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58 messages starting Jun 06 05 and ending Jun 30 05
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Thursday, 30 June

Why Specter-Leahy "data security" bill should alarm bloggers, list operators [priv] Declan McCullagh
Campaign finance "reformers" may have overstepped on Net-regs [fs] Declan McCullagh

Wednesday, 29 June

National Security Service created by Bush; surveillance plan endorsed [priv] Declan McCullagh
FBI launches regional data sharing system [priv] Declan McCullagh
Ethan Ackerman on zany state "check before you send" laws [fs] Declan McCullagh
ChoicePoint and IRS team up in $20 million data-processing gig [priv] Declan McCullagh
Preliminary analysis of new Specter-Leahy data security bill: opinions? [priv] Declan McCullagh

Tuesday, 28 June

U.K. firm boasts totally "hacker proof" ID card system, claims to be serious [priv] Declan McCullagh
Utah, Michigan laws and problems with mailing lists continued [fs] Declan McCullagh
What happens to BitTorrent after Grokster ruling by Supreme Court? [ip] Declan McCullagh

Monday, 27 June

Bypass Web filter in Kutztown, PA school, go to prison [fs] Declan McCullagh
Mark Kernes elaborates on Feds' wacky porn-regs [fs] Declan McCullagh
Brad Templeton on weird Utah, Michigan laws and problems for mailing lists [fs] Declan McCullagh
Supreme Court rules in Grokster, Brand X cases [ip] Declan McCullagh
Feds' porn-regs threaten independent sites; Rotten.com's problems [fs] Declan McCullagh
Debunking Dell keylogger-built-into-laptop hoax [priv] Declan McCullagh
One take on the Supreme Court's decision in Kelo property-confiscation case [econ] Declan McCullagh
Bruce Schneier on Indian call center leaking credit card data [priv] Declan McCullagh
Feds secretly collect data on young Americans, airline passengers -- illegally? [priv] Declan McCullagh
Weekly column: Utah, Michigan e-mail laws spell trouble for senders [fs] Declan McCullagh

Monday, 20 June

DMCA sneaks across border up north, quietly invades Canada [ip] Declan McCullagh
Weekly column: What's behind the video game witch hunt? [fs] Declan McCullagh
In DMCA video game lawsuit, does Blizzard Entertainment have a point? [ip] Declan McCullagh
As U.N. WSIS summit nears, Reporters Without Borders calls for free speech protections [fs] Declan McCullagh
Does "new media" mean end of spectrum scarcity? [econ] Declan McCullagh
Sen. Chuck Schumer rails against violent video game; books, news articles next? [fs] Declan McCullagh

Thursday, 16 June

Jim Davidson on government control over space technologies [econ] Declan McCullagh
House votes 238-187 to zap a small portion of Patriot Act [priv] Declan McCullagh
Richard Rahn on "destructive government": the cost of Sarbanes-Oxley [econ] Declan McCullagh
Feds contemplate forcing Internet providers to be Net watchdogs [priv] Declan McCullagh

Monday, 13 June

New article on digital rights management: Survey of laws and their problems [ip] Declan McCullagh
Wendy McElroy: Recent court decisions show privacy rights under attack [priv] Declan McCullagh
Cops download nude photos from DWI suspect's cell phone, jeopardize case [priv] Declan McCullagh
Using psychiatric neuroimaging in interrogations: permissible or not? [priv] Declan McCullagh
More on Los Alamos whistleblower being severely beaten [fs] Declan McCullagh
When Feds become voyeurs: FBI let drug operation continue for months? [priv] Declan McCullagh

Thursday, 09 June

Cato Institute event 6/17 in SF: "Liberty, Technology, and Prosperity" [econ] Declan McCullagh
EFF organizes e-voting "lobby days" in DC this week Declan McCullagh
Breathalyzer case may not be that useful after all: a second look Declan McCullagh
Request for help from reader: Government urges to control new technologies? [econ] Declan McCullagh
In Canada, linking to unapproved news sites is illegal [fs] Declan McCullagh

Wednesday, 08 June

More on breathalyzers: Only open source forensics can be trusted? Declan McCullagh
Patent system revamping proposed in new House bill [ip] Declan McCullagh
Why is Department of Homeland Security worrying about file-swapping? [ip] Declan McCullagh
A more skeptical look of Deep Throat/Mark Felt's motivations Declan McCullagh
Freedom's just another word for something new to regulate [fs] Declan McCullagh
Senate panel votes to expand, not shrink, the Patriot Act [priv] Declan McCullagh

Tuesday, 07 June

Justice Department "undermines" medical privacy protections [priv] Declan McCullagh
Hollywood foots bill for LAPD spy cams: How generous! [priv] Declan McCullagh
"Insult" Iranian government, go to jail for two years [fs] Declan McCullagh
Walmart won't print your photos if they look too good [ip] Declan McCullagh
DUI cases tossed out because of closed-source breathalyzer [ip] Declan McCullagh
Adam Thierer on the new censorship thang: Expanding indecency [fs] Declan McCullagh

Monday, 06 June

In medical marijuana case, Supreme Court says everything is interstate commerce [econ] Declan McCullagh
China's Communist Party as surveillance entrepreneurs: registering, monitoring bloggers [fs] Declan McCullagh
European "privacy" laws may -- or may not -- permit data retention plan [priv] Declan McCullagh
The joys of file-swapping up north: a Canadian boat-trip? [ip] Declan McCullagh
Los Alamos whistleblower severely beaten, warned to shut up [fs] Declan McCullagh

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