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Daily Archives: November 7, 2006

Study Reveals One in 10 Respond to Fraudulent 'Phishing' Messages

Will Knight at New Scientist reports the research by Professor Markus Jakobsson and grad student Jacob Ratkiewicz, Indiana University, indicates “…one in 10 internet users may be lured into handing over sensitive personal information such as a credit card number, by fraudulent “phishing” emails…” and “that some survey participants may not have realised that they… Continue Reading

Court Grants Appeal in AT&T Spying Case

EFF: “The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals announced today that it will hear the U.S. government’s and AT&T’s appeal of a district court’s decision allowing the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s (EFF’s) case against AT&T to go forward. The lawsuit alleges that AT&T collaborated in the National Security Agency’s (NSA’s) illegal spying program. The 9th Circuit… Continue Reading

Boxer Leads Senators in Call for Restored Access to EPA Libraries

Follow-up to postings on the closure of EPA libraries around the country, see this related press release of November 3, 2006: “Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA)…led a group of Senators in a letter to senior members of the Senate Appropriations Committee requesting that the Committee direct the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to restore and maintain public… Continue Reading

Largest US Newspaper Announces New Webcentric Publishing Strategy

Washington Post (re. req’d): “Gannett Co., the nation’s largest newspaper chain, is radically changing the way its papers gather and present news by incorporating elements of reader-created “citizen journalism,” mining online community discussions for stories and creating Internet databases of calendar listings and other non-news utilities.” Continue Reading