FC: Majority of Americans want anti-encryption laws, poll says

2001-09-17 Thread Declan McCullagh
The following excerpts come from Monday's Hotline, a daily political newsletter read by just about everyone in DC. This message should be read in a non-proportional typeface like Courier. If your mail reader can't do that, go to the politechbot.com archives and read it there. Unfortunately for

FC: Online "vigilantes" accidentally deface WTC victim's website

2001-09-17 Thread Declan McCullagh
[I do hope this -- and incidents in the past like the defacement of amnesty.org -- will make folks realize that such "hackers" hardly live up to the proud history of that word. These malcontents are nothing but talentless graffiti sprayers, online vandals who exploit known security holes and d

FC: Plea for help in building archive of post-attack websites

2001-09-17 Thread Declan McCullagh
* Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 15:34:19 -0400 From: "Christopher D. Hunter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Organization: University of Pennsylvania To: Philip Agre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ari Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Will Doherty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David Sobel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, D

FC: Charles Platt on "The Enduring Power of Stupidity"

2001-09-17 Thread Declan McCullagh
** Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2001 20:36:04 -0400 (EDT) From: Charles Platt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: The Enduring Power of Stupidity The Enduring Power of Stupidity During the past five days I have read many essays. To me, all of them have missed a fundamental under

FC: Canada's B'nai Brith calls for Net-censorship after attacks

2001-09-17 Thread Declan McCullagh
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,46861,00.html Attacks Spur Canada Web Concern By Charles Mandel 2:00 a.m. Sep. 15, 2001 PDT TORONTO, Canada -- The Jewish group B'nai Brith Canada is calling for stricter regulation of hate-related material on the Internet following