Politech: by date

90 messages starting Jan 01 04 and ending Jan 30 04
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Friday, 30 January

Whoops! Pentagon posts budget docs to web a few days early Declan McCullagh
Is "permission based marketer" another way to say spammer? [sp] Declan McCullagh
Fortune cover story profiles Kazaa founders and telco wars Declan McCullagh
EFF's action alert calls for hearings on CAPPS II [priv] Declan McCullagh
Bill Purdy, UDRP'd in dispute over startribunenewspaper.com [fs] Declan McCullagh
Ashcroft warns Congress not to mess with Patriot Act [priv] Declan McCullagh
Followup to Canadian cops raiding reporter's home [fs] Declan McCullagh
EU biometric passport faces some legal questions [priv] Declan McCullagh
Joel Reidenberg's article on ways to enforce laws online Declan McCullagh
Justice Ginsburg warns against apathy with a word to the wise Declan McCullagh
Commerce Dept, ICANN now defendants in SiteFinder lawsuit Declan McCullagh

Wednesday, 28 January

More on Dean wanting to implant smartcard readers in PCs [priv] Declan McCullagh
A Bill Purdy copycat? Anti-abortion domain name registrations [fs] Declan McCullagh
"Permission-based email marketers" confused about CAN SPAM law [sp] Declan McCullagh
Antivirus companies are unrepentant spammers? [sp] Declan McCullagh

Tuesday, 27 January

Text of opinion in Patriot Act and First Amendment case Declan McCullagh

Monday, 26 January

John Kerry voted for the Patriot Act, and now opposes it [priv] Declan McCullagh
Where Democratic presidential candidates stand on tech Declan McCullagh
AVN's Mark Kernes on Bruce Taylor and porn-prosecutors [fs] Declan McCullagh
Mike Godwin on Godwin's law, HP, and Nazi analogies [ip] Declan McCullagh
What should the Feds do (if anything) to promote IPv6? Declan McCullagh
Canadian cops raid reporter's home in probe over leaks [fs] Declan McCullagh
Libety Round Table supports exhibitionist webmistress [fs] Declan McCullagh
Federal judge rules part of Patriot Act unconstitutional [fs] declan
Privacy villains of the week: NASA and Northwest Airlines [priv] Declan McCullagh
Howard Dean's speech calling for smartcard-based national ID [priv] Declan McCullagh
Weekly column: Howard Dean's worrisome views on privacy [priv] Declan McCullagh

Saturday, 24 January

Unions plan to inject outsourcing of tech jobs into campaign Declan McCullagh
California DeCSS case eventually, finally, over [ip] Declan McCullagh
Senate Republican staff reportedly spied on Democrats [priv] Declan McCullagh
Bruce Taylor on dedicated prosecutors and porn convictions [fs] Declan McCullagh
Michael Geist's defense of Canada's data collection law [priv] Declan McCullagh
Who owns facts? House committee approves database bill [ip] Declan McCullagh

Friday, 23 January

Pentagon's Internet "secure voting" system probably isn't Declan McCullagh
Criticisms of "HP and death of open PC" Politech post Declan McCullagh
Why not to answer census: Answers used against you [priv] Declan McCullagh
Senators call for long-overdue upgrade to thomas.loc.gov Declan McCullagh

Thursday, 15 January

Cato's Adam Thierer on FCC and "return of the 7 dirty words" Declan McCullagh
Newsforge.com: Saudi Arabia's Net filters don't work very well [fs] Declan McCullagh
HP users cry foul at looming death of the open PC Declan McCullagh
Rep. Fred Upton plans "anti-indecency" legislation for FCC [fs] Declan McCullagh
Doubleclick, Microsoft officers join TRUSTE board of directors Declan McCullagh
NewRomeSucks.com helps to slay America's most infamous speed trap Declan McCullagh
Russ Roberts on Apple iTunes and "the economics of invention" Declan McCullagh

Wednesday, 14 January

The Internet built up Howard Dean -- now it will destroy him Declan McCullagh
Clark supporter replies to Politech over privacy and Axciom [priv] Declan McCullagh
Joe Lieberman makes privacy a 2004 campaign issue [priv] Declan McCullagh
Paul Levy on suing the Treasury Dept. over privacy breach [priv] Declan McCullagh
Wesley Clark sought presidency as lobbyist for Acxiom Declan McCullagh
U.S. officials get access to Canadian tax, immig. records [priv] Declan McCullagh
ACLU fights for Rush Limbaugh's medical privacy [priv] Declan McCullagh
David Stephenson on a "win-win" homeland security strategy Declan McCullagh
Joseph Reagle's experiences with NYU and privacy [priv] Declan McCullagh
Felipe Rodriquez on Microsoft and the Internet's "paradigm shift" Declan McCullagh
FCC Chairman Powell wants to increase broadcast censorship [fs] Declan McCullagh

Monday, 12 January

Adobe bows to gvt pressure, includes banknote detection in Photoshop Declan McCullagh
Casino chips may be implanted with RFID tags [priv] Declan McCullagh
New York Univ. on defensive after student data appears on Web [priv] Declan McCullagh
Grocery stores apologize for attack on anti-grocery card activist [priv] Declan McCullagh
Feds plan to rachet up demands for air passenger info [priv] Declan McCullagh
Richard Rahn on markets, monopolies and government abuse of power Declan McCullagh
Competitive Enterprise Instit. on the "New Protectionism" Declan McCullagh
Speed camera accuracy challenged, once again [priv] Declan McCullagh

Thursday, 08 January

FBI, Justice Dept. seek wiretaps for VoIP conversations [priv] Declan McCullagh
Treasury Dept. breaks word on keeping email addresses private [priv] Declan McCullagh

Wednesday, 07 January

Is the FBI using email Web bugs? [priv] Declan McCullagh

Tuesday, 06 January

Bill Purdy vs. the Faegre & Benson law firm (guess who wins) [fs] Declan McCullagh
Matchmaking spam: "Looking for Juror #3 Van Nuys Superior Court" [sp] Declan McCullagh
Politics as usual: Demopublicans trade jabs over Hitler-Bush ad Declan McCullagh
Text of FBI's infamous "Almanac Alert" now online [priv][fs] Declan McCullagh
Michael Savage loses censorship bid, victory for free speech [fs] Declan McCullagh
Shop for a flight simulator game, get interrogated by police Declan McCullagh

Monday, 05 January

Another Vietnamese journalist jailed for criticizing government [fs] Declan McCullagh
Anonymous domain name registrations... and spam problems [priv][sp] Declan McCullagh
A defense of techcentralstation's journalism and credibility Declan McCullagh
A criticism of "Are cops constitutional?" law review article Declan McCullagh
Your Bank Account, Your Liberties Declan McCullagh
Semi-anonymous domain name registrations? [priv] Declan McCullagh
FBI demands Las Vegas guest lists -- with no court order [priv] Declan McCullagh
iTunes DRM reportedly cracked wide open for GNU/Linux Declan McCullagh
Dan Geer on Barbra Streisand's privacy suit, TSA and databases Declan McCullagh
techcentralstation.com: Reinventing lobbying as journalism? Declan McCullagh

Thursday, 01 January

TSA tries to detect terrorists through public databases [priv] Declan McCullagh
Adrian Lamo, hacker-turned-journalism-student, speaks Declan McCullagh
Andrew Odlyzko on pricing and architecture of the Internet Declan McCullagh
Barbra Streisand loses suit against californiacoastline.org [fs][priv] Declan McCullagh
Annalee Newitz on black markets in circumvention devices [ip] Declan McCullagh
What to do if you're sued by the RIAA: updated [ip] Declan McCullagh
Brock Meeks' CyberWire Dispatch, R.I.P. Declan McCullagh
Happy New Year! Declan McCullagh