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Linus Torvalds, the founder of the Linux operating system, threw a curve ball into the open-source programming community Thursday. In a posting sent to a key Linux-focused e-mail list, he outlined a controversial proposal: Nothing in the basic rules for the Linux operating system should block developers from using digital rights management (DRM) technology.. . .
Today, get an update on the ongoing war by the entertainment industry against privacy and civil liberties. Oppressive intrusiveness for its own sake isn't Hollywood's intent. But it is the effect. The movie and music industries are frantic because people . . .
Here's a site that is definitely worth your time: the Google Zeitgeist. Basically, the uber-search site Google keeps a running compendium of the items people search for using its search engine. As Google helpfully explains on the Web page, "zeitgeist" is . . .
The most annoying thing about spam - unsolicited email - is that people feel powerless to do anything about it. They see their inboxes filling with an ever-rising tide of trash and have to wade through it, hitting the 'delete' key . . .
You're the administrator of a cash-strapped school system and received a note saying you'll finally be able to get the school connected to the Net--as soon as you have a plan to comply with CIPA(1). Or you're out in Corporate America, . . .
Although modern technology created many of society's most pressing threats to privacy, a group of researchers is out to prove that it is also the greatest defender of civil liberties. . .
Michael S. Mimoso submits Spam is one of the hottest IT issues. Who hasn't received e-mail solicitations for Viagra and mortgage-reduction plans? A new research group under the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is working to address the issue . . .
Wiretapping takes on a whole new meaning now that phone calls are being made over the Internet, posing legal and technical hurdles for the FBI as it seeks to prevent the emerging services from becoming a safe haven for criminals and terrorists. . .
The privacy advocates and civil libertarians at the 13th annual Computers, Freedom and Privacy conference sometimes seem dwarfed by the enormity of the projects they oppose -- larger-than-life enterprises worthy of a James Bond villain. John Poindexter's Total Information Awareness project, . . .
If you don't want the government to do what it must to protect you from terrorists, you should butt out, said Heather MacDonald, a lawyer at the Manhattan Institute, a conservative think tank. She made her remarks Wednesday at the 13th . . .
The American Civil Liberties Union's cyberchief holds up his Handspring Treo, a combination organizer, phone and e-mail gadget, as he describes the many ways his government might spy on him.. . .
Federal Privacy Commissioner Malcolm Crompton believes spammers may breach Australia's National Privacy Principles and hopes to join the fight against spam by launching a test case. "More active pursuit of spammers by authorities is one of the recommendations of the . . .
Identity theft, reportedly America's fastest rising crime, cost US lenders at least $1 billion last year. That's according to an estimate by analysts TowerGroup, which published a report on the problem, titled Identify Theft: Lenders Are Victims, Too, earlier this week. . .
E-Loan CEO Chris Larsen isn't planning a run for public office, but he's still an advocate for the people. Larsen believes the financial industry is "fundamentally corrupt" and in need of reform - beginning with a strict consumer privacy protection law. . . .
Few issues have fueled more transatlantic distrust than the ongoing dispute between the European Union and the United States about data privacy. Wharton management professor Stephen J. Kobrin probes the often overlooked roots of the controversy in his report, "The Trans-Atlantic . . .
If you're tired of trying to remember a hundred user IDs and passwords to do business on-line, network identity management might be the answer. You log on once, and the information is passed from site to site. Identify yourself to . . .
Anti-spam solutions are gaining visibility these days as big name vendors start to make more of a splash. Trend Micro issued an anti-spam announcement this month and Computer Associates (CA), Symantec, and Network Associates are expected to follow in the near . . .
If you have used email at all you have seen spam: unsolicited and unwanted email. The way that email works means that it is very easy to send out bulk mailings at a very low cost. The cost is low because . . .
Attempts to reduce unsolicited emails may be helped by a federal court ruling that junk faxes can be restricted by law. A federal appeals court said on Friday that a law restricting junk faxes was constitutional, setting a precedent that favours legal attempts to restrict unsolicited email. . . .
Phillip Goldman is either another rich guy with a death wish or a man on the verge of etching his name into tech history. First the rich part. A few years ago, Goldman helped create WebTV Networks, which turned . . .
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