Censorship in Russia

Ilya Varlamov is one of the most popular Russian blogger. Today his blog counts about 2 mln readers a month. By his photos, for example about the violence towards the opposition, he shows and tells about what unparliamentary controlled Media is passing over in silence.


Internet is the main Media for Putin opponents. But the period when the Kremlin underestimated the Internet force have already gone.



Ilya Varlamov, Russian blogger: Now due to the latest events I think that the Internet have caused some danger and that is why it became regulated. But they did not consider that nobody can regulate the Internet yet, except China.  

From the beginning of November rules changed. Now authorities can block the Internet account without a court decision if there are any suspicious in child pornography, drug promotion or suicide. Are this suspicious objective? This is decided by authorities again.

Every Russian Internet user can add his proposals to the ‘black list” of  unwanted sites.

Sergey Jeleznyak  the chairmen of the Russian State Duma said: Censored is prohibited by the Russian Constitution. The only thing we can do is to stop the spread of the  illegal information.

There are a lot of questionable cases. For example, Internet providers had to block the access to the on-line encyclopedia because of the article about marijuana.

Russian representatives of Google company were trying to dissuade Russian government from the Internet control, but without a success.

Such bloggers as Ilya Varlamov and the opposition supporters  are afraid that it will be even worse. Now it is planned to search for some extremism on the sites.





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Voice of supporters for freedom must be heard

Mikhail Sokolov, the former "Radio Liberty" - for "Novaya Gazeta" "Aeroflot plane landed at the airport in Prague", as it was said to passengers. In fact, it is a true, but Ruzyne airport at the Prague already has a new name - "Vaclav Havel". In 2012, the World Prague "Forum 2000" "Media and Democracy" held in Prague for the sixteenth time, but for the first time without  its founder. Probably that is why so many performances at the Palace Zofin were devoted to the person and the work of Vaclav Havel, a human rights activist, politician, and media person. A former Australian Minister of Foreign affairs, Gareth Evans said that during his presidency, Havel provided a strong moral support to those who fought against authoritarian regimes. Contrary to the "realpolitik" it takes a have a strong posision according the repression in Tibet and China, supported the democratic movement of Aung Suu Kyi in Burma, Cuba, Belarus. Havel's attitude to tyranny in all its forms was unequivocal. A former U.S. State Secretary Madeleine Albright said that Vaclav Havel founded the "Forum 2000" to bring the world closer to freedom: - Havel was able, finally, to realize his dream to travel, and he saw that the world is not that big, but there is a struggle between freedom and repression in the world. He was an honest political leader. Actually, this endless struggle for free speech and against dictatorship was discussed at the "Forum 2000". In the center of conversation were those who are active: Tibet has sent the prime minister-in-exile Lopsanga Sangeya. He talked about “ the great Chinese Internet wall”, provocations against the supporters of the Dalai Lama, and that as a sign of protest against the repression China's offensive for free speech and meetings went on more than 40 self-immolation of Tibetans. Pay attention to the assault on democracy in Ukraine passionately urged daughter of Yulia Tymoshenko - Eugene. Burma were represented by one of the leaders of the student protests of 1988, Ko Ko Gyi riots who spoke about the difficulties of transition from dictatorship to democracy, was convicted firstly on 20 and then on 65 years in prison, and was imprisoned in the camps of the junta for 26 years. Especially bright and actively were democracy movements from Belarus Franek and Vintsuk Vechorka and Alexander Milinkevich. They consistently denounced the dictatorship in the heart of Europe, and personally dictator Alexander Lukashenko. At the Prague forum Russia was represented by a politician Grigory Yavlinsky, who acted as a media expert. Yavlinsky explained that in Russia the government controls all the electronic media and influential newspapers: - There is no free independent politically influential media. They immediately destroyed when they can hardly influence on people thoughts. All politically influential media are state-owned and controlled by Vladimir Putin. Putin personally makes all key decisions about the most important media. He believes in the power of television, as he was created by the TV. A part of the press in Russia belongs to the business, but business in Russia is also a state-owned. So the press is owned by the government either directly or through business. In addition, many people in Russia do not require a free press, as disappointed in her 90 years at the time of construction of the criminal economy. The state wants people to not have any politically influential press. The government has a direct interest in the neutralization of the society in its passivization because a disunity society is not a problem for the authorities. People are disappointed with politicians, corruption and social problems. Some Eastern European countries are searching for authoritarian methods of recovery. Disappointing people, the loss of respect and vision for the future are case that one can see not only in Russian. This happens also in Europe, especially in the East - in Romania, Hungary, Poland and even in the Czech Republic, where the regional elections in the two areas were won by the Communist party. The freedom of the media is crucial. Society should pay a big price for this. it is necessary to do anything to separate the press department from the government, business and special hired by the government people. We need the public media, need also a special independent media. In a situation of frustration, crisis, uncertain future of the global economy, it may be an issue number 1 -to  have a professional independent free media, - said Grigory Yavlinsky. - Voice of the supporters of freedom must be heard loudly - said at the Forum Madeleine Albright. When a mass murder or bombing civilian villages are take place, thanks to new technologies the world will know about it. But the technology do not have a morality, they can abuse. The Nazis used the radio. Khomeini were distributing tapes. Today the Internet recruited supporters of different ideologies. We have learned to value freedom, but we must understand who and how use it. Do not be afraid of a clash of civilizations, but we can not avoid the collision of ideas, - said Professor Albright. I managed to talk with ф former U.S. Secretary of State alone. In an exclusive interview with the "New" Professor Madeleine Albright said: - I hope for democratic change in Russia. The people of Russia is ripe to make their own decisions about their lives, and to have the opportunity to truly express their feelings. And I know that in Russia there are many people with different views. And as in every great country, its government must listen to the people who want to express their opposing views. Are there any changes in the policies of Putin? it is hard to say. I think President Putin seems to not want to hear those who do not agree with him, and this is unfortunate because in a great country, you can not disagree with your leadership, and your leadership to listen to what you had to say. Supporters of democracy should feel that they can express their views. They should not punish for it. And I'm sorry, when I see that some of the views can not be expressed in contemporary Russia. Russia is a great country. And I think that people of Russia would and could hear a lot of interesting things for themselves. At the "Forum 2000" and Madeleine Albright made a very important point: "We need to ensure that the government respects the right of the people, including the right to peaceful and orderly rise up against injustice". And one more detail of a history - during one of the discussions in Prague: President Vaclav Havel, for his 10 years in the City vetoed only 25 laws. In this series the highlight was to veto controversial law on television, because of which a quiet Christmas Prague in winter 2000 saw mass protests in defense of press freedom. And people in the Czech Republic were heard. The situation in Rusiia is paradoxical: since Putin won a new election, the society began to vibrant political debate, the debate around the case of «PussiRiot». In parallel, there are continuous and steadily growing repressions, which are not a random. They reflect the line of Putin and his administration to eliminate opposition police methods. And both for the media and journalists situation becomes existential. You can not predict what the outcome of the current situation: Russia has a freedom of speech for the educated class, but is not going to go anywhere from the politically effective "Putin machine", which is dedicated to the destruction of the idea of ​​free political competition and structural policy reform - has forecast Alexander Morozov. That's the difference between being in perpetual crisis of European democracy as imperfect but striving to embody the ideas of Vaclav Havel and successful development of the model of Vladimir Putin of the Russian autocracy. Mikhail Sokolov

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Iran unblocks access to Gmail

Members of Iran can again start using a mail service Gmail, said on Monday the AFP agency referring to the representative of the Ministry of Telecommunications Mohammad Reza Miri.

According to Miri, there was a consequence of blocking Gmail closing local authorities access to the video sharing YouTube. "Unfortunately, we do not know how to  differentiate technically these two services. We want to block access to Youtube and Gmail. This was unintentional," - said Miri.

Recall, on September 25, Iranian authorities have announced their decision to block the Internet search engine Google, Gmail email service and video hosting YouTube.

This was announced on a state television Abdolsamada Horamabadi Iran, the state official agency for Internet censorship and computer crime.

According Horamabadi the reason for this step is to avoid the administration of Google to block links to controversial film of innocent of Muslims and remove it from the video sharing YouTube.

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The creator of "innocent of Muslims" feels safer in prison

In the U.S arrested one of the creator of the film "innocent of Muslims" because it for three weeks shakes the entire Islamic world. Curiously, he was not arrested for insulting the religious feelings, but because of the fair him to the offended. Nakula Nakula Basili got to the police for having joined the Internet - it was forbidden by the court due to past misconduct. Therefore the arrest was given as for his safety.

Authorities in Los Angeles have chosen the day for the arrest. In the Muslim world was already Friday. For those who practice Islam it is a blessed day, holidays and weekends. On Friday Muslims often gather for thousands shares, rallies and marches. Today, the arrest was the reason.

Nakula Nakula Bassel, who according to the careful wording of the court, presumably, is behind the film-provoking "innocent of Muslims", is placed in the city jail without a bail.

In the courtroom, he is gray sneakers, white and yellow shirt, handcuffs and a chain around his waist. The judge asked his real name. Mark Bassel Yousef, said the defendant. The lawyer offered 10 thousand dollars as a deposit, please note that many Muslims in prison, and the defendant there in mortal danger. The judge ruled otherwise and counsel refused.

Muslims around the world follow this process. The prosecution seemed very strange. Judge who came from Egypt accused Bassel not for the film, and so much blood, and for violation of parole. Back in 2010, he was sent to prison for fraud with bank loans. Within 5 years, it us forbidden to use the Internet and come up with nicknames - network aliases. Both conditions are violated - Bassel on YouTube under the name Sam Besil posted a 14-minute video "innocent of Muslims", besides using the web he has 17 more aliases. The film ostensibly is to protect Coptic Christians, but for Muslims the author became the enemy number one.

"I declare the bounty of this blasphemer, this sinner, who insulted our holy prophet. The fact is  who killed him and will fulfill the sacred duty, the reward of one hundred thousand dollars" - promised the other day Bilur Ghulam Ahmad, Minister of Railway Transport of Pakistan.

The government of Pakistan later negotiated that this is a personal point of view, the minister, but judging by what has happened after the movie, he is not one of its shares. Defeated several U.S. embassies, burning hundreds of stars and stripes. In Benghazi, the Libyan ambassador to the U.S. in pieces. Muslims protesting not only in the Middle East and North Africa - the troubled Western Europe, Asia reeling - protests in India, Indonesia and Thailand.

"Why do we have to settle it down? The access to the video have to be blocked. Film's producer must be punished. We demand justice!" - said one of the people who signed the petition to ban access to the movie "The innocence of the Muslims".

The actors who played in the provocative film claim that they were deceived. There were no mention in the scenario that the film is about Islam and the Prophet Muhammad. Washington has asked for, YouTube and Google Sergey Brin to delete movies from the Internet. Businessman is protected by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution - the freedom of speech.

The U.S. authorities did not forget about the existence of the amendment. During the active combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan channels that show footage of dead soldiers and harassment of the local population were forbidden. And even now, CNN and the New York Times received a severe reprimand from the State Department for the publication of the diary because of that was killed the ambassador in Benghazi.

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All You Need to Know About Wi-Fi Security

Wi-Fi technologies and Wi-Fi Security are rather meaningful nowadays. Their importance rises because of frequent usage internet technologies both at home, office and in hot spots. The global village widens its borders now; the security becomes more and more concerned. Many users do not even bother about the internet security while using they it computers or laptops everywhere they need. It’s in vain. While installing Wi-Fi software one need to set up all possible settings and follow necessary measures before demonstrating these or that data to one of your friends or colleagues.

What should user know about the Wi-Fi measures while using in everyday life. Of course you are to follow the rules of Wi-Fi Security and to change passwords as often as possible. Most of the Wi-Fi base stations may provide default keys or may give the password which is already being using by several computers simultaneously. Of course it obviously makes your PC data rather vulnerable to hacker’s attacks. What’s more hackers are very developed nowadays. Recently one of the Facebook bloggers threatened of destroying this system one day.

How to avoid all the evident and up- to- date difficulties. The answer is rather simple - keep your password in the place accessible only to you, make it easy to remember to you. Only then you will feel that your network is sufficiently secure.

You are also to remember that every operating system has its own peculiarities and the manner of compounding the password may also differ. Much also depends on the type of the modem being used. Usually all WIFI modems have range SSID (Service Set Identifier).
Much depends on the traffic available, if an outsider identifies the name of network you are working in all measures of protection have been done in vain.

One more thing that can help you in organizing secure functioning is scrambling the passwords of the net. WEP may help in this. Disinterested hackers are not able to destroy private data but determined ones can break it.

Every computer has its own machine access code (MAC). You may configure your base station so that it would give the access only to your MAC addresses.

So now we know all the possible measures of creating secure Wi-Fi network.

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Check Home Wireless Security Basics Once Again

Wireless Internet is comfort and mobility at the same time. Protection of the network consists of several steps. Communications in the network are specially encrypted. One may choose between Wi-Fi Protected Access or Wired Equivalent Privacy.

• Apply spyware software or antivirus programs or firewall
• Identifier broadcasting is some kind of wireless router
• Remember only being turned off computer will be safe from signals from any devices
• Changing of the pre-set password makes the situation more reliable. The longer password is the more difficult it to be cracked.
• In purpose of security your computer should be let down for access only by specific PCs of wireless network
• It’s better to turn off when it’s not used.

Public “hot spots” are not always secure; other people can get the access to your data and observe all your actions.

Wireless Network Security

Wireless network attracts more and more users nowadays because of comfort and mobility. Up to date businessmen being on their vacations can be in touch with their staff with the help of wireless network or lazy shoppers if there are such at all can purchase all they need being on-line.

Wireless network can be set up in any part of the lodging without any cords and any kind of staff and one can get the access to the net in any possible place where the network is available.

Wireless connection usually requires broadband Internet access in home or some kind of “access point”, it can DSL cord switch into the modem. Setting up to the kind of network consists of several steps:

• Connection to the access point
• Broadcasting a signal
• One should know that computers are equipped with special client card pulling signal in the air and gaining web access.

The possibility of unauthorized users to log in to the wireless net is its only pitfall. It makes hackers or neighbor active in its malicious actions. It arouses the level of web criminality or other similar actions.

Fortunately, there are steps protecting security of PC data. They are as follows:

1) Encryption prevents any interference or communications in the net. Wireless routers, base stations and access points possess encryption mechanism. Usually encryption feature is turned off, it must be set up. There are two types of encryption: Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) and Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA). It depends on the user choice what to set up. The most popular and often used encryption is WEP.

2) Then follows firewall installation, it provides anti-virus protection. The second step is manual connection to the net with the help of SSID name, then one should change the identifier up to the standard otherwise it can be caught be hackers, configure unique ID in wireless router, use password consisting of at least 10 symbols. Treat your net carefully, turn it off when it is not used. Do not switch to in “hot spots”, always save information you got in wireless connection.

3) Using WiFi Security Software like SmartHide to ensure your WiFi Security. It is easy and not free solution but when you are using it, you can be sure that your wireless network are safeguarded for sure.

How to Protect Wireless Network – Five Easy Steps

The popularity of Wireless Network becomes more and more evident. It can be used in laptop IPhone, mobile devices. The only disadvantage and inconvenience of wireless nets is the possibility of interference into it and downloading data. Wireless also allows stealing laptop battery resource to be stolen. Only protection of information can help to find out the solution.

The essence of wireless network is usage of radio signals for communication. They travel outside home network; other wireless devices can pick up unprotected signals and connect to network, caught information which has not been sent yet. One of the best examples of wireless devices which can be created at home is Dell Inspiron 6400.

Ways of protection wireless network

You should consider safety factors in setup of wireless network. One of them is transmitter in wireless networks. Wireless firewalls and security protocols are offered at gateways, routers, cellular base stations. They provide protection networks from risks.

1. Usage of firewall

Firewall is some kind of barrier which helps to through away all the suspicious objects and data which intrude into the net. Dell Latitude D420 Battery is the device which provides the protection of the network while being in use. Firewalls can be reached in various variants, hardware and software. Both variants can be used, it depends on the situation.

2. Wireless encryption

Wireless network has a great variety of protocols with encryption. There are great variety of methods in network security functioning.

Equivalent Protocol of wired nets

WEP is encoded security protocol, it uses in all network bases of information with the help of WEP key. It assigns to the network and setups it with the WEP key. One can have personal key or create different with selected options. Correct password allows user enter into the network from battery 4 us.

3. Wi-Fi protected access

WPa security settings are used to decrypt and encrypt data transmitted in the network. Static security key in WEP encryption is not used. Instead of it Temporal Integrity Protocol is dynamically generated with a new key for each packet.

4. Connection to the private network

While creating the private network point one should avoid network names in transmitter. Because the networks mostly transmit the default names, and all the computers in the neibourghoud can intrude to your data. While creating new working network station one should remember the SSID for connection new points in the net no matter whether it closed or there is no SSID broadcasting.

5. Public safety

Talking about public safety in is necessary to consider that “hot spots”: cafes, airports, are very dangerous places from the point of view of security information. Wireless networks should be highly protected in order not to be destroyed. It is better to limit the activities to the dangerous e-mails, and basic security points while being in such kind of net.

...Last but not least

If you do not want do all these steps and you need an easy solution to protect your WiFi, use SmartHide to protect your wireless connection in public places and at home.

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