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Comment Re:In archaic terms... (Score 0) 505

by PWill on Thursday January 24, 2008 @09:09PM (#22176218) Attached to: The iPhone Meets the Fourth Amendment

Not necessarily archaic terms... "The people have the right be be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects" Effects is defined as "personal belongings" There is no way that anyone could interpret the 4th Amendment to no protect electronic devices. Ugh.

Dateline NBC Mole Outed At DefCon 573

Posted by Zonk on Friday August 03, 2007 @07:37PM from the bunch-of-cranky-hackers dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Dateline NBC allegedly attempted to infiltrate the DefCon hackerfest with a producer using a hidden camera. The show hoped to tape hackers admitting to illegal activities, but DefCon got wind of the plot and displayed the would-be-mole's photo before every presentation. Dateline refused to deny the planned infiltration. 'All journalists covering DefCon sign an agreement upon registering for the conference that outlines the rules, but the DefCon organizers say the mole apparently registered as a regular attendee, thereby bypassing the legal agreement. Dateline NBC is best known for its controversial To Catch A Predator series, which uses hidden cameras to tape men who are allegedly seeking to have sex with minors they met online.'"

BBC White Paper Claims HD Over Low Bandwidth Signal 88

Posted by Zonk on Saturday April 28, 2007 @04:35PM from the quite-a-feat dept.

Kelten Miynos writes "According to CNet, the BBC has written a white paper in which they claim it's possible to double the available Freeview TV bandwidth by using some clever technologies. 'Doubling the space would mean we could easily have HD channels on Freeview, although everyone would need to buy a new receiver and aerial to pick them up. The key to all this is something called MIMO, which stands for multiple-input multiple-output. MIMO works using two transmitters, and two receivers. The two transmitters mean the two sets of data — sent on the same frequency — will arrive at the receivers at different times. Different arrival times are what allow the receiver to differentiate between the two separate signals and subsequently decode them.' These procedures could then be transplanted abroad to other countries with similar services."

Spy Act of 2007 = "Vendors Can Spy Act" 309

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday April 24, 2007 @06:34PM from the legalizing-spyware dept.

strick1226 writes "Ed Foster over at InfoWorld describes the Spy Act bill (H.R. 964) as having the same relation to the prevention of spyware that the CAN SPAM Act had to the prevention of spam. It allows exceptions for companies to utilize spyware for any number of reasons; if this bill had been law when Sony distributed their rootkit, they would have had perfect cover. Most troubling is that the bill would preempt all state laws, including those more focused on the privacy of people's data, and disallow individuals from bringing suit. It is expected to pass soon with 'strong bipartisan support.'"

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