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Welcome to the first issue of Socially Virtual's zine!! This zine will mainly be a quick read of all my latest posts over at Socially Virtual. It will also serve as mini newsletter of sorts. And if I'm in the mood I'll insert some funny/creative stuff also. Anyways lets gets started with issue 1. Since the site has only been live for a few months content is a bit light so by default this first issue will also be on the lighter side. But you will also get the entire IRL series and some other fun stuff. The podcast is moving along nicely and I'm having a lot of fun with it. I've been recording and editing entirely on Ubuntu! So Ubuntu is a viable platform for small scale podcasting. I've been trying my best to use open formats such as .ogg. Which for the most part has worked out quite well. I also got a new email address which is at info@sociallyvirtual.me. You can email there for any question, comments, or rants(hopefully not the last one). Also remember that you can donate your bitcoins over on the donations button on the main page.

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Introduction to the Hardrived The Internet is IRL: The Podcast! ImplicationsandStrategiesof HelloandwelcometoHardrived Surveillance Upon The Internet Podcast! In this podcast you will The Internet is IRL, Duh! I hearawiderangeofmaterial. have never really thought Everything from my super about it but I just knew. awesome dictation of my Kindalikeeggsatthegrocery eccentric and thought store.Imeanyouneverreally thoughthowthehelldoeggs provokingposts. get to the store? You just Or just random rambling wentandboughtyoureggs.The ofanInternetgeek. Internetisthesameway,you For starters a small dont get into some vehicle background on myself. I love and travel to the Internet. toscourtheInternettofind The Internet is just there thoseneatwaystechnologyand like eggs at the grocery cultureareconverging.Though store. IholdtwonontechydegreesI This is why to me it is no still strive to be ahead of surprise that any Internet the curve in advancements in Surveillance Legislation is technology.ThisiswhyIlove merely a copy of any analog to talk and blog about Surveillance Legislation. I technology. As a live in South Texas and as a blogger/activist/podcaster I SouthTexanIamaccustomedto work to create a world events and experiences that connected through technology peoplewholiveoutsideofthe forabettertomorrow Southwest are perplexed by. Thispodcastformostpart One easy example would be willberecordedlivefrommy Border Patrol Checkpoints, kitchen and will be released not along the actual border for download as soon as its but slightly north of it. These Checkpoints serve as ready. secondarypointsofentryand I want to thank my inspection for anyone trying listeners and readers and to travel north from many hopefullywecandosomegreat pointsalongtheSouthwest. thingstogether. The digital counterparts of Thanks and talk to you checkpoints, would be any soon. surveillance technology from Opening and Closing sequence webcrawlerstobackdoors.The byOzzed:TheDayTimeRanOut only difference would be that on 8bit Empire welosetheabilitytooptout http://ozzed.net or demand a warrant. In Real LifeIcandemandawarrantif police show up at my house demandingtosearchit.Ican inspectthewarrantandinsure thattheyonlylookthroughor

takewhatthewarrantsstates. On the Internet I lose that. Anyone can be snooping on me right now. Tracking very keystroke, looking through my browsing history, and taking whateverinformationtheywant fromme. Ofcoursenotjustgovernments have these capabilities any worthy criminal looking to steal my credit card information can do this. But if a criminal does this I automaticallybecomeavictim. But can you say the same if thegovernmentdoesit? Iwouldliketoleaveyouwith some food for thought. It basically boils down to in meatspaceyoucandemandthat you see a warrant. You can demand equal and fair treatment under the law. So why is the Internet which is IRLconsideredaspecialcase scenario? Laws like CISPA createthesetypesofproblems in which the Internet is treated like a special place outsideofIRL. For me the Internet is not a special place outside of my reallifeexistenceitispart of it. Even though I hate havingtowaitinlineatthe BorderPatrolCheckpointsIdo it knowing that they have to respect my rights and uphold thelaw.Butlawsthatattack my rights and freedoms while using the Internet do not do the same. If they are passed theywouldbefarworsethana BorderPatrolCheckpoint.Most importantlyhowcanweprotect our rights and freedoms from them.

The Internet is IRL: Copying is not Piracy. Trafficking is Piracy. Vocabularycanbedifficult. FromMerrianWebstersite: Distribute: to divide among severalormany Traffic: illegal or disreputable usually commercialactivity A computer has the amazing capabilitytocreatecopiesof any file quickly and easily. It is an essential component for the computing process. Whenever I edit some HTML files I make copies of the original to ensure I dont lose it. I do this to ensure ifthereisamistakeIcango back to the original file. I havebackupsofallmyCDson my computer, safely stored awayjustincaseaCDbreaks orIloseit. CopyingisnotPiracy.Copying in technical computer mumbo jumbo is simply making an exact copy of a file. Piracy is trafficking that copy to distributeit to otherpeople in exchange for monetary or othermeansofcompensation. The point Im trying to make issimple.Usingacomputerto makeacopyofafiledoesnot make you a trafficker of copyrighted material. What makes you a trafficker of copyrighted material is trafficking copyrighted material. You see vocabulary can be difficult this is why manyusoffallintotrouble. We Internet/Technology literate people have a big responsibility on our

shoulders. We have to teach Internet/Technology vocabulary tothosenewtotheinterwebs. Many will learn quickly but others will take some time. Butitisanecessarytaskto teachthisresponsibility.The InternetisIRLafteralland crimeiscrime.

4.0! You dont have to settle onusingthestockAndroid2.2 you can hack the phone and install Android 4.0 in it. Yes,youcandothatandits perfectly legal though manufacturers like Motorola might not want you to do so butyoucanifyouwant. This solves the issue of having bad software on great hardware. Developing a device is difficult any manufacturer willtellyou.Andyoushould believe them, they spend millions of dollars on prototypes.Icanapplaudall thehardworkmanufacturesput into making devices. But sometimes I just wanna hack theshitoutofit!! WhenIbeganusingGNU/LinuxI committed myself to learn about the ethos of free and open source software. I was surprisedtolearnthatoneof the central ethos in the FOSS(free and open source) community is if it aint brokentweakit.Itwasmind blowingforme,acuriousmind such as mine quickly adopted thisethos. Currently on my desk sits a Blackberry 8330. Its old for thehardwareandsoftwarethat is currently available. But manthatkeyboardwasawesome I really enjoyed using it. CurrentlyIhaveanLGOptimus V. Its touchscreen with no physical keyboard. I wish I could just pick up my Blackberry and hack Android ontoit.Itwouldbeaperfect solution for my keyboard problems. I know that I could just get an Android phone with a

Iwannahackthesh*toutof that! In the technological space therearetwocomponentsthat are vital for devices. Those components would be software and hardware. Software of course being the thing you interactwithonthescreenof your computer, cellphone, or ATM machine. Hardware is the actualphysicalcomponentsyou touch and interact with such asakeyboard,touchscreen,or speakers. Bothcanbeawesome,theycan work seamlessly and appear to be one. But sometimes it doesnt quite work like that. For example Android phones come in all shapes, styles, and sizes. Some of those design implementations work and other times its just plainuglyandweird.Theneat thingaboutAndroidphonesis the fact that theyre all different from one another. Not just in hardware but software. SayyoulikeaMotoroladevice with a pullout keyboard running Android. The only problem is that its running an older version of Android like 2.2. The latest and greatest Android version is

keyboard but theres just something about Blackberry keyboards that just cant be beat. Unfortunately I cannot install Android on my Blackberry. Or take apart my Blackberry and LG phones to mesh them together in some frankenphone concoction. I cannot do either because I cant, but rather because Im notallowed. YouseebothBlackberryandLG phones are protected by patents and copyrights. Meaning that the owner/manufactures of the brand hold the rights to the design.Thedesignislocked down from the public so that Blackberry and LG can hold a monopoly over a device. Now Im not antipatents or copyright. I think they are useful and necessary in certaincases.Buttheyarein the way of my curiosity and needtotinker. That is the real problem, after all as they say necessity is the mother of invention. I have a need to have an awesome keyboard, why notjusthackmyBlackberryor LGphonestosolvethisissue. WellIcanifIwantedtobut why risk legal repercussions. Its sad really because my Blackberrywilljustsitthere collecting dust, rotting away toneverbeusedagain.

hack things. I like to learn abouttechnologyandstudyit. I like to modify anything I own.Idontlikebeinglocked down or restricted from anything I own. Patents can work but so far we have been usingthemthewrongway.The same goes for copyright we havenotupdatedourlawsfor thenewrealmofpossibilities inthetechnologicalsphere. Weneedtoletpeoplewholike to tinker, tinker. We need to letpeoplewholiketomodify, modify. We need to let innovation come from regular people and accept it as legitimatejustlikeweaccept innovation from companies as legitimate. Innovation is not something copyrighted or patented by companies so let us stop treating it like it is.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons AttributionNonCommercial ShareAlike 3.0 United States License. To view a copy of this License, visit http://creativcommons.org/lice nses/byncsa/3.0/usorsenda letter to Creative Commons, I can give it new 444 Castro Street, Suite 900, functionality,newpurposebut Mountain View, California, Research In Motion(makers of 94041,USA. Blackberry) doesnt want me Ifyoufeelthereissomething to.Theywantmetoremainin thatiscopyrightedandIhave their monopoly because its missusedpleasecontactmeat info@sociallyvirtual.me and betterbusinessforthem. Illendwiththis,Iliketo I'llhappilytakeitdown.