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  • IT workers aren't the Net police

    It looks like the now-infamous case of until recently jailed Russian software developer Dmitry Sklyarov was just the beginning of a broader trend to cast IT professionals in the role of info cop. Software developers like Sklyarov and even help desk and system administration workers, it appears, are being deputised to enforce ill-conceived laws aimed at perceived Web-borne threats to society.

  • Russian hacker supporters call on Adobe

    Supporters of a jailed Russian software programmer have called for Adobe Systems to contribute to a legal defence fund.

  • Arrest fuels Adobe copyright fight

    Attention, software pirates, security researchers and those out to prove a point: Adobe Systems doesn't pull its punches.

  • Russian firm points out new Adobe flaw

    Thumbing its nose at the company that landed one of its employees in jail, ElcomSoft is pointing out new flaws in Adobe Systems' eBook software.

  • Shades of Grey - hacking on the edge of the law

    Why is it that "Gray hat" hackers, neither corporate pros nor havoc wreakers, are increasingly falling on the wrong side of the law?

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