Daily Archives: 30. Juni 2014


30.06.2014 - 22:33 [ The Hindu ]

Singapore to help India build ‘Smart Cities’

Building on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s theme of “smart cities” will be a key objective as Singapore’s Foreign Affairs and Law Minister K. Shanmugam begins his India visit on Tuesday. Mr. Shanmugam is the latest in the string of high-profile visitors in Delhi wanting to engage with the new leadership, following close on the heels of Ministers from China, Russia and France, and just ahead of U.S. Senator John McCain and British Foreign Secretary William Hague.

30.06.2014 - 22:30 [ The Telegraph ]

US urges restraint after teenagers bodies found

US Department of State Spokesperson Jen Psaki called the discovery „a tragedy“ and urged „Israelis and the Palestinians continue to work with one another “ in spite of the enormous pain on the ground“.

30.06.2014 - 22:00 [ TODAY online ]

SIA Cargo to stop carrying shark’s fins from August

“SIA Cargo carried out a thorough review which took into account increasing concerns around the world related to shark-finning. Following this review, SIA Cargo will no longer accept the carriage of shark’s fins, with effect from Aug 1,” said a SIA spokesperson yesterday.

30.06.2014 - 21:53 [ TODAY online ]

China expels retired general from party

In the most far-reaching public move so far in Chinese President Xi Jinping’s drive against corruption, the Communist Party leadership yesterday expelled a retired military commander from the party and handed him over for a crime investigation on charges of taking massive bribes in return for military promotions.

30.06.2014 - 20:22 [ Global Research ]

“Color Revolutions”: US State Department Document Confirms Regime Change Agenda in the Middle East

The October 22, 2010 document, titled “Middle East Partnership Initiative: Overview,” spells out an elaborate structure of State Department programs aimed at directly building “civil society” organizations, particularly non-governmental organizations (NGOs), to alter the internal politics of the targeted countries in favor of U.S. foreign policy and national security objectives.

30.06.2014 - 19:31 [ Asbarez ]

Armenia to Receive Tax-Free Gas, Other Commodities from Russia

Russia’s president Vladimir Putin has ratified an intergovernmental agreement on deliveries of natural gas, petroleum products and natural rough diamonds to Armenia, Russian news agency RIA Novosti reported.

The agreement was signed on Dec 2, 2013, in Yerevan. It provides for duty-free delivery of these goods from Russia to Armenia before the latter joins the Eurasian Economic Union. The agreement prohibits re-export of these goods to a third country.

30.06.2014 - 17:56 [ Jacob Appelbaum / Twitter ]

Please consider attending various #Tor Developer events in Paris this week:

trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/org/meetings/2014SummerDevMeeting … https://blog.torproject.org/events/tors-summer-dev-meeting-paris-france …

30.06.2014 - 17:38 [ The Japan Times ]

Why are 6,000 reporters keeping a U.S. nonsecret?

Journalists ought to publish news wherever they find it, whatever it is, damn the consequences. Credible media organizations don’t protect government secrets. They don’t obey spy agencies. Real journalists don’t cooperate with government — any government, anytime, for any reason. My editor and I believed that by demonstrating a little fearlessness, we might inspire other media outfits to grow a pair and stop sucking up to the government.

30.06.2014 - 16:45 [ McClatchy ]

New security force to debut soon in Mexico

What precise functions the new corps may have are not yet clear. A gendarmerie is usually a militia that carries out police functions in rural areas, most often in Europe. The French one was established in the late 18th century. The Italian carabinieri followed in 1814 and the Spanish Civil Guard in 1844.

Also yet to be determined: How will the Gendarmerie and the Federal Police divide their functions? Both operate across the country. The answer might become clearer in a month.

30.06.2014 - 15:29 [ trend.az ]

Referendum is impossible in any country without central government’s permission

It is impossible to hold a referendum in any country without the permission of the central government, Deputy Chairman of the Committee on Political Affairs and Security of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, member of the bureau, Azerbaijani MP Azay Guliyev said on June 30.

He was commenting on changes and amendments to the draft resolution „Helsinki 40: For the safety of every person“ discussed at the committee meeting.

30.06.2014 - 15:27 [ Reuters ]

Suu Kyi races to change Myanmar constitution before 2015 elections

Suu Kyi became an international icon after winning the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991 for her pro-democracy efforts and spent most of the next two decades under house arrest where she continued to resist Myanmar‘s military rulers.

She remains wildly popular at home, but is nonetheless unable to fulfil her wish to become president due to a constitutional clause written to exclude her from office.

30.06.2014 - 15:26 [ Keep Talking Greece ]

What’s going on in Greece? Oh, the usual stuff…

„A friend, a self-employed photographer, was informed by the tax office that he has to pay €1,850 euro tax for the annual income of €3,000 euro in 2013. It is taxing from the first euro plus tax in advance. In addition, the man has to pay €250 for social security per month.

My friend freaked out!“

In other news, all media analyze today why our National Football team lost against Costa Rica last night.

30.06.2014 - 15:23 [ Keep Talking Greece ]

Facebook conducted secret experiment on users’ emotions

Facebook has conducted a secret massive psychology experiment on its users to find out how they respond to positive and negative messages – without telling participants. What Facebook did was to alter the tone of the users’ news feed to highlight either positive or negative posts from their friends, which were seen on their news feed. Scientists working in the project then monitored the users’ response, to see whether their friends’ attitude had an impact on their own.

30.06.2014 - 15:14 [ Organisation für Sicherheit und Zusammenarbeit in Europa ]

Russian and Ukrainian OSCE PA Delegations pledge to pursue two-track dialogue

Members of the Russian and Ukrainian Delegations to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly met today on the sidelines of the 23rd OSCE PA Annual Session in Baku. The Delegations welcomed the opportunity to continue their direct communication following their initial meeting in Vienna in April, as first proposed by OSCE PA Vice-President Doris Barnett (MP, Germany) and hosted by OSCE PA President Ranko Krivokapic, who also initiated today‘s meeting.

30.06.2014 - 12:15 [ campact! ]

Zurück in die Kohlezeit? Was der Bundestag mit dem neuen EEG beschlossen hat

In unglaublicher Hektik hat der Bundestag am Freitag die EEG-Novelle beschlossen. Die neueste Textversion lag erst wenige Tage vor der Beschlussfassung vor – und das bei einem Dokument mit 218 Seiten! Noch kurz vor Schluss wurden wichtige Passagen geändert, ohne dass für den Bundestag die Möglichkeit bestand, hier noch wirklich zu prüfen. Der Antrag der Opposition nach mehr Beratungszeit wurde aber mit GroKo-Mehrheit abgeschmettert.

30.06.2014 - 11:47 [ Netzpolitik ]

“EU-USA Ministertreffen” in Athen verabredet mehr Zusammenarbeit von Polizeien und Geheimdiensten – Datenschutz nur Feigenblatt

Und wozu sollen also mehr “Informationen” ausgetauscht werden? Es zeichnet sich ab, dass insbesondere das Phänomen der “ausländischen Kämpfer” zu weiteren Einschränkungen der Grundrechte und zu mehr Kooperation der Geheimdienste und Polizeien führen wird. Dabei geht es um Staatsangehörige der EU-Mitgliedstaaten, die die z.B. in Syrien kämpfen und anschließend in ihre Herkunftsländer zurückreisen. Um Anschläge wie jenen im Mai in Brüssel zu verhindern, sollen neben dem verbesserten Informationsaustausch auch mehr “Bedrohungsanalysen” angefertigt werden.

30.06.2014 - 11:35 [ Somewhat Reasonable. Heartland Institute ]

Smart Meters Violate Our Basic Rights

ComEd plans to install 4 million smart meters across northern Illinois according to the following deployment schedule.

We the people have to take a stand together, Say NO to ComEd. Do not sucker for costly “Opt-Out” programs. IT’S EXTORTION! Utility companies have blind-sided their customers with digital meters that are harmful, dangerous, invasive and unlawful. What’s at stake is our basic right to life, health, choice and freedom itself.

30.06.2014 - 11:32 [ WBAL Radio ]

Delegate Calls For Moratorium On Smart Meters

He‘s concerned that the wireless technology will allow hackers to manipulate bills and there are privacy concerns. State law prohibits transferring usage data without written consent from the consumer or permission from the Maryland Public Service Commission. The law doesn‘t specifically address third-party vendors. Utilities contend it‘s not their policy to do that anyway.

30.06.2014 - 11:30 [ Madison St-Clair Record ]

Say NO to smart meters

A “smart grid” is an electricity distribution network that utilizes “smart meters.” A Smart Meter is a wireless or hard-wired two-way communication device that connects your home or business and broadcasts your personal information and energy use habits to the electric grid company. Current analog meters have been safely used for decades and they still work.

“Smart,” a buzz word for something good or superior, as in “smart” meters, are being installed all around the world to implement the smart grid for UN Agenda 21

30.06.2014 - 11:12 [ Radio Utopie ]

DER MOBILE TELEVISOR (IV): “Nutzung eines informationstechnischen Systems in der Wohnung überwacht”

(20. Februar 2013) Man muss nun davon ausgehen, dass 99,99 Prozent der Bevölkerung weder eine Ahnung davon haben dass sie dieses Grundrecht besitzen, noch davon wovor und vor wem es sie beschützt. Und schon gar nicht davon, dass keine einzige Einrichtung, Körperschaft bzw staatliche, nichtstaatliche oder kommerzielle Institution oder Organisation, geschweige denn ein einziger Abgeordneter in Bundestag oder Länderparlamenten, nicht zu sprechen von einer einzigen Partei, irgendetwas tut um diesen grundrechtlich verbrieften Anspruch von 82 Millionen Menschen auf Schutz vor explizit staatlichem Zugriff dieser Art zu gewährleisten.

1985 machte der Wissenschaftler Wim van Eck die Möglichkeiten der Spionage durch Messung elektromagnetischer Abstrahlung von Bildschirmen bzw Kabelstrecken und Verbindungen öffentlich (hier das Original Papier “Electromagnetic Radiation from Video Display Units An Eavesdropping Risk”). In seiner Einleitung heißt es:

“Es ist wohl bekannt, dass elektronische Ausrüstung elektromagnetische Felder erzeugt, die Interferenzen für den Empfang von Radio und Fernsehen verursachen können. Das dem zugrunde liegende Phänomen ist über einige zurückliegende Jahrzehnte hinweg gründlich studiert worden.”

Wie gründlich, zeigt u.a. dieses (Link zur N.S.A.) mittlerweile für die Öffentlichkeit freigegebene Papier der National Security Agency N.S.A. namens “TEMPEST – A Signal Problem” aus dem Jahre 1972.

30.06.2014 - 11:11 [ Bundesverfassungsgericht ]

Leitsätze zum Urteil des Ersten Senats vom 27. Februar 2008 – 1 BvR 370/07 –

1. Das allgemeine Persönlichkeitsrecht (Art. 2 Abs. 1 i.V.m. Art. 1 Abs. 1 GG) umfasst das Grundrecht auf Gewährleistung der Vertraulichkeit und Integrität informationstechnischer Systeme. (…)

Als Eingriff in Art. 13 GG sind auch Maßnahmen anzusehen, durch die staatliche Stellen sich mit besonderen Hilfsmitteln einen Einblick in Vorgänge innerhalb der Wohnung verschaffen, die der natürlichen Wahrnehmung von außerhalb des geschützten Bereichs entzogen sind. Dazu gehören nicht nur die akustische oder optische Wohnraumüberwachung (vgl. BVerfGE 109, 279 ), sondern ebenfalls etwa die Messung elektromagnetischer Abstrahlungen, mit der die Nutzung eines informationstechnischen Systems in der Wohnung überwacht werden kann. Das kann auch ein System betreffen, das offline arbeitet. (..)

Das Grundrecht schützt auch vor Datenerhebungen mit Mitteln, die zwar technisch von den Datenverarbeitungsvorgängen des betroffenen informationstechnischen Systems unabhängig sind, aber diese Datenverarbeitungsvorgänge zum Gegenstand haben. So liegt es etwa bei einem Einsatz von sogenannten Hardware-Keyloggern oder bei einer Messung der elektromagnetischen Abstrahlung von Bildschirm oder Tastatur.

30.06.2014 - 10:53 [ National Security Agency ]

TEMPEST: A Signal Problem

At the same time that we were trying to cope with the 131-B2 mixer, we began to examine every other cipher machine. Everything tested radiated, and radiated rather prolifically. With rotor machines, the voltage on their power lines tended to fluctuate as a function of the number of rotors moving, and so a fourth phenomenon, called power line modulation, was discovered.

(…)

During this period, the business of discovering new
TEMPEST threats. or refining techniques and
instrumentation for derecting, recording. and analyzing
these signals, progressed more swiftly than the art of
suppressing them. Perhaps the attack is more exciting than
the defense-something more glamorous about finding a
way to read one of these signals than going through the
drudgery necessary to suppress that whacking great spike
first seen in 1943.

30.06.2014 - 10:43 [ Fefe ]

Die Münchener Polizei schneidet jetzt die Netzfrequenz der Stromleitungen mit.

Zu Unterhaltungszwecken eher ungeeignet, würde man denken, und tatsächlich begründen sie das damit, dass wenn jemand ein Video von sich auf einer Party zeigt, dass der Videorekorder dann ja auch die Netzfrequenz als Störgeräusch aufnimmt, und dann kann man das vergleichen und so den Zeitstempel prüfen. Finde ich eine sehr coole Geschichte, aber zwei Sachen stören mich daran. 1. das kann mir keiner erzählen, dass die Polizei da selbständig drauf gekommen ist. Also, hopp hopp, ich will ein Geständnis hören, wer hat denen das gesteckt?

30.06.2014 - 10:42 [ Europäische Weltraumagentur ]

Planck takes magnetic fingerprint of our Galaxy

Light is a very familiar form of energy and yet some of its properties are all but hidden to everyday human experience. One of these – polarisation – carries a wealth of information about what happened along a light ray’s path, and can be exploited by astronomers.

Light can be described as a series of waves of electric and magnetic fields that vibrate in directions that are at right angles to each other and to their direction of travel.

30.06.2014 - 10:39 [ Watts Up With That? ]

Hillary endorses Obama climate plan, gets on the “slam skeptics” bandwagon

Hillary Clinton endorsed the Obama climate plan and slammed coal industry in speech at the BIO conference this week. Clinton also hit the media for giving air time to skeptics.

The BIO audience erupted into applause at these comments— possibly because earlier in her interview she stated she favored states insuring biotech entrepreneurs against risk/loss.

30.06.2014 - 10:38 [ RT ]

US pressured Denmark to close Kurdish TV so Rasmussen would become NATO chief – lawyer

The US put pressure on Danish authorities to close the Kurdish Roj TV channel in order to appease Turkey. This was done so Anders Fogh Rasmussen‘s position as NATO secretary general would be secure, the station‘s lawyer told RT amid WikiLeaks revelations.

WikiLeaks documents released back in March suggest Rasmussen abused his powers during his time as Denmark‘s prime minister, in order to secure his future job.

30.06.2014 - 09:44 [ Watts Up With That? ]

NOAA’s temperature control knob for the past, the present, and maybe the future – July 1936 now hottest month again

Two years ago during the scorching summer of 2012, July 1936 lost its place on the leaderboard and July 2012 became the hottest month on record in the United States. Now, as if by magic, and according to NOAA’s own data, July 1936 is now the hottest month on record again. The past, present, and future all seems to be “adjustable” in NOAA’s world. See the examples below.

30.06.2014 - 09:37 [ Futurezone ]

Feldversuch: Facebook führte riesiges Psychologie-Experiment durch

“Emotionale Zustände lassen sich durch emotionale Ansteckung auf andere übertragen, was dazu führt, dass Menschen unbewusst die selben Emotionen verspüren” schreiben die Studienautoren Adam Kramer, Jamie Guillory, and Jeffrey Hancock. “Wir liefern experimentelle Beweise dafür, dass emotionale Ansteckung auch ohne direkte Interaktion zwischen Menschen funktioniert.”

30.06.2014 - 09:14 [ Kreml ]

Telephone conversation with Angela Merkel, Francois Hollande and Petro Poroshenko

The four leaders welcomed the liberation of the detained observers from the OSCE mission and also saw as a positive step the consultations that took place in Donetsk on June 27 between the parties to the conflict. The conversation stressed the importance of organising contacts of this kind on a regular basis. An appeal was made to Mr Poroshenko to extend the ceasefire.

The four leaders discussed the possibility of sending OSCE inspectors to monitor checkpoints on the Russian-Ukrainian border.

Responding to the increasingly serious humanitarian situation in southeast Ukraine, Mr Putin stressed the need for urgent humanitarian aid for this region’s people.

Issues related to the signing of an Association Agreement between Ukraine and the European Union in Brussels on June 27 were also discussed.

The four leaders agreed to continue their contacts by telephone in this format.