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No peeking: TSA’s naked body scan images stay secret | Ars Technica

A privacy group that wanted the Transportation Security Authority’s collection of 2,000 “see through your clothing” body scans was blocked this week by a federal court. Releasing those images could reveal the machine’s vulnerabilities, it turns out.

Source: No peeking: TSA’s naked body scan images stay secret | Ars Technica

So the machines are hideously expensive, don’t work to catch terrorists, and can save and transmit images of naked people…

 

A Guide to the Open Internet

What is net neutrality?
Why should I care?

ISPs want to control your internet connection. Learn about net neutrality and why we can’t let this happen.

Network neutrality is the idea that your cellular, cable, or phone internet connection should treat all websites and services the same. Big companies like AT&T, Verizon, and Comcast want to treat them differently so they can charge you more depending on what you use.

Source: A Guide to the Open Internet

A graphical representation attempting to explain in simple terms why the average US citizen should care about net neutrality.

 

Net neutrality is about “free” as in “freedom”, not “free” as in “free beer”.  Net neutrality would not prevent ISPs for charging for bandwidth. It would prevent them from specifying the application of that bandwidth.

Steve Wozniak to the FCC: Keep the Internet Free – The Atlantic

If Net Neutrality opponents has been in charge back in the 1970s, I wouldn’t have been able to build the first Apple computers

probably the most momentous and watched action of any government agency in memorable times in terms of setting our perception of whether the government represents the wealthy powers or the average citizen, of whether the government is good or is bad

Source: Steve Wozniak to the FCC: Keep the Internet Free – The Atlantic