Who's watching the watchers?

2002-11-22 Thread Elyn Wollensky
Who's watching the watchers? By Derrick Z. Jackson 11/22/2002 THIS WEEK the Pentagon and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld defended the Total Information Awareness project from mounting criticism from civil libertarians. The project is intended to research a system that could give police and

Who's watching the watchers?

2002-11-22 Thread Elyn Wollensky
Who's watching the watchers? By Derrick Z. Jackson 11/22/2002 THIS WEEK the Pentagon and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld defended the Total Information Awareness project from mounting criticism from civil libertarians. The project is intended to research a system that could give police and

slightly more in-depth article on the Wiretap ruling

2002-11-18 Thread Elyn Wollensky
Here's a more in-depth article on the new ruling. This just gets scarier and scarier ... ;~/ e Justice Department Wins Wiretap Ruling By Dan Eggen Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, November 18, 2002; 2:41 PM A secretive appeals court ruled today that antiterrorism legislation approved last

Re: eJazeera?

2002-11-11 Thread Elyn Wollensky
As always, standards are driven by the mass-market and the mass market is already speaking on this one. In 18 months time there will be no difference between mobile phones cheap digital cameras - all but the cheapest phones will come with built-in cameras. hate to bud in but ... it is the

Re: eJazeera?

2002-11-11 Thread Elyn Wollensky
As always, standards are driven by the mass-market and the mass market is already speaking on this one. In 18 months time there will be no difference between mobile phones cheap digital cameras - all but the cheapest phones will come with built-in cameras. hate to bud in but ... it is the

EPIC Letter on P2P Monitoring

2002-11-06 Thread Elyn Wollensky
The full text of the letter is pasted below, and is online at http://www.epic.org/privacy/student/p2pletter.html November 6, 2002 Dear College or University President, We are writing in regard to a series of letters you recently received on issues of copyright infringement and peer-to-peer

Microsoft marries RSA Security to Windows

2002-10-08 Thread Elyn Wollensky
Microsoft marries RSA Security to Windows http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/27499.html Microsoft has signed a wide-ranging deal to incorporate RSA encryption technology into its applications and services. The agreement, announced today (without financial details, is pitched as a key

385-3 vote: House OKs life sentences for hackers

2002-07-16 Thread Elyn Wollensky
seems the cyber-terrorist FUD is starting to hit the fan ... ;~( e House OKs life sentences for hackers But time may run out for computer crime bill in Senate http://www.msnbc.com/news/780923.asp WASHINGTON, July 15 - The House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly Monday to create a new

385-3 vote: House OKs life sentences for hackers

2002-07-16 Thread Elyn Wollensky
seems the cyber-terrorist FUD is starting to hit the fan ... ;~( e House OKs life sentences for hackers But time may run out for computer crime bill in Senate http://www.msnbc.com/news/780923.asp WASHINGTON, July 15 - The House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly Monday to create a new

Software encryption patent incites controversy ...

2002-04-02 Thread Elyn Wollensky
Sorry this is so long (I don't have a link) - but this is definitely worth a read-through when you have a few minutes. -elyn --- WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA., April 2, 2002 - A company that in February 2001 obtained a patent to encryption technologies is now harassing other publishers of security

Software encryption patent incites controversy ...

2002-04-02 Thread Elyn Wollensky
Sorry this is so long (I don't have a link) - but this is definitely worth a read-through when you have a few minutes. -elyn --- WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA., April 2, 2002 - A company that in February 2001 obtained a patent to encryption technologies is now harassing other publishers of security

Re: enumeration

2001-11-06 Thread Elyn Wollensky
All this talk about government, USG, TLAs etc is rather unprecise, vague and general. Can we compile a list of 100-200 persons that ARE the US government, maybe then we can examine the issues more scientifically ? 1. George mini-Bush 2. Collin Powel 3. Ashcroft, whatever the fuck's name

Stew Baker: Fox News goes overboard

2001-10-29 Thread Elyn Wollensky
For those who haven't seen the Baker rebuttal, that Declan mentioned, here it is- elyn Fox News recently reported that the FBI has a plan to change the architecture of the Internet, centralizing it and providing a technical

Re: Muslims and Christians Stand United

2001-09-26 Thread Elyn Wollensky
WTF is this? - Original Message - From: CJ Parker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Cipher SmartAss Punks [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 7:01 AM Subject: Muslims and Christians Stand United We can't think about the deaths at the WTC in NYC without