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Wired Releases Full Text of AT&T NSA Document 559

ifitzgerald writes "This morning, Wired News released the full text of the AT&T NSA wiretap documents that are currently under court seal. From the article: 'AT&T claims information in the file is proprietary and that it would suffer severe harm if it were released. Based on what we've seen, Wired News disagrees. In addition, we believe the public's right to know the full facts in this case outweighs AT&T's claims to secrecy. As a result, we are publishing the complete text of a set of documents from the EFF's primary witness in the case, former AT&T employee and whistle-blower Mark Klein -- information obtained by investigative reporter Ryan Singel through an anonymous source close to the litigation. The documents, available on Wired News as of Monday, consist of 30 pages, with an affidavit attributed to Klein, eight pages of AT&T documents marked "proprietary," and several pages of news clippings and other public information related to government-surveillance issues.'"

UK Government Wants Private Encryption Keys 822

An anonymous reader writes "Businesses and individuals in Britain may soon have to give their encryption keys to the police or face imprisonment. The UK government has said it will bring in the new powers to address a rise in the use of encryption by criminals and terrorists." From the article: "Some security experts are concerned that the plan could criminalise innocent people and drive businesses out of the UK. But the Home Office, which has just launched a consultation process, says the powers contained in Part 3 are needed to combat an increased use of encryption by criminals, paedophiles, and terrorists. 'The use of encryption is... proliferating,' Liam Byrne, Home Office minister of state told Parliament last week. 'Encryption products are more widely available and are integrated as security features in standard operating systems, so the Government has concluded that it is now right to implement the provisions of Part 3 of RIPA... which is not presently in force.'"

We Don't Need No Stinkin' Broadband 572

Ant writes "eMarketer has an article on The Yankee Group's analysis on why some Americans aren't feeling the broadband love. It was based on Ipsos Public Affairs. 45% of Americans say it's simply too expensive. 30% say that they just don't want it. 14% say they feel dial-up is adequate for their needs. Less than 10% are not able to get broadband access in their area. Five percent insist broadband is "too complicated". Another 5% aren't even sure why they don't have it..."

Best Method for Automated CD Ripping? 133

OzPeter asks: "I have a need to rip about 200-300 CDs in the near future, and I am not looking forward to being a slave to the computer every 4 minutes in order to change the CD in the drive. I have been looking around for automated ripping systems but in general have not been impressed by what I found. This question was asked, 4 years ago, and the best advice to come out of it seemed to be to hire a local teenager to be that slave. Have things improved, or does the advice given in that article still stand? What is currently the best way of automatically ripping a significant number of CDs?"
Technology

Journal Journal: Help with linux and video recording...


I was reading this article that mentioned MythTV and I began wondering if anyone had an experience with this...

What I want to be able to do (ultimately) is to capture an MPEG2-TS directly from OTA HDTV, and more importantly, digital cable or satellite (DirecTV/Dish/whatever). In Linux.

The 2000 Beanies

Journal Journal: It's my birthday! 2

Well, actually it was Sept. 1st, but I'm celebrating it today. ::dances::

PS - Still waiting for more detail on MUA-side mail classifiers.

Mozilla

Journal Journal: Looking for a generic mail classifier... 1

Does anyone know where I can get a generic mail classifier for Mozilla or Thunderbird? The junk mail filter is nice, but I'd like to be able to classify things as "other than junk" as well. It's easier than having to write filters manually... plus, I mean, junk mail filters based on naive classifiers are just special cases of the N-group classifier.

Any ideas?

The Internet

Journal Journal: Help me buy cat5.net 5

Help me buy cat5.net
Those domain-squatting bastards want something like $800 for it. If I get enough people to pool their money to buy it, I'll host a site in all the donators honor, with free shell accounts, webhosting, unlimited mail aliases, the works.

Cat5.. Category 5, like the cable, and the hurricane. Get it? It's catchy and short.

Any takers?

The Courts

Journal Journal: Daylight Savings Time 1

Let me just assert that Congress needs to pass a Consitutional Amendment to eliminate Daylight Savings Time before they can even consider one for or against gay marriage.

Let's focus on things that actually make an impact on our everyday lives, people.

GameCube (Games)

Journal Journal: SWAT 2065

Video game concept/proposal:

Imagine this... You have a wide screen TV. The left-hand side is a blistering directed-focus 3d shooter. Meanwhile you have a high-speed emergency vehicle careening around turns and through rush hour traffic on the right hand side.

Anime

Journal Journal: Hanako "Excel" Dosuki

And of course, this show must have a continuation. But I don't think ACROSS is welcome in F City, F Prefecture any longer. No, they need to strike somewhere they can rise to power virtually undetected, where police will give their antics and exploits nary a second glance.

Rio, St. Petersburg, and New York City. I'd say NYC, because if you run out of jokes, you can flip to Fox and steal them out of an old Seinfeld episode.

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