PCWorld has an important article on the implications of and serious ramifications that result when powerful encryption technologies used to protect individual privacy are also exploited in increasingly sophisticated ways by groups planning terrorist acts.
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Daily Archives: May 26, 2003
Locating Personal Info Online
Naked in Cyberspace, How To Find Personal Information Online, 2nd Edition, reviewed by Stephen Lafferty. Continue Reading
Popular File Utility Changes Standard
Updated WinZip Alters Zip Format. “WinZip 9.0, from the market leader among file-compression utilities, has entered public beta with scheduled release later this year, bringing with it a new .zip format–which means some of its functions will not be compatible with earlier versions or other programs.” Continue Reading
Yale Law Librarians Save Rare Books After Explosion
Conservators Restore Rare Books Damaged In Yale Blast: Water From Sprinklers Damages About 300 Books. “About 300 rare books — the major casualties of Wednesday’s bomb explosion at Yale Law School — are being treated by expert conservators. Librarians catalogued and bagged the books, then moved them into a blast freezer at Yale’s Beinecke Rare… Continue Reading
