Bruce Schneier writes: Universal identification is portrayed by some as the holy grail of Internet security. Anonymity is bad, the argument goes; and if we abolish it, we can ensure only the proper people have access to their own information. We’ll know who is sending us spam and who is trying to hack into corporate…
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Police want backdoor to Web users’ private data
Declan McCullagh writes: Anyone with an e-mail account likely knows that police can peek inside it if they have a paper search warrant. But cybercrime investigators are frustrated by the speed of traditional methods of faxing, mailing, or e-mailing companies these documents. They’re pushing for the creation of a national Web interface linking police computers…
Mozilla weighs privacy warnings for Web pages
Declan McCullagh writes: Unless you speak lawyerse as a second language, a Web site’s privacy policy can seem as incomprehensible as the loudspeakers on New York City subways. The organization behind Firefox, the world’s second most popular Web browser, has embarked on an ambitious project to change this. Instead of forcing people concerned about privacy…
AU: Attorney-General cracks down on ‘sewer’ internet election comment
Michael McGuire reports: South Australia has become one of the few states in the world to restrict the internet under laws created by Attorney-General Michael Atkinson. AdelaideNow reports the new law, which came into force on January 6, requires internet bloggers, and anyone making a comment on next month’s state election, to publish their real…