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UK gov sets rules for hacker tool ban
2008-01-03 14:59:00
Consultants in frame? Definitely Maybe By John Leyden → More by this author Published Wednesday 2nd January 2008 15:54 GMT The UK government has published guidelines for the application of a law that makes it illegal to create or distribute so-called “hacking tools”. The controversial measure is among amendments to the Computer Misuse Act included in the Police and Justice Act 2006. However, the ban along with measures to increase the maximum penalty for hacking offences to ten years and make denial of service offences clearly illegal, are still not in force and probably won’t be until May 2008 in order not to create overlap with the Serious Crime Bill, currently making its way through the House of Commons. A revamp of the UK’s outdated computer crime laws is long overdue. However, provisions to ban the development, ownership and distribution of so-called “hacker tools” draw sharp criticism from industry. Critics point out that many of these too...
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Production of XXX movies banned in China
2008-01-02 18:44:00
BEIJING, Jan. 1 (UPI) — Chinese movie studios risk losing permission to shoot films if they produce hardcore sex movies. China ’s censors, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, also banned erotic movie producers, directors or actors from competing for any film awards or taking part in any such awards, Xinhua ...
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Production of XXX movies banned in China
2008-01-02 18:44:00
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IWF reforms could pave way for UK net censorship
2008-01-02 18:42:00
Who is watching the watchers? By Wendy M. Grossman ? More by this author Published Friday 29th December 2006 07:02 GMT Analysis By the end of 2007, the Home Office intends that all ISPs “offering broadband internet connectivity to the UK public” will have implemented systems for content blocking, primarily intended to block access to pornographic images of ...
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IWF reforms could pave way for UK net censorship
2008-01-02 18:42:00
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German privacy activists cry foul over data retention law
2008-01-02 13:08:00
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German privacy activists cry foul over data retention law
2008-01-02 13:08:00
Data logging? Nein danke By John Leyden ? More by this author Published Wednesday 2nd January 2008 11:43 GMT Privacy activists have filed a constitutional complaint against German y’s data retention laws. The objection against the German Telecomms Data Retention Act was filed in federal court on Monday by German privacy group Arbeitskreis Vorratsdatenspeicherung (Working Group on Data Retention). The group ...
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Saudis cuff ?outspoken? blogger
2008-01-02 12:33:00
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Saudis cuff ?outspoken? blogger
2008-01-02 12:33:00
Held for ‘purposes of interrogation’ By Lester Haines ? More by this author Published Wednesday 2nd January 2008 10:50 GMT The Saudi authorities have confirmed they are holding an “outspoken” blogger for “purposes of interrogation”, the New York Times reports. Fouad al-Farhan, 32, was cuffed on 10 December at his offices in Jidda, apparently because he “wrote about the ...
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Onus on users to ?unfilter? websites
2008-01-01 16:50:00
AUSTRALIANS will be forced to contact their internet service provider to avoid having their access to the web restricted. The federal Government is working swiftly to give greater protection to children from online pornography and violence-related websites The restrictions are planned by the Federal Government to give greater protection to children from online pornography and “violent” ...
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Onus on users to ?unfilter? websites
2008-01-01 16:50:00
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Happy New Year 2008!
2008-01-01 01:07:00
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Happy New Year 2008!
2008-01-01 01:07:00
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Something Thoughtful For The End of 2007
2007-12-31 15:57:00
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Something Thoughtful For The End of 2007
2007-12-31 15:57:00
With thanks to userfriendly.org, for another year of laffs… … original strip. About… Pokes Tim Berners-Lee Lolcat

UK shamed in world privacy league
2007-12-31 15:02:00
We beat China though! Go team! Former world power and current CCTV capital of the universe the UK has been fingered as the worst place in Europe if you fancy a little bit of privacy. The legions of shopping centre cyclopses, together with teeth-gnashing government incompetence on data, and the funny-if-it-weren’t-so-scary ID card wheeze mean that Blighty ...
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UK shamed in world privacy league
2007-12-31 15:02:00
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Oz govt pushes mandatory net filters
2007-12-31 14:57:00
Australia’s newly elected Labor government is pushing plans that would make it mandatory for local ISPs to install porn-blocking filters, offering “clean” internet feeds as a preferred option. Telecomms Minister Stephen Conroy said the policy would protect children from online pornography and violent websites, ABC News reports. Senator Conroy said the government would work with ISPs ...
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Oz govt pushes mandatory net filters
2007-12-31 14:57:00
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PC prison bosses ban sexist jokes in jail
2007-12-30 18:20:00
It’s enough to make that old lag Norman Stanley Fletcher choke on his porridge … prisoners have been banned from sharing “sexist” jokes. Jail bosses say such quips could give the impression that women are “overly talkative” and “nagging.” There is even a danger it could turn convicts to a life of crime, they say - since ...
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PC prison bosses ban sexist jokes in jail
2007-12-30 18:20:00
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Centralops.net - Excellent Domain Dossier Tools
2007-12-29 16:17:00
Centralops.net offer an excellent online suite of tools, named Domain Dossier. As the screendump above shows, Domain Dossier allows any user to search a domain and/or IP whois record, DNS record, perform a service scan and/or perform a traceroute. Although free users are limited to fifty uses of this tool in any 24 hour period (per IP ...
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Centralops.net - Excellent Domain Dossier Tools
2007-12-29 16:17:00
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Google borrows Facebook?s privacy manual
2007-12-28 15:43:00
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Google borrows Facebook?s privacy manual
2007-12-28 15:43:00
What’s behind the latest privacy cockup? By Andrew Orlowski ? More by this author Google can count itself fortunate that a serious privacy storm it caused took place in the run up to Christmas - when world+dog was otherwise occupied. By altering the behaviour of one of its web-services, Google ran foul of its own Privacy guarantee ...
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Factory worker runs up £27,000 mobile bill in a month
2007-12-28 00:37:00
It’s good to talk… unless you fail to read the smallprint on your new mobile phone contract and end up with a bill for £27,322. Ian Simpson, 29, was sent the bill for four weeks’ service after wiring his mobile up to a laptop to download TV shows - and only then found out his £41.50-a-month ...
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Factory worker runs up £27,000 mobile bill in a month
2007-12-28 00:37:00
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Alternative Christmas
2007-12-27 12:18:00
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Alternative Christmas
2007-12-27 12:18:00
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Gigaloader - Useful Website Stress Tester
2007-12-27 11:56:00
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