China closes 17,488 Net cafes
China closes 17,488 Net cafes This is the sort of thing that happens when the government tells you what you can and can’t read, and what is appropriate for you to be informed about and what is “subversive”. .
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Comedy site has plug pulled
BBC News | UK | Comedy site has plug pulled Freeserve pulled the plug because it ” was likely to cause “offence and anxiety”. Given the current legal conditions and ISP’s willingness to shutdown a site rather than deal with the complaints, I vote that we start to complain to ISP’s about stupid websites. No…
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ACLU: Face-recognition systems won’t work
ACLU: Face-recognition systems won’t work Now let me get this straight, the systems would have only stopped 2 of the 19 terrorists, maybe, if they worked perfectly and the CIA had good accurate pictures of them. The system only works about 90% of the time, meaning hundreds of people everyday are going to be misidentified…
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Sites Blocked by Internet Filtering Programs
Sites Blocked by Internet Filtering Programs This is actually very interesting research into what sites are being blocked by this sort of software. And it should give pause to the typical knee-jerk demands to have it installed everywhere where there might possibly be a kid. Unless of course, you attend the kindergarten in Estonia who’s…
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EU says ‘oui’ to spam
EU says ‘oui’ to spam This is rather disappointing. I really hope someone wakes up some day and realizes how vile spam is, and how much it actually costs us, the users!
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Anthrax Fears Spur Cos.’ E-Mail Use
Anthrax Fears Spur Cos.’ E-Mail Use You know what would be really nice? If bulk mailers, telemarketers, and bulk emailers would all just stop sending me stuff! I’ve never in my life bought anything from any of them, and never will, but I’m subjected to their junk all the time anyway.