From today’s New York Times Magazine, You’ve Been Sold, by Richard A. Clarke. “What Congress can do now to bust the boom in identity theft.” Related beSpacific postings on ID theft Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: April 2005
Lessig’s Book On Cyberspace Law Updated Via Open Source Wiki
“Lawrence Lessig first published Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace in 1999. After five years in print and five years of changes in law, technology, and the context in which they reside, Code needs an update. But rather than do this alone, Professor Lessig is using this wiki to open the editing process to all,… Continue Reading
802.11 Wireless Security Primer
802.11 Wireless Security Primer – Presentation by John MacMichael (84 pages, PDF) Continue Reading
BusinessWeek Takes on Corporate Blogging
BusinessWeekOnline embraces blogs in a big way – Blogs Will Change Your Business Look past the yakkers, hobbyists, and political mobs. Your customers and rivals are figuring blogs out. Our advice: Catch up…or catch you later and the new BusinessWeek blog: Blogspotting, Where the worlds of business, media and blogs collide Continue Reading
JFK’s Position on Separation of Church and State
From the New York Times, September 13, 1960 (via the Dept. of State website as noted by BuzzFlash), the text of candidate John F. Kennedy’s Address to Southern Baptist Leaders (1960). Continue Reading
FTC Seeks Comments on COPPA
Press release: FTC Seeks Comment on Children’s Online Privacy Rule – “The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment on its implementation of the Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) through the Childrens Online Privacy Protection Rule. The FTC also is seeking additional comment on the COPPA Rules sliding scale approach to obtaining parental consent,… Continue Reading
Future of Free Access to Net Weather Data In Jeopardy From Proposed Legislation
Press release, April 14, 2005: U.S. Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA), Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, today introduced the National Weather Services Duties Act of 2005 (S. 786) to clarify the duties and responsibilities of the National Weather Service (NWS) within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). from the text of the bill: …The… Continue Reading
Google’s New “My Search History” Worries Privacy Advocates
Google Personal-Search Tracker Raises Privacy Concerns My Search History (Beta) My Search History (Beta) Help Search and My History Shall Find (InternetNews.com) Continue Reading
Justice Kennedy Is In Good Company With Millions of Americans Using Internet For Research Daily
John Horrigan, Director of Research at the Internet and American Life Project, posted a comment worth noting, in response to the fracas about Rep. DeLay’s statements about Justice Kennedy. Mr. Horrigan stated: “If Justice Kennedy does indeed go online to conduct research for his job, he has lots of company. On a typical day, 20%… Continue Reading
Review of ID Theft Resolution Services
From the free content section of the April 21 WSJ, A Cottage Industry Blooms To Help Victims of ID Theft examines the costs and range of services offered by companies who market assistance to victims of online or offline ID theft. In addition, potential red flags about, and the limitations to, these services are noted. Continue Reading
Senate Intelligence Cmte. Hearing on PATRIOT Act
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Hearing on the USA PATRIOT Act, April 19, 2005. Links to testimony. Continue Reading
Vendor of Background Check Data Now Notifies Targets of Probe
According to Wired, the instant criminal background check database owned by ChoicePoint called Rapsheets is now in compliance with Fair Credit Reporting Act requirements to provide individuals with notification regarding the review of their data by prospective employers. Continue Reading
