News of the Week Top 5; April 8, 2015

By Jon Festinger on April 14, 2015

1. The cost of silence: mass surveillance & self-censorship

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2.  DDoS attacks that crippled GitHub linked to Great Firewall of China: Whitehat hacker’s traceroute wizzardry pinpoints origin of denial-of-service code.

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3. The Internet of Kafkaesque Things (Jay Stanley)

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4. How the DMCA’s Online Copyright Safe Harbor Failed (Eric Goldman)

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5. Taking Down Bigots With Their Own Weapons Is Sweet, Satisfying — And Very, Very Wrong: Actually, it’s about ethics in doxxing.

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