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  • July 2008

    • Google Agrees to Give Viacom Encrypted Data

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jul 15, 08 7:45 AM CDT

      Google Agrees to Give Viacom Encrypted Data

      (Newser) - In a deal reached last night, Google has agreed to hand over YouTube user data Viacom had demanded in its copyright lawsuit, but only after replacing user names and IP addresses with unique substitutes to protect users’ privacy, the Wall Street Journal reports. The move will allow Viacom and other plaintiffs to explore statistics without learning who’s viewing what. More »

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      lawsuit  • YouTube  • Viacom  • copyright infringement  • encryption  • anonymous  • private data

    • Tab Claims It's ID'd Graffiti Artist Banksy

      Mail on Sunday (UK)  |  Jul 14, 08 10:56 AM CDT

      Tab Claims It's ID'd Graffiti Artist Banksy

      (Newser) - An exhaustive investigation has uncovered the carefully guarded identity of guerrilla graffiti artist Banksy, the Mail on Sunda y claims. The man whose works are coveted by celebrities and sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars is Robin Gunningham, now 35, who attended a posh private school as the son of middle-class parents in Bristol, in the west of England. More »

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      United Kingdom  • art  • anonymous  • graffiti

  • May 2008
  • January 2008

    • Wiki Survey Aims to Find Out Who Posts — and Why

      CNET  |  Jan 25, 08 2:45 PM CST

      Wiki Survey Aims to Find Out Who Posts — and Why

      (Newser) - Wikipedia wants to know more about its anonymous authors and has launched a worldwide survey to find out who they are, how much they post, and what type of people go from casual browsers to active contributors. In a first for the site, the survey will attempt to unearth authors' real identities, CNET reports. More »

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      Egypt  • Wikipedia  • Firefox  • Linux  • survey  • anonymous  • Citizendium

  • November 2007

    • Gitmo Manual Leaked Online

      Wired  |  Nov 14, 07 11:03 AM CST

      Gitmo Manual Leaked Online

      (Newser) - A sensitive manual from the military's Guantanamo Bay facility has surfaced online, Wired News reports. It lays out exacting instructions for psychologically manipulating detainees, dealing with hunger strikes, rewarding prisoners with “comfort items” like extra toilet paper, and evading Red Cross inspectors. The administration promised the Red Cross full access, but guards are instructed in the manual to deny even visual access to certain detainees. More »

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      Guantanamo Bay  • interrogation techniques  • anonymous  • Internet leak  • Wikia

  • June 2007

    • No-Name Jury Awaits Chicago Mob Trial

      Chicago Tribune  |  Jun 19, 07 5:07 PM CDT

      No-Name Jury Awaits Chicago Mob Trial

      (Newser) - Five elderly men accused of running the Chicago mob go on trial this week before a jury of their peers—but the defendants and their lawyers won't know the names of those peers. The Chicago Tribune explores the issue of juror anonymity as a federal court begins assembling a panel of people who will be known only by numbers. More »

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      Chicago  • trial  • federal courts  • mob  • jury  • anonymous  • Family Secrets

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