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- EU regulators plan to press for more privacy protection
- European regulators are apparently planning to take some of the biggest names in technology, including Microsoft, Google, and Yahoo, to task when it comes to privacy protection. Google and Microsoft currently keep log files and search data for 18 months, while Yahoo keeps similar data for 13 months. The EU...
- Blog posts 2008-04-08
- What my grandmother taught me about IT security
- The Identity Theft Enforcement and Restitution Act of 2007 passed the Senate by unanimous consent. As is often the case in our nation's legislature, the two houses of the federal legislature -- the House of Representatives and the Senate -- are working at roughly redundant purposes, and have each...
- Blog posts 2007-11-28
- Congress is working to make electronic surveillance more pervasive
- A U.S. Senate committee has forwarded a bill to the Senate Judiciary Committee that would give the NSA broad powers to conduct electronic surveillance, particularly with regards to electronic mail and instant message traffic. In addition, the bill would retroactively immunize telecommunications providers who, between 9/11/01 and the date...
- Blog posts 2007-10-22
- "Government Access to Phone Calling Activity and Related Records:
- http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/intel/RL33424.pdfOk, I've tried to read this and I will probably spend another week trying to read this. [i]The statutes that enable the government to gain legal access to telephone records, whether for law enforcement or intelligence purposes, are examined in a newly updated report from the Congressional Research Service.The...
- Discussion threads 2007-02-22
- Malicious code -- What to do! Government Action!!
- Yes, Yes I know that no one wants anything to do with Govt. control of the internet!Let's face it, we need to string these nuts up by their toes and give them a long time to think about what they do. No more bleeding hearts here. I have...
- Discussion threads 2007-01-30
- Open Source Back Doors
- absolutelyIt's not just the NSA. It's entirely possible that the NSA may have mandated backdoors installed in software like MS Windows, but there are two reasons I don't even bother worrying about that if/when I need to use Windows (a distinct rarity these days -- only for Guild Wars...
- Discussion threads 2007-01-16
- Open Source Back Doors
- This blog is brought to you by conspiracy theorists across the globe.That being said...I read a post recently on the Fedora Core mailing list about a rumor of a back door in all of Microsofts products from Windows 95 to the present that allowed NSA in via a back door....
- Blog posts 2007-01-15
- Cryptography interview with the NSA
- I had the pleasure of interviewing a former chief scientist at the NSA Brian Snow after the recent 30th anniversary of PKC Public Key Cryptography. I posted this article which offers insight in to the past, present, and future of cryptography and its worth a quick read for anyone...
- Blog posts 2007-01-04
- Federal judge orders halt to NSA spy program
- Federal judge orders halt to NSA spy programarticle rootWarrantless surveillance must ceaseA federal judge ruled Thursday that the warrantless surveillance program authorized by the Bush administration and carried out by the National Security Agency is unconstitutional and must cease immediately. The American Civil Liberties Union, which filed suit against the...
- Discussion threads 2006-08-18
- Another hefty patch month for Microsoft
- NSA says one particular patch a MUSTRead the article here and make your own conclusions:http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060810-7466.html
- Discussion threads 2006-08-10
- Attorney general: Bush blocked review of spy program
- Attorney general: Bush blocked review of spy programarticle rootAre Bush's actions constitutional?Attorney General Alberto Gonzales resumed his defense of the Bush administration's warrantless wiretapping program, while admitting that the president prevented a review of the program earlier this year by Justice Department lawyers. Gonzales believes that the president's actions are...
- Discussion threads 2006-07-19
- If your privacy is important, what are you going to do about it?
- So, we are becoming acutely aware that our government uses our telecommunications companies to keep close tabs on us. And we're angry. What are people going to do about it? It feels like we're waiting around for "someone" to fix this for us, but doesn't that usually end up...
- Discussion threads 2006-05-30
- Important Notice to All concerned about the NSA workings
- I just saw little piece this from Bruce Schneier, who is, I my opinion, the High Priest on Computer Security, and all things connected with that subject. I just had to share it with everyone here. after I stoped laughing so hard my that keyboard had started making mistakes...
- Discussion threads 2006-05-13
- Anger grows over NSA surveillance report
- Anger grows over NSA surveillance reportarticle rootThwarting terrorism or creating a privacy crisis?Senators promise immediate hearings after a new report that the National Security Agency NSA secretly collected records of telephone calls made by tens of millions of Americans. Bush has repeatedly stressed that the NSA spy program is aimed...
- Discussion threads 2006-05-12
- Well, it seems that GWB has been spying on DOMESTIC calls as well!
- Well, it seems that GWB has been spying on DOMESTIC calls as well!Now, why am I not surprised?----------------------------------------------------http://images.military.com/pics/mlpfv.jpgSubscribe to free Military Insider Newsletter Military.comFirestorm Over NSA SurveillanceAssociated Press | May 11, 2006WASHINGTON - Congressional Republicans and Democrats demanded answers from the Bush administration Thursday about a government spy agency secretly collecting...
- Discussion threads 2006-05-11
- Wiretapping, European-Style. Think Bush's NSA surveillance is bad???.....
- Wiretapping, European-Style. Think Bush's NSA surveillance is bad???.....[b][i][u]Wiretapping, European-Style. - Think Bush's warrantless NSA surveillance is bad?[/u][/i][/b] Wiretapping, European-Style. Think Bush's warrantless NSA surveillance is bad? Wait...
- Discussion threads 2006-02-20
- Copyright
- Just copyright your email and then when it is used without your permission, sic your lawyer on them for copyright infringement.I learned that one from those fun folks at the record and movie companies....Yahoo on NSA surveillance: No commentInformation is InformationSo why should Yahoo (or anyone else, for that matter)...
- Discussion threads 2006-02-16
- White House discloses details on surveillance
- EXACTLY what were the>disclosed details about its domestic spying program< ?????They have admitted to getting several terrorists.The library in LA would have been one target. It would have reduced the unemployment problem...SMOKE SCREENSI don't know why these stories are printed continuously. They have worn holes in the "forign intelligence surveillance"...
- Discussion threads 2006-02-09
- Domestic Spying Debate Heats Up
- President Bush Mr. W is going all out to defend his USA spying look at this http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/01/26/politics/main1239946.shtml He is stating that other President's have done this with out going to a court to get the ok. But it was before the internet was so accessible, now with the right software...
- Discussion threads 2006-01-27
- Editing tips from the NSA
- no kiddingThis is yet another reason that binary file formats and other non-plaintext formats are generally a bad idea for data storage and the like. Often, you just don't know what information the file might contain. It's best to store data in plain text and, if you have...
- Discussion threads 2006-01-25
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