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  • Black Hat expels reporters in network snooping

    Three journalists for a French security magazine were kicked out of the Black Hat security conference after they allegedly sniffed the press room computer network on Thursday.

  • US telcos sheltered by compromise spy law

    The House of Representatives on Friday voted overwhelmingly in favor of a "compromise" spy law that would shield AT&T and other companies from pending lawsuits accusing them of opening their networks to the government in violation of wiretap laws.

  • US Senate votes to allow phone company spying

    In a setback for privacy and civil liberties groups, the US Senate on Tuesday voted to protect telephone and Internet companies from lawsuits alleging illegal cooperation with US government spy agencies.

  • FBI wiretap cut off over unpaid phone bill

    A telephone company cut off an FBI international wiretap after the agency failed to pay its bill on time, according to a US government audit released today.

  • US 'botmaster' faces up to 60 years prison

    A Los Angeles man is facing up to 60 years in prison and fines of up to US$1.75 million after admitting to infecting at least 250,000 PCs with information-stealing malware.

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  • Joe Biden's tech voting record

    US vice presidential candidate Joe Biden has a mixed record on technology, spending most of his Senate career allied with the FBI and copyright holders. His anti-privacy legislation was actually responsible for the creation of PGP.

  • Protecting our borders: IT stands guard

    Can a national ID card protect Australians against terrorist attacks? And can citizens' details be protected by Public Key Infrastructure? We look at the types of hardware and software employed to combat terrorism, and how ports and other critical infrastructure are protected.

  • Uncloaking the US Patriot Act

    More information is dribbling out about the exercise of extraordinary powers granted to federal police since Sept 11. We unmask the Patriot Act.

  • Feds: VoIP a potential haven for terrorists

    The US Department of Justice on Wednesday lashed out at Internet telephony, saying the fast-growing technology could foster "drug trafficking, organised crime and terrorism."

  • US Feds step up push to wiretap VoIP calls

    The Bush administration plans to ask the Federal Communications Commission to order Net telephony providers to comply with a law that would permit police to wiretap conversations carried over the Internet.

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