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Submission + - Mastercard and Visa start banning VPN providers (torrentfreak.com) 1

Submitted by Nyder on Wednesday July 03, 2013 @03:18PM

Nyder writes: Swedish payment service provider Payson received an email stating that VPN services are no longer allowed to accept Visa and Mastercard payments due to a recent policy change. The new policy went into effect on Monday, leaving customers with a two-day window to find a solution.

While the email remains vague about why this drastic decision was taken, in a telephone call Payson confirmed that it was complying with an urgent requirement from Visa and Mastercard to stop accepting payments for VPN services.

“It means that US companies are forcing non-American companies not to allow people to protest their privacy and be anonymous, and thus the NSA can spy even more."

Submission + - Kim Dotcom calls out Google, Twitter & Facebook over security patent

Submitted by Nyder on Thursday May 23, 2013 @03:39AM

Nyder writes: Kim Dotcom posted via Twitter https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fkimdotcom, with a link to Torrentfreak: http://torrentfreak.com/kim-dotcom-to-google-twitter-facebook-i-own-security-patent-work-with-me-130523/, that he owns a security patent US6078908 titled Method for authorizing in data transmission systems. https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fpatents%2FUS6078908
In a move unlike a patent troll, he asks for the companies to help him with his legal fund. Until now, he shared it for free, but with a 50m legal defense cost and the USA Government charging him, the question is, where will he take it from here?

Submission + - CT Senator wants to keep children from playing with arcade guns. (joystiq.com)

Submitted by Nyder on Wednesday February 20, 2013 @10:54PM

Nyder writes: In a move that is sure to bring tears to the eyes of kids everywhere, Connecticut State Senator Toni Harp proposed a bill in January that would ban anyone younger than 18 from playing "violent point-and-shoot" video games in arcades or other public establishments.

The bill also called for research into the effects of violent video games on young minds, through a committee called the Violent Video Game Task Force within the Department of Children and Families. The task force would advise the Governor and General assembly on state programs that "may reduce the effects of violent video games on youth behavior," suggesting before the research was done that violent video games have an effect on children's actions.

Hopefully this won't pass, I guess the video game lobby hasn't paid this Senator enough "funds" for his campaign.

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