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H.R. 4709: Law Enforcement and Phone Privacy Protection Act of 2006, and S. 2178: Consumer Telephone Records Protection Act of 2006, both passed committee by voice vote. Related postings on sale of cell phone records
New York Times: Cyberthieves Silently Copy Your Passwords as You Type USA Today, Increasing Web attacks disrupt commerce Related postings on cybercrime
Following up on one, two, three recent posting related to increasing focus on issues related to net neutrality, open access, and e-commerce, see an article today from AP: Future of the Internet Highway Debated. It includes a discussion of the commercial, technical and socio-political issues associated with Internet traffic management (packet prioritization – ) the …
EPIC: “In a letter sent to state ethical and professional responsibility boards, EPIC warned that there is mounting evidence that attorneys are major purchases of “pretexting” services. Pretexting is the practice of using false pretenses to trick a company into releasing personal information. EPIC urged state boards to evaluate pretexting under ethics rules, and to …
Following up on a controversial demand made by DOJ to major search engine companies for extensive database records, Google this afternoon posted the following response on their official blog: “In August, Google was served with a subpoena from the U. S. Department of Justice demanding disclosure of two full months’ worth of search queries that …
Blogs to Riches – The Haves and Have-Nots of the Blogging Boom, by Clive Thomson, New York Magazine. Related references, all from the 2/20/2006 issue of New York Magazine: Linkology – How the Most-Linked-To Blogs Relate (see also this related graph, which is in PDF) A Timeline of the History of Blogging Five Blogs to …
Press release: “Today, U.S. Trade Representative Rob Portman unveiled the results of a top-to-bottom review of U.S.-China Trade Policy at a news conference. The report, U.S. – China Trade Relations: Entering a New Phase of Greater Accountability and Enforcement (29 pages, PDF), is the first comprehensive statement of U.S. trade policy towards China since it …
Lessons from the Sony CD DRM Episode, February 14, 2006 (27 pages, PDF), by J. Alex Halderman and Edward W. Felton.
Press release, February 10, 2006: “U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today renewed his call to stop the sale and fraudulent use of private telephone records. In letters sent today [text of which are included in this release], Durbin requested a hearing from the Senate Judiciary Committee, and investigations from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Federal …
Following-up on recent postings, Net Censorship Abroad – Free Speech Colides With E-commerce? and Hearing Focuses on Internet Censorship in China, see today’s press release: “Yahoo!: Our Beliefs as a Global Internet Company – As a leading provider of Internet-based services, Yahoo! is committed to open access to information and communication on a global basis. …
Follow-up to February 2, 2006 posting, Hearing Focuses on Internet Censorship in China, this WSJ free feature today: Internet Censorship – Web Firms Face Grilling on China. Related news: New York Times, So Long, Dalai Lama: Google Adapts to China – “Google’s local staff works closely with Chinese officials to ensure that search results from …
Press release: “The Federal Communications Commission today launched a proceeding to examine whether additional security measures could prevent the unauthorized disclosure of sensitive customer information held by telecommunications companies. In a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) adopted today, the Commission seeks comment on a variety of issues related to customer privacy, including what security measures …
