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Olivier

Jeune journaliste issu de l'école géopolitique, j'ai quelques marottes, comme les libertés numériques, le LOL et les enquêtes à tiroirs. Embarqué dans la Soucoupe depuis août 2010, je collabore également à Slate.fr, Snatch et Technikart. Disclaimer: je porte des chemises à carreaux.

[Exclusive] Chaos for a WikiLeaks dissident

As Wikileaks and its former spokesman Daniel Domscheit-Berg are discovering, divorce is a chaotic process. In an interview with OWNI, Daniel details the reasons which led him to destroy 3,500 secret documents.

#cccamp11, CCC, Daniel Domscheit-Berg, julian assange, OpenLeaks, whistleblowers, wikileaks

by Olivier Tesquet On August 23, 2011

Facebook and Blackberry used against rioters?

Determined to punish UK looters, the British government may try to impose telecommunication policies which will greatly favor the authorities. Is Cameron stepping in line with dictators in the Middle East?

blackberry, David Cameron, Internet, London, personal data, riots, Security, UK

by Olivier Tesquet On August 19, 2011

The End of the World: “Made in China”

A report released by McAfee claims to have discovered the largest hacking attack to date. The fact that all eyes are looking at China is no coincidence….

china, cyberwar, espionage, hacking, United States

by Olivier Tesquet On August 10, 2011

The Burma connection: an Internet too civilized

Burma’s regime has one of the most repressive policies for the Internet. With bloggers being imprisoned up to 35 years and networks being blocked, it is possible to circumvent this censorship?

bandwidth, barcamp, Burma, Freedom of expression, internet censorship

by Olivier Tesquet On June 17, 2011

Lulz Security: The Cheshire cat of the Internet

Who is LulzSec, the mysterious group of hackers that for the last month attacked anything that moved? OWNI joined the IRC and went further down the rabbit hole….

Bitcoin, hackers, Internet, IRC, lulz, lulzsec, United States

by Olivier Tesquet On June 9, 2011

Supersize my Patriot Act

Nearly 10 years after the naissance of the Patriot Act, it is up for renewal in Congress – this time with greater surveillance powers over the Internet.

Freedom of expression, Internet, national security, Patriot Act, surveillance, United States

by Olivier Tesquet On February 23, 2011

Hillary Clinton and internet freedom (civilized)

Hillary Clinton recent speech on Internet freedom highlights the contradictions in American diplomacy, sandwiched between Wikileaks and Facebook. And it may already be obsolete.

diplomacy, Hillary Clinton, Internet freedom, realpolitik, State Department, United States, wikileaks

by Olivier Tesquet On February 18, 2011

How a handful of geeks defied the USSR

When twenty years ago Gorbatchev was faced with the challenge of a coup, only one channel was able to survive Soviet censorship. This is the story of how Usenet invented online activism.

activism, coup d'etat, cyber-activists, geeks, Relcom, Usenet, USSR

by Olivier Tesquet On February 4, 2011

“Hello, you have reached Anonymous”

Why is the media’s attention still focused on the 15 year-old hacker over the WikiLeaks scandal when these Anonymous users are organizing during the Arab revolts? Can we shed some light onto the behavior of the Anonymous?

anonymous, cyber attacks, DDOS, julian assange, Operation Payback, wikileaks

by Olivier Tesquet On February 2, 2011

Egypt: A “downgraded” revolution

With the Internet being heavily censored, Al-Jazeera has continued the coverage of the Egyptian uprising and other methods of communication are springing up on the web. Are we seeing a “downgraded” revolution?

al jazeera, censorship, Egypt, Internet, révolution, social networks, Télévision, tv, twitter, wikileaks

by Olivier Tesquet On February 1, 2011

Interview: Daniel Domscheit-Berg presents OpenLeaks

Having left WikiLeaks under bitter circumstances, the former spokesman of the organization Daniel Domscheit-Berg, has launched a competing site.

by Olivier Tesquet On December 14, 2010

The Privatization of War

Ten days ago, Wikileaks published 400,000 documents relating to the war in Iraq. Further revelations on the abusive conduct of war have highlighted the growing role of private military companies in modern conflicts.

afghanistan, army, blackwater, Iraq, Iraw War, mercenaries, USA

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