contributed by laney
First comes the controversial decision to allow the Illinois Institute of Technology Research Institute (IITRI) to review Carnivore, the FBI's data devourer. Then, the law enforcement agency released 500 heavily-edited pages of information about the software to avoid a FOIA lawsuit from the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC). Privacy advocates blasted the disclosure as "insufficient." Carnivore rivals Napster or even Microsoft as the first media darling/devil of the 21st century.

ZDNet
USA Today
CNET
ComputerUser

contributed by iron river
AOL testified that it supports opt-out rather then opt-in standards on the Net. AOL's senior vice president, George Vradenburg's main argument is that there is no "one size fits all" answer. This may well be the lamest excuse ever.

Reuters via Yahoo
Newsbytes

contributed by laney
A new Human Rights Act released by the UK government on Monday may directly impede the success of the government-imposed Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIP), according to legal experts. In particular, the new Human Rights Act's employee privacy provisions appear to conflict with RIP's surveillance guidelines. The RIP draft on Lawful Business Practice Legislation has been delayed while the government attempts to work out a resolution between the conflicting acts.

ZDNet
UK House of Lords
The Register
UK Home Office

contributed by laney
On the heels of recent disclosures, the US government is attempting to step up its security measures. It's quite possible they are beginning to realize that the more technologically complex society becomes, the easier it also becomes to pass along sensitive material or just be plain, old sloppy.

LA Times

contributed by laney
Moodwatch is a email flagging system created by Eudora that alerts users if their email sounds rude before they send it out. It is helped along by a flaming dictionary in assessing the rudeness factor(1 to 3 chili peppers icons - 3 if you're really nasty!) This is apparently for people who need a great deal of help writing emails. The ad-free version is free or you can pay for the version without ads for right around $40.00 What a bargain.

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