Posts Tagged ‘Law’

Hackers and nerds have talked about this issue for years.  The idea that there is no such thing as real security so long as corporations put in back doors for agencies like the NSA to have access to people's information at will. Cryptome reports that the US National Security Agency (NSA) ...

People surfing on the internet often feel more comfortable doing so because they are able to do it within the confines of their own home.  At some point, you may have created a user account with false or non-existent information so you could escape the monotony of everyday life and ...

Ask.com's move is brilliant from a marketing standpoint Lately, it seems Google has turned to the dark side on several levels. If you're politically savvy, you know there is a serious problem with government invading our private lives. Now, the CEO of Ask.com is fighting back. Ask.com is ...

The NY Times Bits blog has an interesting story about Google's recent trouble with the law.  It sounds like Google might be in trouble and it's kind of sad because they've had such a great reputation over the years due to adhering to their "do no evil" philosophy. Life changes when ...

House Democrats rushed and passed legislation related to regulating the Internet that is an obscene abuse of political power. House passes "Safe Act" The SAFE Act requires that anyone providing an "electronic communication service" or "remote computing service" to the public who learns about the transmission or storage of information about ...

It's called Facebook Throughout the week, countless articles have been released that attack the founder of Facebook for alleged theft of code that helped create the latest social online phenomena. All sorts of dirty laundry have been aired regarding the 23 year old Harvard grad and owner of Facebook. It's alleged ...

Revenge of the nerds: MPAA violates the law, infringes copyright with it's spy software The MPAA's "University Toolkit" --universities have been asked by the MPAA to install spying software in their networks to monitor student behavior.  The measure was taken as the MPAA and RIAA are continuing to crack down on ...

Apple and AT&T on Monday, were sued for violating patents held by Klausner Technologies. The lawsuit alleges that both companies were infringing on patented technology by offering Visual Voicemail service to iPhone customers. According to Apple Insider, Klausner is seeking damages and future royalties estimated at $360 million. ...

Karl Rove's under fire for calling on nerds to cover his tracks The head of the federal agency investigating Karl Rove's White House political operation is facing allegations that he improperly deleted computer files during another probe, using a private computer-help company, Geeks on Call. This is a pretty big issue that ...

Kudos to Amazon, Inc., shame on AT&T for betraying our trust. I've been beyond angry at the "network you can trust -- AT&T" over its willingness to open up customer records, bills, and Internet activity to the government. I've never been a sucker for the "if you aren't doing anything ...