Political News from Wired News - Say Hi to the Kiwi PM.
AUCKLAND, New Zealand -- Participatory democracy took a new and --for New Zealand Prime Minister Jenny Shipley -- unwanted turn when her confidential phone numbers were published on the Internet.
Political News from Wired News - Usenet Ban a Slippery Slope?.
A brutal, months-long Usenet word brawl that cost jobs and came to death threats ended in a Seattle court Friday when a judge forbade one of the combatants to post new messages on pain of felony charges.
Business News from Wired News - Grokking the Privacy Lesson.
Just last week, RealNetworks provided the Internet world with a case study of data collection gone wrong.
via Security Focus - ClickZ Network: Profiling Vs. Privacy.
The growing momentum in the use of profiles to target web and e-mail audiences brings with it a growing concern over consumer privacy.
Slashdot | Articles | British WW II Codebook Online.
Slashdot | Your Rights Online | TRUSTe and RealNetworks Wrap-Up.
Slashdot | Your Rights Online | Copyright!.
Slashdot's received a lot of submissions about RIAA actions recently, and the actions of colleges taken after the RIAA sent them nasty letters.
New York Times - free registration required Capital Dispatch: Congress Fears White House May Fall Short on Encryption.
The Clinton Administration hopes this week to issue a draft proposal for lifting its controversial restrictions on the export of encryption technology, a document that could upset the administration's fragile two-month truce with Congress.
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