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    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.

  • Crushing the Web's dark forces

    Keeping clandestine forces at bay is no mean feat. In this special report, ZDNet Australia features five leading security experts -- from eBay to Ukraine's Computer Crime Research Center -- who pursue cyber criminals for a living.

  • Aussie Cybercops: still playing catch-up?

    As cases of cybercrime continue to increase exponentially, police are facing limited human resources and funding to combat the problem. ZDNet Australia uncovers the strategies being used to fight cybercrime.

  • 'Homeless hacker' surrenders

    Adrian Lamo, the so-called homeless hacker, surrendered Tuesday to face two federal criminal charges of electronic breaking and entering.

  • Arrest may spark review of copyright law

    He's an unlikely poster child for a movement to change a major US law. But the plight of Russian programmer Dmitry Sklyarov is again shining the spotlight on a controversial law designed to expand copyright protections into the digital age.

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    Trying to find a path through the music copy and share debate is a continuing battle, but should it be?

  • MS Palladium: A must or a menace?

    Microsoft's upcoming Palladium architecture for 'Trusted Computing' may secure PCs, but it also threatens to turn people's computers into spies.

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