The Safety of Internet Search Engines (Google, Yahoo, MSN, AOL, Ask), May 12, 2006, by Ben Edelman and Hannah Rosenbaum. “Abstract: We compare safety of leading search engines, using SiteAdvisor’s automated Web site ratings. We find most leading search engines similar in the safety of the sites they link to, though MSN is the safest… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: May 2006
EFF Reports Government Files Secret Motion to Dismiss AT&T Surveillance Case
Press release: “Early Saturday morning, the United States government filed a motion (32 pages, PDF) to dismiss the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s (EFF’s) class-action lawsuit against AT&T for illegally handing over its customers’ telephone and Internet records and communications to the National Security Agency. The government claims that its legal brief and two affidavits from senior… Continue Reading
Cybersecurity Enhancement and Consumer Data Protection Act of 2006
Cybersecurity Enhancement and Consumer Data Protection Act of 2006 (H.R. 5318), To amend title 18, United States Code, to better assure cyber-security, and for other purposes, introduced 5/9/2006, by Rep. James F. Sensenbrenner Jr. Continue Reading
Public Acclimated to Gov’t and Corporate Data Collection
Washington Post: NSA Program Further Blurs Line on Privacy – Consumers Grow Accustomed to Surrendering Personal Data: “Phone companies know every number we dial. Grocery stores watch what we buy, search engines track what we look for on the Internet, banks count each penny we deposit or withdraw.” Related postings on domestic surveillance program Continue Reading
Commentary on Book Scanning Projects Prognosticates On Future of Reading
New York Times Magazine, Scan This Book!, by Kevin Kelly, “senior maverick” at Wired magazine and author of Out of Control: The New Biology of Machines, Social Systems and the Economic World. Continue Reading
Satellite Imagery Part of Domestic Surveillance Program
AP: “A little-known spy agency that analyzes imagery taken from the skies has been spending significantly more time watching U.S. soil.” National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Related postings on domestic surveillance program Continue Reading
Eight Reasons Solo Lawyers Should Use Law Libraries
Eight Reasons Solo Lawyers Should Use Law Libraries, by Mary Whisner. Continue Reading
Medical Journals Backfiles Digitisation Project
May 11, 2006 press release: “Complete back issues covering nearly 200 years of historically significant biomedical journals are being made freely available online as a result of a landmark project launched today at the Wellcome Trust headquarters in London. On completion, the Medical Journals Backfiles Digitisation Project will deliver over three million pages of medical… Continue Reading
Info On Pentagon Phone Surveillance Program Generates Legal and Political Ramifications
Follow-up to May 11, 2006 posting, Domestic Call Records Mined for Expansive Pentagon Database Program, see the following related news and commentary: USAToday.com: NSA secret database report triggers fierce debate in Washington USAToday.com: Gathering data may not violate privacy rights, but it could be illegal Press release: Over Fifty Members of Congress Call for Special… Continue Reading
Funding for Water Quality Projects Face Deep Cuts
Follow-up to May 10, 2006 posting, EPA Reports Almost Half of the Nation’s Streams Are Polluted, see the Committee on Appropriations, Minority report, May 11, 2006: Love that Dirty Water: The Republican Record on Clean Water. Continue Reading
Essay Proposes FISA Is Not Adequate to Combat Technology Associated With Terrorism
Follow-up to yesterday’s posting, Lawful Intelligence and Surveillance of Terrorists in an Emergency by NSA Act Introduced Today, see Whispering Wires and Warrantless Wiretaps, by Kim Taipale, N.Y.U. REV. L. & SECURITY, No. VII Supl., “Bulletin: The NSA and the War on Terror,” (Spring 2006). “This essay examines certain implications of employing [automated data analysis… Continue Reading
Health-EU Portal Debuts
“The Health and Consumer Protection Directorate-General is pleased to present the Health-EU Portal (the official public health portal of the European Union) and the wide range of information and data on health-related issues and activities at both European and international level. The main objective of this thematic Portal is to provide European citizens with easy… Continue Reading
