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Clinton, GOP Compromise On Net Filtering

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Although the government spending bill carrying a clause requiring Internet filtering on school and library computers that are federally funded is wrapped up in partisan melees, the White House and Republican lawmakers appear to have reached common ground on the filtering . . .

Computer forensics the latest ploy to monitor employees

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Moving beyond merely monitoring employees' Internet use, many of the nation's largest companies are quietly assembling teams of computer investigators who specialize in covertly copying employees' hard drives and combing them for evidence of workplace wrongdoing. These high-tech investigators employ tools . . .

Net Privacy Bill Called 'Trojan Horse'

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The legislation began as an effort to protect people like Amy Boyer, a New Hampshire woman who was slain by a man who tracked her down after buying her Social Security number on the Internet.In May, Sen. Judd Gregg (R-N.H.) proposed . . .

Employers can read your email from today

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Starting today employers can read workers' email without their consent, but heavyweights including the IoD want changes From Tuesday, new regulations give employers the power to eavesdrop on the email communications of their staff, a legal shift . . .

Zero-Knowledge open sources Freedom

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Privacy technology firm Zero-Knowledge Systems announced that it had released the code to the Linux version of its privacy software, Freedom 2.0, Monday. Freedom is a client for a network that allows users to browse anonymously. Not even . . .