Saturday, July 21, 2007 (archive)
The motion to dismiss drags on
Ed's motion for oral arguments in his appeal of his motion to dismiss was declined.Ed Kramer is an innocent man who has been under arrest and awaiting a trial in Georgia for over seven years now. In May of 2005, over two years ago, Ed's attorneys filed a speedy trial motion to dismiss the case. The trial judge simply refused to rule on the motion. Similar to the way...
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Friday, July 20, 2007 (archive)
The Utterly Geek Girl
Beware of Geeks bearing GIFs.Julie is this ungeekish woman who married a programmer in Las Vegas. He has apparently turned her into a geek. She now has a group of blogs, one of which is called The Utterly Geek Girl.
Best I can tell she got married on the Internet as well. A video of the event is...
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Tuesday, July 17, 2007 (archive)
The Security Saga of the Handmade iPod Charger
A good true story. Techie J.W. Simpson enters an airport checkpoint with a bag full of gear, ranging from cell phone sync cable to handmade video iPod battery booster pack made from a mint can. Screener notices the latter and gets a little freaked out, Transportation Security Administration screener-style....http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/07/the-security-sa.html
Will anti-spyware companies detect government keyloggers?
Recently CNET asked 13 security software companies if their software will detect spyware programs installed if the government breaks into your home or office and installs keyloggers or more.The specific question was
"Is it your policy to alert the user to the presence of any spyware or
keystroke logger, even if it is installed by a police or intelligence
agency in the absence...
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RIAA pays legal fees
The RIAA has been ordered to pay $70,000 in legal fees to a woman who the RIAA claimed was file sharing.http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9745831-7.html
Monday, July 16, 2007 (archive)
Dangerous Ruling Puts Interactive Web Services at Risk
EFF has filed a brief urging the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider a recent ruling that endangers features like search customization and user feedback on interactive web services.Full release
Tuesday, July 10, 2007 (archive)
FBI Records Show Gonzales Knew About Years of Chronic NSL Problems
Documents obtained by the EFF show years of chronic problems with the Federal Bureau of Investigation's use of National Security Letters (NSLs) to collect Americans' personal information and that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has long been aware of these problems.Full release
Friday, June 22, 2007 (archive)
Manufactured Evidence
In Ed's case the District Attorney has repeatedly "manufactured" evidence. When the evidence is brought to light, it turns out it was not evidence at all...[Read more of this post]
Monday, June 18, 2007 (archive)
Court Protects Email from Secret Government Searches
The government must have a search warrant before it can secretly seize and search emails stored by email service providers, according to a landmark ruling Monday in the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The court found that email users have the same reasonable expectation of privacy in their stored email as they do in their telephone calls -- the...[Read more of this post]
SSN Protection Bill
A house proposal to provide jail terms to those who make frouadulent use of SSN's has numerous carveouts for companies who want to make a profit from selling the numbers.As introduced the bill is 56 pages. http://waysandmeans.house.gov/media/pdf/110/07%2018%2007/3046asintroduced.pdf
Thursday, June 14, 2007 (archive)
EFF Urges Judge to Require the FBI to Release Surveillance Abuse Records
EFF urged a judge Thursday to force the FBI to finally release records about its now documented abuse of National Security Letters (NSLs) to collect Americans' personal information. EFF's filing comes as an internal FBI audit revealed that the bureau's misuse of surveillance authority has been more widespread then previously thought.Full release
Unmanned vehicle passes DARPA Challenge
An unmanned Stanford VW Passant robot car passed the DARPA Challenge.http://news.com.com/Stanford+robot+passes+driving+test/2100-11394_3-6191180.html
Sunday, June 10, 2007 (archive)
Portable landline phone numbers
A year or so ago, Verizon filed law suits against Vonage alledging that Vonage has infringed on it's patents.This infringement may or may not be true. The suit may be solid, or it may be the poster child for what is wrong with patent law. But I look at it from a different angle. The Regional Bell Operating Companies...
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Thursday, June 07, 2007 (archive)
Courthouse WiFi
The Courthouse Metro station area in Arlingotn, VA now has WiFi. I have known this for some time, but it only hit me yesterday when I saw a sign on the door of SubWay sandwich shop advertising free WiFi. The WiFi connection comes form the county and is available thoughout the area. I was using it about...[Read more of this post]
Wednesday, June 06, 2007 (archive)
Ballston Wifi
Ballston Mall is more or less open 24 hours a day. However they won't let you actually sit in the mall and use Panera's Wifi connection when they are "closed". Last night I sat outside the store at the outside tables and used the Internet Connection.There is an electrical outlet on a pillar, but it is not hot....
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