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September 11, 2005 - September 17, 2005 Archive

September 13, 2005

Net Neutral is Net Positive for Business

Big tech companies, including eBay and Microsoft, push to include net neutrality language in telecomms reform.
» link | Posted at 09:44 PM by Danny O'Brien | Permalink | Other Links: Infrastructure

Katrina Victims to Receive Pirate Booty

Customs will send Katrina refugees their stockpiles of confiscated fake fashion label clothing.
» link | Posted at 09:44 PM by Danny O'Brien | Permalink | Other Links: Copyright

September 12, 2005

EU ID Card Protesters Arrested Before They Even Protest

Presumably their faces didn't match the ones on the giant demonstration cards they had brought.
» link | Posted at 03:14 PM by Danny O'Brien | Permalink | Other Links: Bad Laws

Proper Recounts Too Hard, Say E-voting Officials

California election clerks complain new e-voting recount rules would make their jobs difficult. They would also make e-voting recounts a lot, lot safer.
» link | Posted at 03:14 PM by Danny O'Brien | Permalink | Other Links: E-Voting

Yahoo Chief Admits to Handing Over Dissident to Chinese Authorities

Yahoo says its hands were tied. For them, that's a figure of speech. For the dissident, it's just the beginning.
» link | Posted at 03:14 PM by Danny O'Brien | Permalink | Other Links: Privacy

Notes From the Future

Andrew Raff liveblogs voices from all sides at the Future Of Music conference (including EFF's own Fred von Lohmann).
» link | Posted at 03:14 PM by Danny O'Brien | Permalink | Other Links: P2P

Your Call May Be Decrypted to Improve Our Government Service

Dan Gillmor wonders if eBay, which happily hands over customer data to law enforcement, will also put gleefully put backdoors in Skype.
» link | Posted at 03:14 PM by Danny O'Brien | Permalink | Other Links: Surveillance