Monday, March 12, 2007

Google Aids Indian Goverment Censorship. Google Aids Indian Goverment Censorship.  An anonymous reader writes  "Google's Orkut has made a deal to provide IP addresses of posters of content deemed objectionable by Bombay police. They object, among others, to posts against certain Indian personalities, young women admiring Indian mobsters, and, amazingly, "anti-Indian words" (!)."  [Slashdot] 10:36:33 PM

Spying Too Secret for the Courts. Spying Too Secret for the Courts. AT&T and the government tell an appeals court that the case against the telecom for allegedly helping the government spy on Americans is too secret for any court, despite the Administration's admission it did spy on Americans without warrants. [Wired News: Top Stories] 10:33:23 PM

courant.com | Our I.D., Their Trash - Sensitive Records Turn Up In Ohio Papers with sensitive information about Connecticut residents - Social Security numbers, medical records, names, phone numbers, addresses and bank records began blowing from an Ohio landfill onto nearby homeowner Harry Evans' yard months ago. At first he just picked up the litter - dozens of papers in all - and threw it away. But about a week ago, Evans says, he talked with his wife about the personal nature of some of the windblown papers and decided he'd had enough. He called the local media. Soon, newspaper and TV reporters descended on his home in Negley. 4:41:49 PM

'Do the Right Thing'. Editorial 'Do the Right Thing'. Editorial: There is no greater hallmark of an IT leader than the courage it takes to do what[base ']s right, says Don Tennant. [Computerworld Privacy News] 4:32:08 PM

Seagate Ships Super-Secure Hard Disk Drive. Seagate Ships Super-Secure Hard Disk Drive. ASI Computer Technologies will use the automatically encrypted Momentus in a laptop. [PC World: Latest Technology News] 4:18:52 PM

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