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FBI Prioritizes Copyright Over Missing Persons 372

Posted by CmdrTaco from the well-that-makes...-something dept.
An anonymous reader writes "The FBI has limited resources, so it needs to prioritize what it works on. However, it's difficult to see why dealing with copyright infringement seems to get more attention than identity theft or missing persons. In the past year, the FBI has announced a special new task force to fight intellectual property infringement, but recent reports have shown that both identity theft and missing persons have been downgraded as priorities by the FBI, to the point that there are a backlog of such cases."

Comment Easy... (Score 1) 561

by diwolf (#20581339) Attached to: What's the Right Amount of Copy Protection?
Here's what I'd do..

Each person who buys the program downloads a *customized* download. It has their name, company name and address EMBEDDED in the program. No serial #'s, etc.. just a download that will install cleanly; but, with the contact info of the purchaser nicely embedded in the program. Look, no piracy.

vBulletin does something similar with their product BTW...
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Submission + - Unencrypted passwords at "secure" sites 1

Submitted by linear a
linear a writes: I've noticed that quite a few web sites do *not* encrypt user passwords. I've gotten into the habit of hitting the "email me my password" from them to see what happens. So far I've found maybe 6 that must store passwords in clear since they were able to return the original password back to me. Clearly this is Bad Security Practice. Also, I've had notably bad progress when I ask them to fix this practice. Some of these are sites one would clearly expect to have better security (e.g., a software vendor and an online bank). Do you have thoughts on how to better encourage better password practice at these places? Also, is this is really as common as it seems to be for me?

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