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.: Group warns of EU telecom surveillance - 9th May 2002
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"Telecommunications companies and Internet service providers across Europe may be forced to retain all telecommunications traffic data under new legislation that is being secretly written by a number of European governments, according to privacy advocates.
Statewatch, a U.K.-based Internet organization that monitors threats to civil liberties within Europe, said Wednesday that several European governments are deeply committed to bringing in universal surveillance of telecommunications within the European Union, despite strong opposition from the European Parliament. These governments, Statewatch says, are secretly drawing up a framework decision that would force the 15 member nations of the EU to bring in new laws that would place all phone calls, e-mails, faxes and Internet usage under surveillance. The companies affected by the legislation would have to let law enforcement agencies access this data..."
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.: The pop-up ad campaign from hell - 7th May 2002
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"It's the latest in Web marketing innovation: Hijacked Web surfers, exploited Web browser vulnerabilities and malicious spyware all wrapped up together. Looking for state-of-the-art Internet skulduggery? Try this: Thousands of unsuspecting visitors to a family entertainment site are discovering a cornucopia of unwanted, potentially malicious software on their computers -- the result of a pop-up ad campaign, a booby-trapped Web site, a compromised Web browser, and strange doings at a shadowy Los Angeles company.
The story starts at Flowgo, a site that prides itself as the leading family entertainment portal. According to officials at eUniverse, the California firm that operates Flowgo, a pop-up ad that ran at the heavily trafficked humor site for a couple of weeks until late April caused the trouble..."
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.: They Know What You're Watching - 5th May 2002
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"One day after a federal magistrate judge ordered Sonicblue to monitor the TV-watching habits of people who use its ReplayTV 4000 personal video recorder, the company is hard at work on two separate tracks: While its legal team works on a way to stay or perhaps reverse the ruling, its engineers are trying to come up with software to track thousands of ReplayTV customers in the event that the ruling is not changed.
On Thursday, Magistrate Judge Charles Eick told Sonicblue to gather "all available information" about what TV shows are copied, stored, viewed without commercials or traded using the ReplayTV 4000..."
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.: Study: Customers wary of online IDs - 26th Apr 2002
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"Microsoft and other technology makers struggling to define new Web services business models have another obstacle: consumer distrust of online authentication systems.
A new Gartner study indicates that despite compulsory sign-up programs, consumers aren't interested in online identity and authentication accounts--such as Microsoft's Passport and AOL's Screen Name service--and won't be anytime soon..."
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.: Hill Back to Biz of Biz Privacy - 26th Apr 2002
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"Privacy is back.
Congress and the White House abruptly shelved the topic after last September's terrorist attacks -- and quickly enacted a passel of new laws that granted police unprecedented surveillance powers.
No, there's no move afoot, at least not yet, to limit FBI wiretapping, Internet monitoring, or the ability of courts to approve secret search warrants..."
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