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May 07, 2006 - May 13, 2006 Archive

May 09, 2006

Fire Hatch in 2006

IPac takes aim at the man behind the INDUCE Act and even worse bills.
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The NSA v. The Law

The American Bar Association peers into the legality of warrantless wiretaps.
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Computers, Freedom, Privacy, and a Prozac, Please

Wendy Grossman writes on a maudlin-seeming CFP conference.
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What Does Embedded TV Copy Restriction Look Like?

The future of (broadcast flag) law enforcement: how CGMS-A looks when it's turned on.
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Get Legal -- Get OpenOffice

The sort of copying even the BSA can't complain about.
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After Goodmail

Cartoonist Tom O'Leary does some end-user filtering.
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Catalog of Security Bungles

Ryan Singel lists the goofs the TSA has committed in the last year, including high-flying diplomats and octogenerarian "terrorists."
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Terrorist Watch List Follies and My Time in the TSA's Constitution-Free Zone

Ars Technica's Hannibal loses some rights at the airport.
» link | Posted at 01:31 AM by Danny O'Brien | Permalink | Other Links: Privacy

Bill To Publish Federal Research Free Online; Middlemen Object

Federal Research Public Access Act would require 11 agencies to put their research online. Academic journals say that giving information directly to taxpayers would affect their markets, giving rise to shock, horror.
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Twelve in Congress Likely To Forge Telecom Bill

Commerce committee congressman Upton blurts that broadcast flag/net neutrality bill will be decided in secret conference; judiciary committee chairman begins to muscle in.
» link | Posted at 01:31 AM by Danny O'Brien | Permalink | Other Links: Bad Laws | Broadcast Flag

Key Congressman Endorses Data Retention

ISPs take another step toward being the government's record keepers.
» link | Posted at 01:31 AM by Danny O'Brien | Permalink | Other Links: Surveillance

Potential CIA Head Doesn't Know Fourth Amendment

Although he thinks he does. What's worse?
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