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Bug Watch: UK ID cards OK?

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With the debate surrounding identification cards firmly back on the news agenda, what exactly are the logistical issues associated with their potential compulsory implementation? The current debate seems to centre on civil liberty groups protesting that the cards are a breach of human rights. But how much of the discussion has addressed the processes and make-up of the cards?. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 27, 2001

Jam Echelon Day a "rousing" success

An international day of protest designed to jam the US-led communications spy system Echelon was a "rousing" success according to its organisers, who claim that the cyber-demonstration helped to raise public awareness about the surveillance system. Jam Echelon Day took . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 26, 2001

Web giants back launch of content labeling scheme

The Internet Content Rating Association (ICRA), backed by Microsoft Corp., AOL Time Warner Inc. and Yahoo Inc., presented its Web content labeling scheme in the U.S. The labels allow users to restrict access to Web sites based on their own criteria and the information in ICRA labels.. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 25, 2001

Is the New E-Biz Privacy Technology Already Moot?

Web shoppers will have to deal with the watered-down version of a promising new privacy technology that will likely generate an early reputation for being unstable and frustrating. The latest release of Microsoft's Internet Explorer 6.0 should have been the . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 24, 2001

Privacy groups slam Windows XP

Privacy groups, led by the Electronic Privacy Information Center, said the Federal Trade Commission should have taken action when they filed their first complaint this summer. The complaint, signed by 13 organizations, alleges the new operating system coerces consumers into . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 24, 2001

Beyond Carnivore: FBI Eyes Packet Taps

Expect the FBI to expand its Internet wiretapping program, says a source familiar with the plan. Stewart Baker, a partner with law firm Steptoe & Johnson, is a former general counsel to the National Security Agency. He says the FBI has . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 22, 2001

SafeWeb ain't all that

What a total idiot I am. I never asked Web anonymizer SafeWeb exactly what they mean when they say they "collect NO logs or user data beyond what is required for performance tuning and security monitoring of our servers. Any such . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 18, 2001

UK anti-terror law will invade privacy

ISPs can keep logs of who does what online if Home Secretary David Blunkett relaxes the Data Protection Act in response to terror fears. An emergency package of anti-terrorism measures rushed forward by the UK government to allow data surveillance across . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 17, 2001

RIAA: We'll smother song swappers

The recording industry is experimenting with new technology it hopes can smother online song swapping by targeting music traders' computers directly. The record, movie and software industries have long pursued a controversial campaign that identifies people trading large numbers of songs . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 16, 2001

Must privacy die too?

As an IT security professional Neil Barrett welcomes moves to record online activity, but as a private citizen he doubts that increased online surveillance is healthy So, the terrorists who hijacked the planes and caused heart- and commerce-stopping panic used email, . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 16, 2001

RIAA Wants to Hack Your PC

WASHINGTON -- Look out, music pirates: The recording industry wants the right to hack into your computer and delete your stolen MP3s. It's no joke. Lobbyists for the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) tried to glue this hacking-authorization amendment . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 15, 2001

Sun's McNealy: Time for a national ID card

McNealy again in the news on his idea to create an identity in a database for everyone. "Scott McNealy, chairman and CEO of Sun Microsystems Inc., said Thursday his long-held belief the United States needs a national identity system has gained a lot of traction since the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 11, 2001

Snoop Bill Heads to Final Vote

A high-stakes showdown over the future of U.S. eavesdropping law is taking place behind closed doors on Capitol Hill. With scant time remaining before possible votes in the House and the Senate as early as Wednesday, the Bush administration is lobbying for permanent surveillance ability over the objections of top legislators.. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 11, 2001

ISPcon: IT community resists Carnivore bill

Despite calls for tighter national security, delegates at the ISPcon tradeshow here expressed concern over a proposed bill that could pave the way for broader implementations of Carnivore, the FBI's top-secret Internet monitoring program, arguing that the advanced packet sniffer could compromise civil liberties.. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 10, 2001

The U.S. meets offshore privacy laws

Information technology (IT) managers have long known that privacy rules can have a direct impact on database design and customer relationship systems. Now, they're also learning that international privacy requirements can affect IT in ways that you wouldn't expect. Take the case of Eaton Corporation.. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 09, 2001

Don't Make Privacy the Next Victim of Terror

Why, then, all the talk now about implementing a national identification system as part of the war on terrorism? The Bush Administration is not actively pushing legislation. Yet Represenative George Gekas (R-Pa.), who heads a subcommittee on immigration, says his office has been flooded with calls requesting a legislative debate.. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 09, 2001

Net users lose a secret-alias tool

The company that pushed encryption and networking technology to the limits to enhance people's privacy said Thursday that it has decided to close its flagship anonymity network and focus on security software for home users. Security software maker Zero-Knowledge Systems announced . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 05, 2001

FTC Backs Off Privacy Regs

Federal Trade Commission chairman Timothy J. Muris is to announce Thursday that his agency will not seek stronger consumer privacy laws. His position is a reversal of Clinton-era policy that said consumer privacy laws were needed to protect personal data on . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 03, 2001

Protecting your digital identity

The legal you is an increasingly documented entity, a single record in a vast and growing database. A political data point that was born with, has earned or has been granted certain rights and permissions - everything from driving a car . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 01, 2001

Cyber Liberties Group Sound Alarm Over Anti-Terror Proposal

Civil liberties groups are concerned that the anti-terrorism bill proposed by the Bush Administration would lump small-time hackers in with murderous terrorists. The draft proposal from Attorney General John Ashcroft would expand law enforcement's freedom to catch and punish terrorists. It . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 28, 2001

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