ACLU criticizes SF's data hording proposed network
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Google and EarthLink a risk to privacy The American Civil Liberties Union became the latest group to criticize a city-wide network San Francisco has proposed building with EarthLink and Google, arguing that the deal would compromise user privacy.â¦
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Lawmakers may soon pass a bill that would set up a huge network of databases that law enforcement officials could tap to find terrorists. But that kind of unfettered access to data about Americans raises eyebrows. By Ryan Singel.
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WASHINGTON - Moving against Internet crime, the Justice Department on Wednesday disrupted a network allegedly used to illegally share copyrighted files and was engaged in a series of arrests against purveyors of e-mail "spam."   In the copyright case, search warrants were executed by the FBI in Texas, New York and Wisconsin targeted at computer servers that allowed users to illegally share music, movies, software and games.    The case marks the first federal criminal copyright action taken against a peer-to-peer, or P2P, network in which users can access files directly from the hard drives of fellow users' computers...
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When contact info for Republican delegates got posted on the web, the Department of Justice subpoenaed an ISP, but now seems to be backing off. Ann Harrison reports from New York.
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Some members discover itâs tough to erase all their information from the site.
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Federal prosecutors are demanding that the American Civil Liberties Union turn over all copies of a secret document it has obtained, in what is apparently the first time a criminal grand jury subpoena has been used in an attempt to seize leaked material, the ACLU and legal experts said yesterday.
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The American Civil Liberties Union  on Thursday accused the FBI and local police of spying on  political and faith-based groups and formally asked the  government for information about such FBI surveillance.
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The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way. Nobody&#39;s exactly sure why or how the FBI got warrants to take Indymedia&#39;s HDs, but their
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Federal prosecutors are trying to force the A.C.L.U. to turn over copies of a document it received from a source.
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Moving against Internet crime, the Justice Department on Wednesday disrupted a network allegedly used to illegally share copyrighted files and was engaged in a series of arrests against purveyors of e-mail "spam." -AP
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The end of its TALON database on antiwar activists may signal more emphasis on civil liberties.
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Senate defenders of the reform plan cite misinformation, as e-mails clog their mailboxes and calls jam the switchboards.
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An ICANN working group couldn't agree on proposals to limit public access to data about Web site owners, which was a relief to companies that use the WHOIS database to track phishers and other online miscreants.
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Cities that try to set up their own broadband networks are facing staunch opposition from cable and phone companies, who see publicly funded fiber-optic networks as a threat to their own bottom line. By John Gartner.
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Working group generates little real agreement on how or even whether to implement proposed privacy reforms.
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WASHINGTON - The Justice Department on Wednesday shut down a network allegedly used to illegally share copyrighted music, movies, software and games and, separately, has embarked a nationwide campaign against purveyors of e-mail "spam."   In the copyright case, search warrants were executed by the FBI in Texas, New York and Wisconsin. The case marks the first federal criminal copyright action taken against a peer-to-peer, or P2P, network in which users can access files directly from the hard drives of fellow users' computers...
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Civil liberties groups urge Congress to reject telecom immunity for a U.S. surveillance program.