contributed by Space Rogue
The roving wiretap bill (H.R. 3694) has only passed the House and still needs approval from the Senate. This bill means that your phone could be tapped without your knowledge and WITHOUT JUDICIAL approval simply by having a suspect nearby. This bill represents a major disregard for personal privacy and infringement of personal liberties. Call your Senator NOW!

EFF

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Yet another hole found in IE4, IE5, and Outlook express. Users could have files pilfered from their machines by just reading email.

Demo of the hole
MSNBC

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Australia to hold ISPs liable for content 'passing through' their systems. This includes pornography, pirated software, and other 'illegal' things. Damn sure glad I don't live down under.

The Australian

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The BBC (British Broadcasting Company) is claiming that the government of China is blocking access access to its various web sites to 'protect' its citezens from 'evil' western influences.

BBC

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Saudi Arabia, the last Gulf Arab state not yet on-line, has delayed issuing ISP licenses once again.

BBC

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War Games: DefCon 1, for Sony Play Station by MGM Interactive, based loosely on the 1983 movie starring Matthew Broderick, takes us 20 years into the future where the super-computer (WOPR) has decided to get rid of everything. Might be a decent game but a poor substitute for the movie.

CNN

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Forget about hackers and crackers why not just use rats? The furry rodents are being blamed for crashing the computer system of the National Examination board in Uganda.

Nando Times

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We reported this yesterday but a couple of more stories have come out on how the FBI plans to open a national DNA database.

MSNBC
Nando Times

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Again, we reported on this yesterday but another story on how China can't seem to get control of its crackers has appeared.

CMP Net