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87 messages starting Mar 31 04 and ending Apr 30 04
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Friday, 30 April

Why the "Gmail scanning incoming email" argument is a red herring [priv] Declan McCullagh
Cato's Adam Thierer criticizes EPIC's anti-Google "lunacy" [priv] Declan McCullagh

Thursday, 29 April

Scientific American slams Bush for biased science Declan McCullagh
FTC officials irk Congress by suggesting "anti-spyware" law unnecessary Declan McCullagh
One last round on blood & SSNs, with cite to federal law [priv] Declan McCullagh
John Gilmore's horrific, dystopian view of an RFID world [priv] Declan McCullagh
One more round on Californians ratting out neighbors' cars [priv] Declan McCullagh
Two replies to Australia considers deleting info from gv't websites [fs] Declan McCullagh
DOJ, FTC announce first CAN SPAM arrests [sp] Declan McCullagh
EPIC letter compares Gmail to FBI's Carnivore, Total Information Awareness [priv] Declan McCullagh

Wednesday, 28 April

Ten years later, Congress still in a snit about smut [fs] Declan McCullagh
Justice Department defends Patriot Act in letter to editor [priv] Declan McCullagh

Tuesday, 27 April

Australian state considers deleting info from gv't websites [fs] Declan McCullagh
Replies to N.Y. blood center requires SSN to donate [priv] Declan McCullagh
Missouri tracks scofflaws via access to pizza-delivery databases [priv] Declan McCullagh
Computerworld falls for RFID "sniper rifle" hoax? Declan McCullagh
Defenses of Gmail and criticisms of encryption everywhere [priv] Declan McCullagh
Mixed feelings about Californians ratting out neighbors' cars [priv] Declan McCullagh
A criticism of Gmail and a call for encryption everywhere [priv] Declan McCullagh
Robert Gellman's defense of HIPAA medical regulations [priv] Declan McCullagh
Three dozen things Liz Figueroa's anti-Google bill would break [priv] Declan McCullagh
Court OKs trademark in domain name of critical website [fs] Declan McCullagh
Randy May on FCC, AT&T and Internet telephone calls Declan McCullagh
Cops ask Californians to rat on their neighbors' cars [priv] Declan McCullagh
Calif. to require return postage on unsolicited CDs, DVDs? Declan McCullagh
New York Blood Center requires SSN to donate [priv] Declan McCullagh

Friday, 23 April

Four examples of what Liz Figueroa's anti-Google bill would do [priv] Declan McCullagh
What would Liz Figueroa's anti-Google bill really do? [priv] Declan McCullagh
Verifying overblocking by Google's SafeSearch [fs] Declan McCullagh
Google's SafeSearch is overzealous, blocks innocuous domains [fs] Declan McCullagh

Thursday, 22 April

FCC rules on AT&T's request re: VoIP, access charges Declan McCullagh
Brad Templeton's solid analysis of Gmail, webmail privacy [priv] Declan McCullagh

Wednesday, 21 April

Spanish nightclub implants RFID chips in patrons [priv] Declan McCullagh
Is it unlawful to disclose info on patrons' dining habits? [priv] Declan McCullagh
Jim Harper on HIPAA medical regulations: Where's the beef? Declan McCullagh

Tuesday, 20 April

One Internet provider's view of FBI's CALEA wiretap push [priv] Declan McCullagh
FTC convenes "spyware" workshop... with scant results Declan McCullagh
Peter Swire's "modest" defense of HIPAA medical regulatory law [priv] Declan McCullagh
Another round on IPI and "attacks of open-sourcers" [ip] Declan McCullagh
Sex.com Settles with VeriSign [fs] Declan McCullagh
Diebold knew of legal risks of its voting machines [priv] Declan McCullagh
Privacy International continues anti-Google campaign [priv] Declan McCullagh

Monday, 19 April

Weekly column: FBI's latest wiretapping push [priv] Declan McCullagh
Comments filed to FCC about CALEA Internet wiretapping [priv] Declan McCullagh
Florida to track users of legal drugs [priv] Declan McCullagh
German court grants injunction against GPL infringement [ip] Declan McCullagh
Privacy villain of (last) week: the IRS [priv] Declan McCullagh
Stephen Cobb on failure of HIPAA health privacy law [priv] Declan McCullagh
Bush calls for renewal of Patriot Act [priv] Declan McCullagh

Tuesday, 13 April

Is anti-Google California senator a privacy hypocrite? [priv] Declan McCullagh
Have Feds' HIPAA health privacy rules helped? [priv] Declan McCullagh
Activists complain about Muslim "jihad sites" [fs] Declan McCullagh
More on California may regulate car rental GPS tracking [priv] Declan McCullagh
Replies to IPI fending off "attacks of open-sourcers" [ip] Declan McCullagh
Three replies defending Google from the pro-regulatory privacy crowd [priv] Declan McCullagh
California assemblywoman wants to regulate car rental GPS tracking [priv] Declan McCullagh
Record a chatroom conversation, violate the law? [priv] Declan McCullagh
Andrew Odlyzko: A third perspective on stock option expensing Declan McCullagh
Iraq, Japanese hostages, and manipulation through translation [fs] Declan McCullagh
IPI successfully fends off "attacks of the open-sourcers" [ip] Declan McCullagh
California state senator wants to ban Gmail [priv] Declan McCullagh
Weekly column: Be careful about using Gmail, but don't ban it [priv] Declan McCullagh

Wednesday, 07 April

Pro-regulatory groups: Gmail may be illegal, "must" be suspended [priv] Declan McCullagh
Bush administration eyes space as next (final) battlefield Declan McCullagh
Jim Delong's dissenting view on stock options expensing Declan McCullagh
"I'm glad all the terrorists are caught so Ashcroft can worry about the important things" [fs] Declan McCullagh
Karl Auerbach on ICANN, Commerce Department, and broken promises Declan McCullagh
Love those Eurocrats! New advances in censorship and DMCAing [fs] Declan McCullagh

Tuesday, 06 April

Reason magazine cover story has unusual privacy theme [priv] Declan McCullagh
Alleged spam-scammer gets his email address yanked [sp] Declan McCullagh
An argument for making U.S. firms expense stock options Declan McCullagh
ACLU sues over Feds' "do not fly" list [priv] Declan McCullagh
Politech this week Declan McCullagh

Monday, 05 April

Politics, blogging, and the "Kos controversy" [fs] Declan McCullagh
Update on Internet wiretapping for phone calls [priv] Declan McCullagh
How to catch a scam-spammer [sp] Declan McCullagh
U.S. Net firms more worried about overseas lawsuits than Europeans, Asians Declan McCullagh

Thursday, 01 April

Email saying "Judge, you f--ked up" lands Ohio man in hot water [fs] Declan McCullagh
Heather MacDonald lashes out at "privacy fanatics" opposed to TIA, CAPPS II [priv] Declan McCullagh
Richard Smith on why you should purge those Google cookies Declan McCullagh
MIT Media Lab project on "Things that Fink?" [priv] Declan McCullagh
Replies to HHS announces program to implant RFID tags in homeless Declan McCullagh
John Gilmore on the homeless, RFID tags, and kittens [priv] Declan McCullagh
Google in plans to buy Acxiom data-mining firm [priv] Declan McCullagh
HHS announces program to implant RFID tags in homeless [priv] Declan McCullagh

Wednesday, 31 March

It's official: File sharing is legal in Canada, by Milana Homsi [ip] Declan McCullagh
Congress takes aim yet again at P2P users, film at 11 [ip] Declan McCullagh

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