "The session will be closed to the public," Clapper announced in
a press conference, "but one thing I can say is that we are unified in
our belief that The Guardian should stop spelling it Fisa."
T-Mobile Trademarks "Who the F*** is EFF?"
<https://www.eff.org/pages/04/01>
In an effort to stem the flood of tweets from EFF supporters, T-Mobile
CEO John Legere has filed a trademark application for the infamous
question he posed on in a live chat: "Who the F*** is EFF?" EFF has
filed a formal opposition to the registration, and the Economic Freedom
Fighters in South Africa and the European Fisheries Fund are expected to
join our comments.
Announcing: Privacy Badger Acceptable Ads Program
<https://www.eff.org/pages/04/01>
EFF's popular browser extension Privacy Badger will be introducing a new
"Acceptable Ads" policy. Effective immediately any advertisement which
contains images of badgers will not be blocked by default. Furthermore,
any Badger related web pages will be allowed to display advertisements.
Although some aspects of this plan may be controversial, we feel that it
is an important step toward increasing badger visibility on the Internet.
Fine Print Justice <https://www.eff.org/pages/04/01>
Oral arguments at the Supreme Court turned ugly today when Apple
revealed that a majority of Justices have committed themselves to rule
in favor of Apple in all cases. The unwitting Justices ran afoul of a
little-known provision of Apple's End User License Agreement, which has
now placed the company (AAPL +204%) effectively in charge of the
judicial branch of the United States government. At today's hearing,
Justice Kagan smugly chided her colleagues for not choosing Android,
apparently unaware of her own agreement to a similar provision favoring
Google (GOOG +19%).
miniLinks
A New Tool To Fight Cyber-Pathogens <https://www.eff.org/pages/04/01>
Cyber-researchers with the CCDC (Cyber-Center for Disease Control) have
announced the creation of new cyber-vaccines which they hope will assist
in the cyber-war on deadly cyber-pathogens. Cyber-researchers have so
far declined to comment of the cyber-side-effects of the cyber-vaccine.
Department of Justice Licenses "Vantablack" Pigment
<https://www.eff.org/pages/04/01>
The U.S. Department of Justice has obtained an exclusive license to the
use of “Vantablack,” a recently developed substance made of
light-absorbing carbon nanotubes and believed to be the world's blackest
material. In a statement, the Department said it intends to use the
material for Freedom of Information Act redactions.
World Wildlife Fund Moves Warrant Canaries to Endangered Species List
<https://www.eff.org/pages/04/01>
In a setback to successful captive breeding programs underway since
2013, the Warrant Canary has been moved to the endangered species list.
A WWF spokesman, reached for comment, said “I've been advised not to say
anything about this matter.”
FCC Fines Verizon Over Supercookies; Enjoins Company to Provide
Supermilk <https://www.eff.org/pages/04/01>
On Monday, the telecom company protested the agency's actions, saying
that it was inevitable that the FCC would then ask for a superstraw, a
supernapkin, and a supermirror to check for a supermilk supermustache.
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