Russia: New Electronic Digital Signature law signed by Putin

2002-01-16 Thread Xeni Jardin
Forwarding this from a friend in Russia (Michael Novikov, founder of Russia-based consultancy www.admin.spb.ru). The original source is a legal alert published by the US-based law firm Baker and Mackenzie. --XJ ===8==Original message text=== Electronic Digital Signature

reuters: U.S. Military Unveils Smart ID Card.

2001-10-29 Thread Xeni Jardin
Monday October 29 3:01 PM ET U.S. Military Unveils Smart ID Card http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20011029/tc/tech_military_usa_dc_1.html By Andrea Shalal-Esa WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top U.S. military officials on Monday unveiled a new generation of ``smart'' identity cards, but were still

FW: Fox News' source for story FBI to centralize 'Net speaks out

2001-10-29 Thread Xeni Jardin
From Dave Farber's IP list. --XJ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of David Farber Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 8:30 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: IP: Fox News goes overboard X-Server-Uuid: 47feacc6-2336-11d3-82c6-0008c7db26d1 From:

stamps.com: buh-bye anonymous post-mail, hello smart crypto postage.

2001-10-24 Thread Xeni Jardin
Noted without comment: this stamps.com press release hit the wires earlier today... --XJ Stamps.com Technology Helps Improve Mail Security Internal Task Force to Focus on Further Utilization of Internet Postage Security SANTA MONICA, Calif. - October 24, 2001 -

Sorry about the snowflakes + swami dust.(Was RE: Assault Donuts)

2001-10-21 Thread Xeni Jardin
My Norcal culture-informant has forwarded a picture of a sign from a SF-area bathroom which reads in red serif: Due to recent world events, please clean up all body powder before leaving the locker room Other than the fact that a number of the scares are very real, the whole thing keeps

RE: Assault Donuts

2001-10-20 Thread Xeni Jardin
Tim May wrote: WASHINGTON (Routers News Service) Because of false alarms involving the confectioner's sugar on powdered donuts, sale of so-called assault donuts will henceforth be restricted to law enforcement officers. Cops have always been the largest consumers of donuts, this just makes

RE: Assault Donuts

2001-10-20 Thread Xeni Jardin
souce url http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/wesh/20011018/lo/930118_1.html

RE: FBI anthrax posters.

2001-10-18 Thread Xeni Jardin
Anyone else find their work environment covered with the new FBI posters (8 1/2 x 11 color) on how to recognize mail which may be from terrorists, and/or contain anthrax? I'm not aware of an FBI-issued poster, but the USPS is distributing one widely that fits this description. Download

(url) BBC story w/more details on UK mandatory ID, biometrics proposals

2001-09-24 Thread Xeni Jardin
url for that was: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk_politics/newsid_1559000/1559245.stm Subject: BBC story w/more details on UK mandatory ID, biometrics proposals The home secretary indicated on BBC One's On the Record programme that his personal view was that a voluntary scheme

BBC story w/more details on UK mandatory ID, biometrics proposals

2001-09-24 Thread Xeni Jardin
The home secretary indicated on BBC One's On the Record programme that his personal view was that a voluntary scheme would be pointless. --- Xeni Jardin [EMAIL PROTECTED] | www.xeni.net | YIM: xeni_jardin Monday, 24 September, 2001, 04:55 GMT 05

UK ministers want mandatory nat'l. IDs, iris-scans, biometrics for anti-terror

2001-09-24 Thread Xeni Jardin
...from Monday's Sunday Times UK. --- Xeni Jardin [EMAIL PROTECTED] | www.xeni.net | YIM: xeni_jardin MONDAY SEPTEMBER 24 2001 Blunkett wants ID cards for all BY MELISSA KITE, STEWART TENDLER AND DANIEL MCGRORY http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0

US Lawmaker calls for more Internet encryption

2001-09-24 Thread Xeni Jardin
Lawmaker calls for more Internet encryption http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/09/24/encryption.reut/index.html WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- A U.S. lawmaker well-versed in technology issues said Friday that government bodies and citizens should use more encryption, not less, to increase security on

TheRegister on anti-crypto/stego-hype in US media; UMich report

2001-09-23 Thread Xeni Jardin
The Register (UK) published this snarky article, below, poking fun at recent anti-stego/crypto-hype in the American press in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. USA Toady is either a pretty funny typo, or a pretty funny dis. The article references a CITI/U.Mich. report from 31 August, Detecting

RE: ID cards+law history;

2001-09-23 Thread Xeni Jardin
I fear it is naive to imagine that case law and legal precedent can combat the legislative onslaught to come. All bets are definitely off. IANAL, but what seems most relevant to the discussion of national ID cards from the earlier 1983 decision was the court's affirmation that citizens

WP:FBI investigating if/how terrorists used stego, crypto

2001-09-19 Thread Xeni Jardin
Terrorists' Online Methods Elusive http://www.washtech.com/news/netarch/12557-1.html By Ariana Eunjung Cha and Jonathan Krim, Washington Post Staff Writers Wednesday, September 19, 2001 Government agencies are contacting computer experts for help in understanding how Osama bin Laden and his

RE: Text of Mobilization Against Terrorism Act now online

2001-09-19 Thread Xeni Jardin
FWIW, MATA in Spanish means kill.

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