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• 2008/04/28 [Politech] Politicians push for mandatory data retention laws, bipartisanly [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2008/01/31 [Politech] Who'd make the most technology-friendly president? Discuss. [econ] Declan McCullagh
• 2007/12/14 [Politech] Judge rules defendant can't be forced to divulge PGP passphrase [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2007/11/26 [Politech] ITU botnet paper published in draft form, comments requested [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2007/11/26 [Politech] David Burt and his Filtering Facts Web site are back [fs] Declan McCullagh
• 2007/11/02 [Politech] FTC Internet advertising summit in Washington this week [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2007/10/11 [Politech] Hamline University student suspended after pro-gun rights email [fs] Declan McCullagh
• 2007/09/21 [Politech] MIT student picking up friend at airport nearly shot, charged with "infernal machine" crime [fs] Declan McCullagh
• 2007/09/21 [Politech] Paul Levy: Politicians, infomercial kings try to stifle anonymous Internet speech [fs] Declan McCullagh
• 2007/09/21 [Politech] Colorado sheriff creates roadblock so private firm can demand DNA blood samples [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2007/08/17 [Politech] Federal police will gain access to military spy satellites [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2007/07/25 [Politech] Sen. John Kerry wants to outlaw "transmitting" dog fighting images [fs] Declan McCullagh
• 2007/07/25 [Politech] Congress at its finest: P2P networks as "national security threat" [fs] Declan McCullagh
• 2007/07/20 [Politech] Whoops! Nevada governor accidentally posts Outlook password [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2007/07/18 [Politech] FBI remotely installs spyware to trace bomb threat [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2007/07/17 [Politech] Correction on security firms and detecting spyware [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2007/07/17 [Politech] Will security firms detect police spyware? A survey of 13 of them [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2007/07/13 [Politech] Democrats criticize AT&T's exclusive iPhone deal, just because they can [econ] Declan McCullagh
• 2007/07/12 [Politech] DEA key logger docs in Ecstasy drug case posted online [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2007/07/10 [Politech] DEA key logger used to eavesdrop in real time on alleged drug manufacturers [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2007/06/28 [Politech] Ethan Ackerman on politics behind Real ID and the immigration bill [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2007/06/28 [Politech] John Gilmore on Real ID and why the immigration bill died [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2007/06/28 [Politech] Senate backs away from Real ID Act [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2007/06/18 [Politech] W3C's openness hypocrisy: Public barred from "public" conference [fs] Declan McCullagh
• 2007/06/18 [Politech] John Gilmore on ACLU, free speech, and its checked history [fs] Declan McCullagh
• 2007/06/08 [Politech] Board candidates wanted for Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility Declan McCullagh
• 2007/06/08 [Politech] ACLU replies to charges that it doesn't consistently defend free speech [fs] Declan McCullagh
• 2007/05/24 [Politech] Does the ACLU still believe in free speech? Maybe not any more [fs] Declan McCullagh
• 2007/05/24 [Politech] Alleged psychic Uri Geller sues, is sued over YouTube video clip [ip] Declan McCullagh
• 2007/05/24 [Politech] Net tax fight resumes in Congress; senator warns of e-mail tax [econ] Declan McCullagh
• 2007/05/04 [Politech] Dispatches from 2007 Computers Freedom and Privacy conference in Montreal [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2007/05/03 [Politech] Real ID regulations: Five days left to tell Homeland Security to pull the plug [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2007/04/13 [Politech] Missing email messages, and Karl Rove's personal computer, roil Washington Declan McCullagh
• 2007/04/13 [Politech] The IRS and its computers: a 20 year upgrade, and still counting [econ] Declan McCullagh
• 2007/04/13 [Politech] Mandatory web labeling resurfaces in Congress, 11 years later [fs] Declan McCullagh
• 2007/03/22 [Politech] COPA struck down, again, and judge says filters are very effective [fs] Declan McCullagh
• 2007/03/21 [Politech] EPIC urges Senate to kill Patriot Act section expanding FBI's national security letters [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2007/03/21 [Politech] Chip Pitts on NSA surveillance, data mining, and national security letters [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2007/03/20 [Politech] FBI illegal use of eavesdropping powers: not just national security letters [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2007/03/08 [Politech] Real ID rebellion accelerates; ACLU's scorecard rates regulations [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2007/03/07 [Politech] Real ID Act regulations: a critique by Steven Adler [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2007/03/07 [Politech] France bans citizens from recording violence, Web sites from reproducing videos [fs] Declan McCullagh
• 2007/03/07 [Politech] Justice Department's new data retention target: image-sharing sites Declan McCullagh
• 2007/03/07 [Politech] Real ID Act regulations finally released by Homeland Security [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2007/03/07 [Politech] Politech back from hiatus (and a quick note on the Free State Project) [econ] Declan McCullagh
• 2007/02/09 [Politech] Sen. McCain proposes surveillance of illegal images (including cartoons) [fs] Declan McCullagh
• 2007/02/09 [Politech] New Jersey, California officials like the Real ID Act [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2007/02/06 [Politech] Data retention bill officially surfaces in the U.S. Congress [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2007/02/06 [Politech] Downsize DC president Jim Babka replies to Politech: "valuable lessons learned" [fs] Declan McCullagh
• 2007/02/06 [Politech] Keith Henson, Scientology critic, arrested in "Tom Cruise" missile case [fs] Declan McCullagh
• 2007/02/05 [Politech] Details on German court banning police from remotely installing Trojan Horses [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2007/02/05 [Politech] More on Downsize DC and its problems with AOL blacklisting [fs] Declan McCullagh
• 2007/02/05 [Politech] Libertarian group "Downsize DC" gets blacklisted by AOL [fs] Declan McCullagh
• 2007/02/05 [Politech] German court bans police from installing Trojan Horses remotely [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2007/02/02 [Politech] Massachusetts: Aqua Teen Hunger Force lights are an "infernal machine" [fs] Declan McCullagh
• 2007/02/02 [Politech] Is your domain safe from suspension? Here's a survey of registrars [fs] Declan McCullagh
• 2007/01/31 [Politech] Black Box Voting report on touch-screen machines and influence-peddling [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2007/01/31 [Politech] Town pays $225K after inventing criminal subpoenas to unmask critic [fs] Declan McCullagh
• 2007/01/30 [Politech] Jim Davidson on MySpace, GoDaddy, free speech; another GoDaddy story [fs] Declan McCullagh
• 2007/01/29 [Politech] Is Spamhaus blacklist of Terrorism Research Center too much? [sp] Declan McCullagh
• 2007/01/29 [Politech] Response to GoDaddy's suspension of security site: NoDaddy.com [fs] Declan McCullagh
• 2007/01/29 [Politech] Update from Europe on data retention: What's happening now [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2007/01/26 [Politech] More experiences with GoDaddy, free speech, and domain deletion [fs] Declan McCullagh
• 2007/01/26 [Politech] MySpace, GoDaddy pull plug on computer security domain name without warning [fs] Declan McCullagh
• 2007/01/25 [Politech] Maine becomes first state to reject Real ID [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2007/01/25 [Politech] Replies to AOL's email "tax" and some explanations of why it's needed [sp] Declan McCullagh
• 2007/01/25 [Politech] Peter Gutmann on Windows Vista and digital rights management [ip] Declan McCullagh
• 2007/01/24 [Politech] Computers, Freedom and Privacy 2007: Call for proposals for May 1-4 conference [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2007/01/24 [Politech] AOL's email "tax" and how it affects small mailing lists [sp] Declan McCullagh
• 2007/01/24 [Politech] Data retention: Not just ISPs, but Google, domain registrars, and more? [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2007/01/24 [Politech] Bloggers dodged a bullet in Senate, but how threatening was it? [fs] Declan McCullagh
• 2007/01/10 [Politech] EFF's 16th birthday party in San Francisco tomorrow, January 11 [fs] Declan McCullagh
• 2007/01/07 [Politech] Will Democrats be any better on civil liberties than Republicans? [fs] Declan McCullagh
• 2007/01/07 [Politech] EPIC's 2006 privacy year in review [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/12/07 [Politech] Internet fuels rise in number of jailed journalists: 1 in 3 are Web-based [fs] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/12/01 [Politech] FBI activates cell phones' microphones for surveillance when no call is being made? [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/11/30 [Politech] Peter Junger, encryption law warrior, R.I.P. [fs] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/11/17 [Politech] Florida Supreme Court upholds "harmful to minors" e-mail law [fs] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/11/16 [Politech] Refuse to show ID, get Tasered by angry cops with an attitude [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/11/02 [Politech] Tech voter's guide for 2006 election: How politicians voted Declan McCullagh
• 2006/11/01 [Politech] United Nations summit convenes in Athens: lots of talk, not much else [fs] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/10/25 [Politech] How Sen. Frist held port security hostage -- for Net-gambling laws [econ] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/10/25 [Politech] Report critiques federal government's Internet voting scheme [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/10/25 [Politech] Weekly column: Sneaky Senate tricks when enacting legislation [econ] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/10/24 [Politech] Trademark laws vs. free speech: a candidate for the trademark hall of shame? [ip] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/10/23 [Politech] Technical and privacy dimensions of terrorism prevention -- NRC call for papers [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/10/23 [Politech] Data retention endorsed by International Association of Chiefs of Police [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/10/23 [Politech] Politech back from hiatus [admin] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/08/17 [Politech] Real question on NSA tapping: How do we know if Bush complies with court order? [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/08/17 [Politech] License plate scanning: Balancing privacy with public safety, efficiency [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/08/17 [Politech] Federal judge orders halt to NSA spy program, rules it unconstitutional [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/08/07 [Politech] AOL releases search info for 650, 000 users, offers glimpse into private lives [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/08/01 [Politech] What if DOPA requires libraries to block sites of U.S. Senate candidates? [fs] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/08/01 [Politech] Indianapolis police test camera-scanner that reads license plates [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/08/01 [Politech] David Burt on DOPA library and school filtering bill [fs] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/08/01 [Politech] Bush administration appeals loss in NSA/ATT case to 9th Circuit [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/07/24 [Politech] Secret "watch lists" have nabbed more members of Congress than terrorists [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/07/21 [Politech] Sen. Wyden pledges to block telecom bill without Net neutrality regulations [econ] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/07/20 [Politech] Lawsuit against AT&T over NSA spying can proceed, judge says [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/07/20 [Politech] World Trade Organization pursues Net gambling case; U.S. doesn't look good [econ] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/07/20 [Politech] Passenger list screening may have led to BetOnSports CEO's arrest [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/07/19 [Politech] "America: Freedom to Fascism" movie opens on July 28 [econ] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/07/14 [Politech] Which mortgage lenders are spammers? A lawsuit offers hints [sp] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/07/14 [Politech] California Supreme Court prohibits recording Californians without consent -- wherever you are [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/07/14 [Politech] Judge dismisses Kinderstart.com suit against Google over page ranking [fs] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/07/14 [Politech] White House deal says FISA court will review NSA spying [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/07/14 [Politech] $50 billion later, what has the Universal Service Fund accomplished? [econ] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/07/14 [Politech] Politicos grok technology better than technologists? Energy-efficient servers [econ] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/07/12 [Politech] Rep. Ron Paul on Net-gambling bill: a rare voice of sanity in Congress [econ] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/07/11 [Politech] Step aside, war on terror -- now it's war on Internet gambling [econ] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/07/10 [Politech] FBI presses for dramatic expansion of wiretapping law; router makers targeted [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/07/10 [Politech] Politech back from hiatus Declan McCullagh
• 2006/06/01 [Politech] eBay raises the stakes on Net neutrality with e-mail campaign [econ] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/06/01 [Politech] Mandatory data retention resurfaces; Gonzales, Mueller call for 2-year rule [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/05/24 [Politech] ACLU launches "Don't Spy on Me" campaign; protests [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/05/22 [Politech] Replies to Hiawatha Bray's response, and whether the law is really the law after all [fs] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/05/22 [Politech] Hiawatha Bray's response on wiretapping of journalists: the law's the law [fs] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/05/22 [Politech] Perry Metzger's call to action on Feds' lawlessness, tapping [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/05/22 [Politech] Chinese blogger still has no lawyer because of "national security" concerns, four months later [fs] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/05/17 [Politech] EPIC asks FCC to investigate National Security Agency surveillance [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/05/11 [Politech] EFF's Brad Templeton replies to PFF paper on digital rights management, DMCA [ip] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/05/11 [Politech] PFF's Singleton defends digital rights management and the DMCA in new paper [ip] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/05/10 [Politech] Debate over AOL and spam-blocking between Suresh Ramasubramanian and Danny O'Brien [sp] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/05/10 [Politech] Republicans' election-year gambit: Targeting MySpace and social networking sites [fs] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/04/28 [Politech] RSF says Chinese security goons kidnapped a blogger [fs] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/04/28 [Politech] A downside of police surveillance and the Web: IDing pot smokers who committed no crime [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/04/26 [Politech] Forget a national ID: Homeland Security proposes global ID system [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/04/25 [Politech] Replies on Net neutrality -- and why new laws may be a bad idea [econ] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/04/25 [Politech] Net neutrality and peering policies: a technologist's perspective [econ] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/04/25 [Politech] Time to celebrate World Intellectual Property Day! Event in DC on Wednesday [ip] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/04/25 [Politech] Why conservatives and libertarians should oppose Net neutrality [econ] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/04/25 [Politech] Redlined version of Bush administration's proposal to expand DMCA [ip] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/04/24 [Politech] Cato event on Wednesday on DMCA, digital copyright [ip] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/04/24 [Politech] Congress readies new bill to expand DMCA, not shrink it [ip] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/04/21 [Politech] Bush administration proposes mandatory Web rating, with criminal penalties [fs] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/04/15 [Politech] Debate over DearAOL.com between Suresh Ramasubramanian and Danny O'Brien [sp] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/04/15 [Politech] Feds mull mandatory data retention laws for Internet service providers [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/04/15 [Politech] The NYPD can take photos of you -- but you can't turn your lens on them [fs] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/04/15 [Politech] John Gilmore on DearAOL.com and user control of spam filtering [sp] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/04/14 [Politech] Details on how DearAOL.com works, and AOL's junk mail filtering [sp] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/04/13 [Politech] Why was Moveon.org blocked by AOL? Did recipients want the email messages? [sp] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/04/13 [Politech] Who owes taxes, in purchase involving California, North Carolina, Washington state? [econ] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/04/13 [Politech] AOL blocks e-mails with links to anti-AOL protest site [fs] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/04/13 [Politech] A new tax gambit: Tax collectors start eyeing iTunes and download taxes [econ] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/04/12 [Politech] Texas government targets peer-to-peer software use on state computers [ip] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/04/12 [Politech] DC area only: Computer security for activists workshop in Baltimore this evening [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/04/12 [Politech] At tax time, state governments push to tax Internet sales [econ] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/04/06 [Politech] Attorney General won't rule out domestic warrantless taps [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/04/05 [Politech] More on Dick Armey, Congress, and "Net neutrality" [econ] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/04/05 [Politech] Dick Armey, former House Majority Leader, takes aim at "Net neutrality" [econ] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/04/04 [Politech] Washington Supreme Court slaps down judge's no-posting injunction in Paul Trummel case [fs] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/04/03 [Politech] Police in Florida strike back at critical journalist through the Web [fs] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/03/31 [Politech] Sexist, racist comments on police message board cause political flap [fs] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/03/30 [Politech] CDT's John Morris replies to FEC's Internet regulations [fs] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/03/29 [Politech] More on a divide among libertarians on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act [ip] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/03/29 [Politech] Surveillance in the sky: Homeland Security wants aerial drones with cameras [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/03/29 [Politech] FEC approves final Net regulations, thanks McCain, Feingold, Shays, Meehan [fs] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/03/29 [Politech] Do journalist shield laws protect bloggers? An Illinois Bar Journal article [fs] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/03/29 [Politech] A divide among libertarians on DMCA: Cato says get rid of it [ip] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/03/29 [Politech] Google, MS, others ask Feds to mandate "Net neutrality" regulations [fs] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/03/07 [Politech] Two new bills in Congress: Net neutrality, audio broadcast flag [ip] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/03/07 [Politech] SMS 007 aims to protect cell phone SMS messages [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/03/07 [Politech] Pakistan government blocks blogs with cartoons of Muhammad [fs] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/03/06 [Politech] Weekly column: Wacky New Jersey politico wants to outlaw anonymity [fs] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/02/09 [Politech] Details of how Australian "e-passports" will work [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/02/09 [Politech] Lawsuit challenges law targeting Internet "annoyances" [fs] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/02/09 [Politech] Feingold, Kennedy ask AT&T and others if they're in bed with NSA [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/02/09 [Politech] Sen. Specter plans legislation on NSA-surveillance program [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/02/09 [Politech] Delete web server logs, or get fined by the Feds? Ed Markey's new bill [fs] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/02/09 [Politech] Two responses to AOL, Goodmail, and paying-to-send-Politech post [sp] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/02/09 [Politech] Yahoo, AOL, Goodmail and Politech: Paying so email goes through? [sp] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/02/03 [Politech] Replies to James DeLong's defense of Google's position on China [fs] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/02/03 [Politech] Greek politicos had their mobile phones illegally tapped -- by whom? [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/02/03 [Politech] Survey: Google, MSN, AOL, Yahoo say what information they keep [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/02/02 [Politech] Google is right on China, by James DeLong [fs] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/02/01 [Politech] Microsoft, Google, Yahoo reply to Congress on China censorship [fs] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/02/01 [Politech] Send spurious nastygrams, get in trouble? Eric Goldman on liability [fs] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/01/31 [Politech] Newspapers blast "exploitation, " want search engines to share profits [fs] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/01/31 [Politech] Google-subpoena meets Google-China: Who has access? [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/01/31 [Politech] Barry Steinhardt on ACLU's map and NSA surveillance [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/01/31 [Politech] NSA surveillance: EFF lawsuit; new white paper by ACLU Declan McCullagh
• 2006/01/31 [Politech] StarForce claims criticism of its anti-copying software is "harassment, " contacts FBI [fs] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/01/31 [Politech] Ad in Capitol Hill newspaper calls for "patent trolls" to die [ip] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/01/31 [Politech] Tim Wu: Why should search engines retain records forever? [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/01/31 [Politech] Congress caught making false entries in Wikipedia [fs] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/01/31 [Politech] Why the cybercrime treaty is privacy-invasive and worrisome, by James Plummer [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/01/31 [Politech] Google fixes the ban-beer-and-joke-site problem in China [fs] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/01/30 [Politech] Legal FAQs about NSA wiretaps, by Peter Swire [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/01/26 [Politech] In China, Google censors more than just politics: beer, dating, joke, gay sites too [fs] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/01/23 [Politech] R.W. Bradford, R.I.P. [econ] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/01/23 [Politech] Alberto Gonzales v. Google: the subpoena [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/01/12 [Politech] Reporters Without Borders calls for regulation of U.S. Internet companies [fs] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/01/12 [Politech] Annoy.com's Clinton Fein on new anti-annoying law [fs] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/01/12 [Politech] Annoy a speed camera, be punished by police [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/01/12 [Politech] Detroit rail system now permits random police searches of passengers [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/01/12 [Politech] Request for help with survey on vulnerability disclosure Declan McCullagh
• 2006/01/12 [Politech] New law targets online activities designed "to annoy" others [fs] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/01/05 [Politech] Dozens of federal agencies track Web visitors illegally [priv] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/01/03 [Politech] Feds begin "behavior monitoring" of air travelers this year [econ] Declan McCullagh
• 2006/01/03 [Politech] NSA acted on its own to broaden domestic spying after 9/11 [priv] Declan McCullagh

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