Say No to SOPA & PIPA Gen2 Called CISPA

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Once again another Bill is will be making the rounds in congress at some point this year targeting the creations of new rules regarding Online regulation of Cyber Security in the Eyes of Uncle Sam, which once again is worded in very vague terms leaving the bill ready to be abused by the Govt and big business, check out this article by the EFF that details why you should also rally against the CISPA bill HERE.

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Police Tracking Cellphones at an Alarming Rate

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Although i do know there are reasons why the Police would track Cellphone calls in order to resolve criminal manners, it would appear police now use it as a tool to preemptively track people, even in cases where there really is not reason, nor have the police went through the proper legal channels to obtain our Phone records, for more on how the police are violating our rights regarding cellphones, check out this New York Times article HERE.

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Get Free legal Advice From LegalAdvice

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If you have a problem with the Law, its always useful to have access to a Lawyer which can probably answer any questions you have with more of a definitive answer than anyone else, and to that end, you might want to try out the servie LegalAdvice which will allow you to ask a question, and have a Lawyer answer it, for more check out LegalAdvice.

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Get Free Legal documents from Docracy

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It is really crazy that you have to sometimes pay for legal documents or forms when in reality you should probably get them for free once your a citizen or legally in the country, but usually you’ll have to folk out a few bucks for a document, but you may be able to save a couple of dollars using the service Docracy.

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Removing your Google History before March 1 Policy Change

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If you don’t know, Google will be changing its privacy policy regarding the data it stores and collects about your in the past and in the future starting march 1, but if you would like to clear your history with Google now so your have a clear slate for when March 1 rolls around, then check out this article by the EFF regarding how to clear your Google History HERE.

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Say No to PIPA & SOPA Bills

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Today parts of the Internet went black to protect the proposed PIPA and SOPA bills that were making its way around the US legal circus, and although the bills look like they are losing support, you still need to call up your local Congressmen or Woman and let them know that you don’t support these bills, or let them know your happy they also don’t support the bill, for more check out this site American Censorship for more details on this issue.

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Find Out If The Business your dealing with Supports SOPA

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If your against the SOPA bill that is floating around, then you might want to know which business’s are supporting the bill so you can let them know that as a customer you don’t care for them supporting the bill, and that they will lose you as a customer, and one way to help you figure out which businesses are supporting the bill you can use this android app BoyCott SOPA.

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Let Law Makers know your Against SOPA Bill

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Recently there has been talk of a bill to block access to sites that are deemed in violation of whatever the US Govt decides is a violation of various laws, but such a bill is totally unfair, and you need to let your local lawmakers know that your totally against the US Govt telling us where we can and can’t go Online, check out this list of known politicians that support the SOPA bill and let them know your against it, check out SOPA Track for the list.

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Bypass IP & DNS Blocks with The Pirate Bay Dancing Addon for Firefox

Some nations see it fit to censor the web you experience, usually by using IP & DNS blocks to try to have their populations shielded from content deemed illegal, but most of the time this is for some political or big business reason that has nothing to do with regular folks on the web, and you may want to experience the full web, and you can with the Firefox Addon The Pirate Bay Dancing.

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The Potential Harm of Facebook to the Open Internet

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Although Facebook has some obvious benefits, mainly keeping friends and even communities together with its website, it has done some damage to the web and the way it is used, for more on why this is check out this article HERE.

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