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Students sue over "sexting" case

Students sue over "sexting" caseAmster, Amster, d@m-d@m-d@mCould it be that puritanical American society is becoming closer to European society? Every new generation seems to be less conservative and more willing to explore/experiment. The "free love" of the 1960's is a good example of this behavior.Kids today are realizing just how...

Tags: pornography law, R@PE, nudity

Discussion threads 2009-03-26

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FCC's Net neutrality push: Is wireless access different?

Stop coddling wireless companiesThey are no longer fledgling upstarts but the new normal. It is simply mind-boggling why they get away with a much looser regulatory framework than landlines. Why is it, for instance, that you do not have a choice of carrier for international calls the way you do...

Tags: NETWORKING, INTERNET, Wi-Fi, Wireless and Mobility, VOIP, FCC, wireless access, network, wireless, Net Neutrality

Discussion threads 2009-09-22

MacForensicsLab Field Agent 2.9 (Mac)

MacForensicsLab Field Agent is the first and only freely available to law enforcement tri-platform tool designed specifically to help combat Crimes Against Children. It offers investigators a powerful yet easy to use tool with a skin tone analyzer that makes finding images of child pornography fast and easy. Designed for...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Agent, Law Enforcement, Tool, MacForensicsLab Field Agent, Field Agent, Productivity

Software downloads 2009-09-17

Could Internet filtering cause more harm than good?

A rational blog from ZackA welcome surprise, but perhaps for once, in your area of expertise ;-)You've made some good points. Pedophilia is nothing new and before the Internet pictures, magazines, videos and films were used instead. Just as criminal, just as prosecuted, as are a number of...

Tags: Internet, Internet Filtering, government

Discussion threads 2009-09-16

Cybercrime doesn't pay: well it does, and very well

A large part of me is worried about writing this post because in some way, I could be considered as promoting the idea or inciting people to commit cybercrime. Well, that's not my intention as such - instead I'm taking a more back seat approach to denounce why people commit...

Tags: Cybercrime, Web Site, Hacker, Cybersecurity, Attack, Security Industry, Web Site Development, Government, Phishing, Web Technology, Security, Hacking, Internet, Spam And Phishing, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-06-25

China throttles Google, U.S. ratchets up trade war over Green Dam

China throttles Google, U.S. ratchets up trade war over Green DamM$ and the Chinese gov are working against GoogleWhen they can't compete they sue or create laws to stiffle inovation.Is Green Dam a block on trade too?I'm starting to wonder if Green Dam is not so much a block on...

Tags: Green Dam, Google U.S., Google Inc., Chinese Government

Discussion threads 2009-06-25

Craigslist CEO demands apology

Craigslist CEO demands apologyAnd he desrvers it...NTWe must constantly be vigilant.Whenever a politician or anyone looking to gain power holds up a vile affront to our moral foundation and proposes a means to control or eliminate it, it's just ruse to rid our society of some of its freedoms.No one...

Tags: Craigslist, child pornography

Discussion threads 2009-05-18

Anti-sexting insanity out of control: False charges ruin vice principal

The war against sexting has now reached absurd, outrageous, McCarthyite dimensions. I had thought this story about a prosecutor threatening prosecution of three girls for snapping pics of themselves in bras and a towel was bad enough. But Kim Zetter's story at Wired about the ordeal of...

Tags: Phone, Child Pornography, Photograph, Image, Girl, Ting-Yi Oei, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-04-03

Students sue over "sexting" case

The New York Times is running a story that raises important questions about school rights and growing practice of "sexting" among kids. Sexting, of course, involves sending nude or provocative pictures via cell phones and has been the subject of a number of high-profile cases recently. Discoveries of...

Tags: Child Pornography, Prosecutor, Girl, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-03-26

Girls sue DA who threatened them over bra photos

Girls sue DA who threatened them over bra photosI agree, but what does it say?The DA is clearly wrong, in these cases, but these were 3 of 20, the others who DID have nude photos on their phones.. For these 3, notify the parents and let them take over...

Tags: Political Correctness, photograph

Discussion threads 2009-03-25

Senators cry

Senators cry wow that senator is so funny how much do you think that 2 years retention on data is gonna cost ..... tape back up and everything wow intelligence at a pure state wow RE: Senators cry I call total BULLSHYTE! It's...

Tags: child pornography

Discussion threads 2009-02-23

Remote search and the invisible elephant

Remote search and the invisible elephantThis is all about pr0nJust what evidence would you find if you scanned people's home PCs? Would you be able to cross-check every file against a checksum list of confidential/secret files? Could you detect packaged and ready to deploy malware? Nope and nope. There is...

Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), INTERNET, Corporate communications, Desktops, file name, internet crime, P2P

Discussion threads 2009-01-28

ICANN terminates EstDomains, Directi takes over 280k domains

Following ICANN's notice of termination sent to cybercrime-friendly domain registrar EstDomains in October, on the 24th of November the termination became a reality and EstDomains is no more. Despite the public concerns of who will take the 280,000 domains, and that includes the cybercrime facilitating ones, Directi's ResellerClub is new...

Tags: Registrar, ICANN, Domain, EstDomains, Directi, Security Community, Domain Names, Security, Internet, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-12-03

News to know: Rigged PDFs; Obama's CTO; Android bug; Windows 7

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Jason Perlow: Can we finally realize Alan Kay's Dynabook for $100? CNET News: Memo to Intel: Netbooks morphing into notebooks Ryan Naraine: Rigged PDFs...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, CTO, Adobe PDF, E-waste, Microsoft Windows, Robots, Operating Systems, Software, Emerging Technologies, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-10

Bush signs online child protection bills

In addition to the Pro-IP Act, President Bush signed two other Internet-related bills, these related to kiddie porn and child predators. The Protect Our Children Act requires Internet companies to report child pornography and forks over $320 million to the Justice Dept. to fight Internet...

Tags: Attorney General, Internet, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-10-14

Feds bust P2P-based kiddie porn ring

Feds bust P2P-based kiddie porn ringI have many waysthere are many ways of dealing with these peoplewithout death being the punishment, they'd wish they were dead.RE: Feds bust P2P-based kiddie porn ringThey should take everyone of them out and hang them. Don't let their neck snap but let them down...

Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), P2P

Discussion threads 2008-08-20

Feds bust P2P-based kiddie porn ring

From SecurityFocus: Federal law enforcement officials arrested seven men on Tuesday on charges related to child pornography, the latest arrests in an investigation of peer-to-peer networks that has led to 52 California residents charged or indicted this year. The investigation, spearheaded by the FBI's...

Tags: Child Pornography, P2P, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-08-19

Chinese censorship: to protect 'healthy growth of our youth'

Chinese censorship: to protect 'healthy growth of our youth'Chinese CensorshipThe Chinese government wants open wallets but not open minds.Unfortunatelywhat also went out of fashion in the 60s was an understanding of Communists, such that you actually think that American censorship in the 50s to reflect community values and Chinese Communist...

Tags: INTERNET, Chinese Government, censorship, Chinese Censorship, youth

Discussion threads 2008-08-11

E-gold owners plead guilty to money laundering

E-gold owners plead guilty to money launderingGoodbye privacy?Cash leads to crime, too. Should we enforce credit/debit card payments only? If so, let's ban gold trading altogether!I will be obvious and boring then...[Please excuse my poor "Engrish" and my rushed-up style.]Hi guys.I don't agree with your opinion and thought a very...

Tags: Identity theft, Taxes, Free trade, Financial accounting, Financial Planning, Financial services, bank transaction, e-Gold, tax, financial

Discussion threads 2008-07-22

Viacom, Google cut deal on user data

Viacom, Google cut deal on user dataIf I see one I'll let you know NT&Viacom, Google cut deal on user dataOh this is funny. Google never cared about user privacy before and now that they are going to be sued into oblivion they suddenly care? I hope Viacom hits...

Tags: INTERNET, Digital media, Google Inc., Viacom Inc., user data

Discussion threads 2008-07-15