FC: Spammer-mocking critic replies to Politech posts

2001-11-20 Thread Declan McCullagh
Michael Fraase wrote me on Monday saying his DSL line is overloaded with traffic but the site should be back up soon. Previous messages: Spammer replies: "Consequential and more severe actions will now be initiated" http://www.politechbot.com/p-02815.html Spammer threatens to sue writer over ar

FC: ACLU "dismayed" over Fresno facecams; biometric news update

2001-11-20 Thread Declan McCullagh
g: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal LAT and NPR also covered the ACLU letter today... but to Ms. Abreu's credit, the Reuters report delves more into the technology's limitations. --XK -Original Message- From: Xeni Jardin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday,

FC: Events: Copyright in LA on 11/29; privacy in DC on 11/26

2001-11-20 Thread Declan McCullagh
--- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 12:05:32 -0500 Organization: Center for the Public Domain To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Larry Lessig & Jack Valenti to debate on "Creativity, Commerce & Culture" 11.29.01 @ USC Hi, Declan. Thought the politech audience may be interested in

FC: FBI reportedly creating "Magic Lantern" anti-crypto virus

2001-11-20 Thread Declan McCullagh
[This has been talked about in tech circles for years; it's hardly suprising that the FBI would finally get around to creating such a beastie. Perhaps an enterprising netrepreneur will take the next step: Creating a "Secure PC" that would be proof against such an attack. Perhaps it would run a

FC: Feds can't collect info on visitors to their sites, new law says

2001-11-20 Thread Declan McCullagh
Text of law: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d107:h.r.02590: --- Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 16:14:50 -0800 From: Jim Warren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: restriction on federal monitoring of personal use of Internet WOW! With some slippery exceptions, this Act (below) prohibits ANY federal

FC: Free expression update: Victoria's Secret, libraries, Safeweb

2001-11-20 Thread Declan McCullagh
--- http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-111801inform.story By ERIC LICHTBLAU, Times Staff Writer WASHINGTON -- The document seemed innocuous enough: a survey of government data on reservoirs and dams on CD-ROM. But then came last month's federal directive to U.S. l

FC: Ziff Davis, Playboy websites give up credit card numbers

2001-11-20 Thread Declan McCullagh
The Ziff Davis Media address in question that was taken offline but went back up today even after my article appeared: http://www.zdmcirc.com/formcollect/ebxbegamfile.dat --- http://www.wired.com/news/ebiz/0,1272,48525,00.html A Tell-All ZD Would Rather Ignore By Declan McCullagh ([EMA

FC: USA PATRIOT update: "Moving toward a police state," by M.Ratner

2001-11-20 Thread Declan McCullagh
Text of law: http://www.politechbot.com/docs/usa.act.final.102401.html --- Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 08:19:36 -0800 From: "Jeffrey St. Clair" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Declan McCullagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Ratner On Civil Liberties Declan-- Thought your readers might be interested in human

FC: FBI flyer links defenders of Constitution with terrorists

2001-11-20 Thread Declan McCullagh
A disturbing flyer puportedly authored by the FBI's Phoenix anti-terrorism task force has been circulating in the conservative community. The flyer instructs the reader to report as a possible terrorist anyone who asks why they were stopped by police or anyone who dares to defend "the U.S. Con