Comment: Re:GNU Free (Score 1) 170
Rob Rivest presented on this topic - his position was clear:
"The risks of "internet voting" more than negate any possible benefits from an increase in franchise."
Reference: http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/ST/UOCAVA/2010/Presentations/RIVEST_2010-08-05-uocava.pdf/
Comment: Re:Dude, he played Wesley Crusher!!! (Score 1) 149
wasn't there a wesley crusher newsgroup that wreaked havoc b/c of an excessively long name? Something like: ensign.wesley.crusher.must.die.die.die.die.die.die.die...
+ - User Consent for Spyware?
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Teacher's Pet writes "From a GovernmentExecutive.com article:
"The House passed legislation Wednesday (H.R.1525) that would require companies that distribute software to notify and obtain consent from users before the applications are installed. Separate legislation (H.R. 964) that also passed the House would establish penalties for malicious use of the software.""