[Infowarrior] - CD DRM: Unauthorized Deactivation Attacks

CD DRM: Unauthorized Deactivation Attacks Sunday January 29, 2006 by Ed Felten http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/?p=964 Alex and I are working on an academic paper, ³Lessons from the Sony CD DRM Episode², which will analyze several not-yet-discussed aspects of the XCP and MediaMax CD copy protectio

[Infowarrior] - Senators figure out the Broadcast Flag, curse it as an abomination!

Senators figure out the Broadcast Flag, curse it as an abomination! http://www.boingboing.net/2006/01/28/senators_figure_out_.html The Senate Commerce Committee's hearings on the "Broadcast Flag" and "Audio Flag" proposals have been derailed because senators on the committee now use technologies t

[Infowarrior] - Spying and Lying by the Pentagon

(c/o TK) Spying and Lying by the Pentagon By Col. DAN SMITH "Most people just don't understand how pervasive government surveillance is. If you place an international phone call, the odds that the [U.S.] National Security Agency are looking is very good. If it goes by oceanic fiber-optic cab

[Infowarrior] - How to Outwit the World's Internet Censors

How to Outwit the World's Internet Censors By TOM ZELLER Jr. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/29/weekinreview/29basic.html?_r=1&pagewanted= print When Google announced last week that it would censor its new search service in China, the company became, to many, the latest component in that country's

[Infowarrior] - Rewriting history under the dome

(c/o M) http://www.lowellsun.com/ci_3444567 Article Launched: 01/27/2006 11:37:00 AM Rewriting history under the dome Online 'encyclopedia' allows anyone to edit entries, and congressional staffers do just that to bosses' bios By EVAN LEHMANN, Sun Washington Bureau WASHINGTON -- The staff of U.