The Council of Europe Committee of Ministers issued a press release on November 7 stating their adoption of a supplemental protocal to the Convention on Cybercrime. It is titled, Additional Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime Concerning the Criminalisation of Acts of a Racist and Xenophobic Nature Committed Through Computer Systems. See also their Explanatory… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: November 2002
Gov't Database of Personal Data
This New York Times article details plans for a Pentagon database currently under development that would be used to mine, collect and analyze personal data collected from the Web, e-mail, telecommunications, government documents and online transactions. The stated purpose of this unprecedented effort: homeland security. This program has the support of the executive director of… Continue Reading
E-Government Report
E-government information, reports and related documents are certainly in the news as of late. The Performance Institute released a new study on October 30, in PDF: Creating a Performance-Based Electronic Government, Fiscal Year 2002 Progress. The report is subtitled, “The State-of-the-Practice on How e-Government Initiatives in Federal Agencies are Progressing Toward Achieving Cost Efficiencies and… Continue Reading
UK E-Gov Sites Panned
UK government web sites have a poor track record with users, and the Prime Minister’s site is at the top of the failure list of the 20 sites reviewed. This is according to “A Report Into Key Government Web Sites,” which is reviewed here, but can only be obtained in full-text via purchase. In a… Continue Reading
E-Commerce and E-Mail Followup
On October 30, I posted about the terrible track record of most Fortune 100 companies in responding to customer emails. However DuPont has taken the opportunity to announce that their company was named third most responsive in the overall survey. Continue Reading
Corporate Knowledge and Turnover
A new Gartner study indicates that corporate knowledge documents are overwhelmingly stored on employee hard drives, not shared via an enterprise-wide KM system. As a result, significant loss can result when employees leave and take their data with them. Continue Reading
The Courts and E-Mail Updates
The U.S. District Court for D.C. announced some changes to procedures for administering the court’s subscriber e-mail update service, after their premature release of links to the Microsoft decision. See my previous posting for details. There is also a question as to whether the release of the decision helped to spur a virtually simultaneous rally… Continue Reading
Australia To Block Websites By Protesters
Citing cybercrime as sufficient cause, the Australian government is planning to create a Hi-Tech Crime Centre whose power will include the ability to block web sites created to facilitate protests. Continue Reading
CDs and Copy Protection
The battle between music CD publishers and consumers who are burning copies will continue unabated, due to quickly applied modifications in CD technology. This is according to Princeton University computer science student Alex Halderman, whose expertise on the subject has been widely acknowledged (check out his resume!) Alex will present his paper, Evaluating New Copy-Prevention… Continue Reading
Earthlink's War on Spam
Efforts to block spam, both at the ISP and user level, can result in the non-delivery of legitimate e-mail. Specific networks and domains were blocked in October by ISP heavywight EarthLink, who admitted some problems with their spam fighting effort. Continue Reading
More Government Documents Unavailable Online
The Memory Hole reports on the Sunshine Project’s work to obtain access to non-classified government documents on the use of non-lethal biological weapons, formerly available on the Web. Continue Reading
When In D.C, Smile for the Cameras
Been to Washington, D.C. lately? Did you have a feeling that you were being watched? Continue Reading
