Comments on: Ubiquitous surveillance rap http://boingboing.net/2012/09/12/ubiquitous-surveillance-rap.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 10:21:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: BlackPanda http://boingboing.net/2012/09/12/ubiquitous-surveillance-rap.html#comment-1531653 BlackPanda Thu, 13 Sep 2012 18:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=180227#comment-1531653 The 2nd one is still the best. Purely in the tightness of the rhyming, I mean. Pure genius. :) The 2nd one is still the best. Purely in the tightness of the rhyming, I mean. Pure genius. :)

]]> By: Scott Bartlett http://boingboing.net/2012/09/12/ubiquitous-surveillance-rap.html#comment-1531567 Scott Bartlett Thu, 13 Sep 2012 17:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=180227#comment-1531567  This is fantastic. I have spread it to all my tubes.  This is fantastic. I have spread it to all my tubes.

]]> By: Boundegar http://boingboing.net/2012/09/12/ubiquitous-surveillance-rap.html#comment-1531349 Boundegar Thu, 13 Sep 2012 10:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=180227#comment-1531349 This is actually pretty brilliant.  I just shared it with my teenage son. This is actually pretty brilliant.  I just shared it with my teenage son.

]]> By: tristan eldritch http://boingboing.net/2012/09/12/ubiquitous-surveillance-rap.html#comment-1531346 tristan eldritch Thu, 13 Sep 2012 10:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=180227#comment-1531346 "It's just a ride, a delusion, the matrix, the Maya deceiving us." "You hippies really make our jobs so much easier.." Hilarious! “It’s just a ride, a delusion, the matrix, the Maya deceiving us.”

“You hippies really make our jobs so much easier..”

Hilarious!

]]> By: CpnCodpiece http://boingboing.net/2012/09/12/ubiquitous-surveillance-rap.html#comment-1531339 CpnCodpiece Thu, 13 Sep 2012 10:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=180227#comment-1531339 Is it possible you failed to spot the satire? Is it possible you failed to spot the satire?

]]> By: TheMudshark http://boingboing.net/2012/09/12/ubiquitous-surveillance-rap.html#comment-1531323 TheMudshark Thu, 13 Sep 2012 09:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=180227#comment-1531323 With every new episode of Rap News I am once again overwhelmed by its brilliance. <b>@stedge</b> You might want to take into account that the whole act relies on heavily exaggerated characters and playing with clichés. With every new episode of Rap News I am once again overwhelmed by its brilliance.

@stedge You might want to take into account that the whole act relies on heavily exaggerated characters and playing with clichés.

]]> By: Feenicks http://boingboing.net/2012/09/12/ubiquitous-surveillance-rap.html#comment-1531294 Feenicks Thu, 13 Sep 2012 06:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=180227#comment-1531294 This edition of Rap News is heavily influenced by the Australian Governments current inquiry into proposals for a slew of new internet laws that include mandatory two year data retention of all internet and telecommunications use in Australia, warrant changes, and making it illegal to refuse to decrypt encrypted data. For more information there are a bunch of resources (ie links to media articles etc and stuff related to public submissions to the inquiry) here: http://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/National_Security_Inquiry This edition of Rap News is heavily influenced by the Australian Governments current inquiry into proposals for a slew of new internet laws that include mandatory two year data retention of all internet and telecommunications use in Australia, warrant changes, and making it illegal to refuse to decrypt encrypted data.

For more information there are a bunch of resources (ie links to media articles etc and stuff related to public submissions to the inquiry) here: http://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/National_Security_Inquiry

]]> By: ocker3 http://boingboing.net/2012/09/12/ubiquitous-surveillance-rap.html#comment-1531280 ocker3 Thu, 13 Sep 2012 05:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=180227#comment-1531280 Feels like noone is commenting because they're all too worried to have an opinion on such a topic. Either that or they're all busy setting up TOR nodes Feels like noone is commenting because they’re all too worried to have an opinion on such a topic. Either that or they’re all busy setting up TOR nodes

]]> By: austinhamman http://boingboing.net/2012/09/12/ubiquitous-surveillance-rap.html#comment-1531255 austinhamman Thu, 13 Sep 2012 04:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=180227#comment-1531255 "you hippies make my job so much easier" lol so true. “you hippies make my job so much easier” lol so true.

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