FC: Did Bin Laden use steganography to hide files on eBay?

2001-09-26 Thread Declan McCullagh
[These results, alas, aren't as interesting as they could be. I urge Greg to broaden the search. The article in question (http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2001-02-05-binladen.htm) never mentioned eBay, so analyzing eBay images isn't that helpful. The article talked of: sports chat

FC: Federal mapping agency blocks access to topographic maps

2001-09-26 Thread Declan McCullagh
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0901/092501p1.htm Mapping agency blocks access, postpones outsourcing pact By Jason Peckenpaugh [EMAIL PROTECTED] The National Imagery and Mapping Agency blocked access to a wide range of its publicly available maps last week while

FC: Ohio man's obscene sex journal is now public

2001-09-26 Thread Declan McCullagh
[Now how long will it take some enterprising person to go to the courthouse, pay the clerk to photocopy the journal, scan it in, and post it on the web? Of course, it might be a good idea not to do that from within Ohio's borders... --DBM] Background: Judge says Ohio man with dirty diary

FC: DC update: Congress may not rush on Bush's MATA anti-terror bill

2001-09-26 Thread Declan McCullagh
http://www.wired.com/news/conflict/0,2100,47086,00.html Congress Weighs Anti-Terror Bill By Declan McCullagh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 2:00 a.m. Sep. 25, 2001 PDT WASHINGTON -- Few would have predicted it in the immediate aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks, but Congress is not rushing to enact

FC: Industry Standard's Media Grok says goodbye to its readers

2001-09-26 Thread Declan McCullagh
The farewell notice is archived here: http://guterman.com/guterman_mediagrok/guterman_mediagrok.html Editor and Publisher article on newspaper websites:wm http://www.editorandpublisher.com/editorandpublisher/features_columns/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1061806 * From: Patrick

FC: Reason's C. Young: Encryption is scary, put up with surveillance

2001-09-26 Thread Declan McCullagh
http://www.reason.com/cy/cy092401.html September 24, 2001 Civil liberties may take a hit By Cathy Young [...] The movements of foreign visitors will be scrutinized more closely. Perhaps most alarming to many civil libertarians, it's likely that the government will

FC: Canada's justice minister preparing bill to limit encryption

2001-09-26 Thread Declan McCullagh
[This article no longer appears to be online, but I've verified that the below excerpt is accurate. --DBM] Montreal Gazette September 25, 2001 Tuesday Page 14 Ottawa to try to freeze terrorist funds: Tougher rules and changes to criminal code expected to make it easier to track

FC: More on Reason's Cathy Young column on encryption, wiretapping

2001-09-26 Thread Declan McCullagh
Cathy Young's column on Reason magazine's website (http://www.reason.com/cy/cy092401.html) is poorly conceived and is not the product of careful thinking. For Young to dismiss concerns about broader online (and offline) eavesdropping powers as no different from the current state of affairs is