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  • Hacking for Human Rights

    Human rights activists put out a call to hackers here to help get the word out about their cause -- not by having them deface sites, but by creating applications that can help the organisations manage data.

  • Time to hack for human rights

  • NASA hacker pushes for UK jail term

    The solicitors of self-confessed NASA hacker Gary McKinnon have formally requested that the US give assurances that he serve any prison term in the UK.

  • US bill will treat all hackers as terrorists

    A major anti-terrorism bill now being considered by the US government has been criticised for disproportionately targeting low-level computer intruders, making small crimes punishable by a penalty of life in prison.

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