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Brewster Kahle offers a cookbook for fighting security letters

Just talked to Brewster Kahle at the Internet Archive about their successful settlement with the FBI of a lawsuit over a National Security Letter. The FBI had demanded personal information on a user; the Archive replied with a lawsuit challenging the propriety of the NSL. As part of the settlement,...

Tags: Security, Electronic Frontier Foundation, FBI, Library, Brewster Kahle, Cookbook, National Security Letter, Federal Government, Government, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-05-08

Judge: National security letter provision is unconstitutional

Judge: National security letter provision is unconstitutionalI would leave a comment...But we arent sure if big brother will beat me down.The new American standard. Enjoy whats left if you can.National SecurityAs an ex-military personel and born into this life I do understand security, but the violation of power is...

Tags: National security letter provision, National Security Letter

Discussion threads 2007-09-07

FBI's data management headaches escalate with Patriot Act

A Justice Department audit found that the Federal Bureau of Investigation misused the USA Patriot Act to obtain personal information about people. Within that 126 page audit is evidence of the FBIs still is struggling to manage its data. ...

Tags: General, Government, IT Management, Legal, Software Infrastructure

Blog posts 2007-03-09

Additional Resources

KFC UNThinking at the UN

Honestly, the professional PR brigade never cease to amaze me with some of the nuttiest ideas for brand enhancement that all too often turn out to be just the opposite. My ZDNet colleague Jason Perlow was spammed today by a top PR agency with...

Tags: Brand, KFC Corp., UN General Assembly, Yum, Branding, Public Relations, Marketing, Corporate Communications, James Farrar

Blog posts 2009-10-22

Apology solicited for death of computing founding father Turing

Point of clarification He was convicted of sodomy, not homosexuality. There is a difference.Indeed he wasHe was convicted of sodomy - but as I wrote, this was covered under an act of law (which for the life of me, cannot find a link or a name of the act of...

Tags: monarch, homosexuality

Discussion threads 2009-09-01

PC makers plead with China for release from Youth Escort

True to form, having figured out the wind is blowing strongly against Green Dam - Youth Escort the censorware that China had ordered PC makers to install before selling computers in the country, the tech industry has now lent its name to a tepid letter of protest to the Chinese...

Tags: Software, China, PC Company, Tools & Techniques, Government, Management, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-06-16

National Archives: What, Me Worry?

I propose that the National Archives change its motto from "Littera Scripta Manet" The Written Letter Abides to "What, Me Worry?" befitting it's current lack of data security controls. While many of you this weekend were firing up your barbecues, cooking grilled meats...

Tags: White House, Data, Storage, Social Security, Government, Hardware, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-05-25

Limewire addresses Washington's concerns; gives P2P users new sharing tools

Limewire, in response to national security worries out of Washington, last week told a Congressional committee about features in a new version of its software that were designed to prevent accidental sharing of sensitive files. For the most part, the new features go a long way at addressing Washington's concerns....

Tags: LimeWire, Washington, Network, P2P, Tool, Peer To Peer (P2P), Piracy, Internet, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-05-04

Obama continues Bush's secrecy policy on mysterious IP trade deal

OK, just what is so secret about a copyright-protection treaty? There is this proposal - the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. It's a secret and repugnant proposed treaty with some pretty extreme provisions. Only what we know about the provisions is limited to what has leaked out, because the actual terms...

Tags: Treaty, IP, Obama, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Network Technology, Networking, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-03-13

An interpretation of the cloud

An interpretation of the clouda questioncloud computing does not address the small machine computing side of the equation, it adresses the big machine side. Loud does not pretend to replace clients, but storage and application servers.So what is your point there ?The cloud is not for everyoneIf you are a...

Tags: Mainframes, Servers, mainframe, big machine

Discussion threads 2009-01-07

Free the Obama Blackberry

Free the Obama BlackberryExecutive recordsDana said: "For too many in the government and media, the main lesson of Watergate seems to have been don’t record anything. If they can’t get proof you can be above the law." I agree the "don't record anything" attitude is not working in practice....

Tags: Government, author obviously, No. People, Obama, Obama Blackberry

Discussion threads 2008-11-16

Obama faces BlackBerry withdrawal

Obama faces BlackBerry withdrawalNo one will careBecause he is The One, the press will never flame him if he happens to stray.With a Republican, it would be a "serious breach of national security" don't you know.Think I'm joking? Watch.RE: Obama faces BlackBerry withdrawalFollow Obama on Line Spout. http://www.linespout.com?q=obamaRE:...

Tags: Handhelds, Obama, BlackBerry withdrawal, RIM BlackBerry, withdrawal, White House, e-mail

Discussion threads 2008-11-15

US proposes DNS fix: digital signatures

US proposes DNS fix: digital signaturesGold mineExpect that if VeriSign has the key authority, they'll require VeriSign certificates. In effect, this will amount to VeriSign being paid for every domain, and considering the number of domains at stake and VeriSign's rates, that's a [b]very[/b] large sum of money that...

Tags: Domain names, NETWORKING, SECURITY, DNS, VeriSign Inc., e-mail, DNS machine, centralized authority, DNSSEC, digital signature

Discussion threads 2008-10-10

Archive.org fights FBI demand for user info -- and wins

After a protracted battle with the FBI, the Internet Archive has won the retraction of what it says was an unconstitutional national security letter demanding personal information on an individual. Under the settlement with the FBI, Internet Archive Brewster Kahle as well as lawyers from the ACLU and EFF are...

Tags: FBI, NSL, Federal Government, Internet, Government, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-05-07

Credit issuer says data lost for 650,000 customers

Credit issuer says data lost for 650,000 customersNice going...I should try telling these various credit card company morons that I "lost" their bills and then send them an offer to protect their good names. This idiotic country has become absolutely beholden to computer systems that barely work and employees that...

Tags: Social Security, Identity theft, Operational accounting, Credit Bureaus, issuer

Discussion threads 2008-01-19

Letter template reveals Wisconsin social security numbers

Letter template reveals Wisconsin social security numbersFire them allMicahel - the issue is that government is often filled with some very well qualified, and motivated individuals who are then squashed and "put in their place" by the ruling bureaucrats. The Governor has little or no power to actually effect...

Tags: Operational accounting, social security number, Social Security, U.S. Department of Defense

Discussion threads 2008-01-19

2008: The year of hack the vote?

2008: The year of hack the vote?It's only the free world at stakeStep A Open source, then step B Test, retest, test ongoing, test until the end of time and C Use the damn manual ballots until the system is infallable... Not infallable yet? Repeat steps A and B.What about...

Tags: open source, ballot, democracy

Discussion threads 2007-12-17

Oak Ridge attacks linked to China

A US-CERT memo obtained by the New York Times strongly suggests that China is behind the phishing attacks on US nuclear weapons research labs. Starting in October hackers launched "coordinated and targeted attacks" on the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the memo said. The attacks were traced to...

Tags: Lab, Hacker, Attack, US-CERT, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, Hacking, Security, Identity Theft, Viruses And Worms, Spam And Phishing, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2007-12-10

Big Telco wants to ream you with "deep packet inspection"

You may experience mild discomfort The extremist "free market" crowd wants to toss hundreds of years of common and public law in the toilet so a few near-monopolies can maximize their profits and minimize your choices. Should you care? Only if you use the Internet. "We...

Tags: Network, Comcast Corp., Telecommunications Company, Cell Phone, Information, Nothing, Internet, Telecom & Utilities, Corporate Governance, Cellular Phones, Federal Government, Telecommunications, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Government, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2007-12-06

Mukasey revives probe into lawyers' roles in NSA spying

In his first week on the job, new Attorney General Michael Mukasey has reopened a long-stalled Justice Dept. investigation into the National Security Administration's domestic wiretapping program, The Los Angeles Times reports. The internal probe will investigate whether Justice lawyers acted unethically or broke laws in reviewing...

Tags: Probe, Mukasey, Government, Security, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2007-11-14