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are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
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30 May 2009
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Study: DRM makes pirates of us all -- CNET
In Cambridge professor's report, she lays out the effect DRM
restrictions have--namely, that people are driven to download illegally.
more ...
Obama Cybersecurity Report Addresses Critical Infrastructure and Privacy Issues -- Wired
A cybersecurity report published by the White House on Friday provides a
list of wide-ranging guidelines advising President Barack Obama on how
the government should proceed in its national plan to secure cyberspace.
It touches on everything from establishing communication networks for
emergency response teams to the role government should play in the
protection of critical infrastructure networks and whether or not
entities that experience a breach should have to notify governments and
law enforcement agencies. Privacy and civil liberties concerns receive a
repeated nod, with privacy being mentioned in the report more than five
dozen times.
more ...
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Posted by: Peter - 6:21 PM MDT | Updated: 30 May 2009 7:30 PM MDT
Tags: Civil Liberties News
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