http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/16/eu_data_retention_transposition/
UK.gov to tap BT as data harvester
Small ISP customers to be monitored upstream
By Chris Williams Posted in Government, 16th February 2009 09:52 GMT
… The arrangement is the Home Office's solution to its dilemma of having to comply with EU law, while not wishing to fund every ISP's data retention system. At an industry meeting last year officials were unable to provide clear guidance on what small operations would be required to do once the EUDRD became UK law.
… *Full details of the internet communications data to be retained under the UK implementation of the EUDRD are here. Scroll to Part 3.
A tool for stalkers? Will the phone companies refund your 'unlisted number' fee?
http://www.pogowasright.org/article.php?story=2009021705570745
Anonymous Caller? New Service Says, Not Any More
Tuesday, February 17 2009 @ 05:57 AM EST Contributed by: PrivacyNews
A new service set for launch Tuesday allows cellphone users to unmask the Caller ID on blocked incoming calls, obtaining the phone number, and in some cases the name and address, of the no-longer-anonymous caller.
The service, called TrapCall, is offered by New Jersey's TelTech systems, the company behind the controversial SpoofCard Caller ID spoofing service. The new service is likely to be even more controversial — and popular.
"What’s really interesting is that they’ve totally taken the privacy out of Caller ID," says former hacker Kevin Mitnick, who alpha-tested the service.
Source - Threat Level
How better to justify knowing what you do on your PC than to tax it? No doubt anything encrypted will be taxed at the highest rate. Calculating a percentage for free downloads is too much like “Math-for-politicians” so no doubt that will simply be taxed on a “per item” basis.
http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/02/16/168211&from=rss
New York Wants To Tax Internet Downloads
Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday February 16, @11:35AM from the bits-for-bucks dept. Politics
An anonymous reader writes
"NY is considering taxing 'video and music' downloads to offset a burgeoning budget deficit."
How long before we all have meters on our routers? This version is just a 4% tax on movies and songs downloaded from services like iTunes, but I'm sure if they could figure out a bit tax, they would.
Microsoft finds another way to disappoint. Best comment suggests this may force users to run Windows in their virtual machine so it can't control your hardware!
http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/02/16/2259257&from=rss
Draconian DRM Revealed In Windows 7
Posted by kdawson on Monday February 16, @09:18PM from the just-who-did-you-think-owns-your-machine dept. Windows
TechForensics writes
"A few days' testing of Windows 7 has already disclosed some draconian DRM, some of it unrelated to media files. A legitimate copy of Photoshop CS4 stopped functioning after we clobbered a nagging registration screen by replacing a DLL with a hacked version. With regard to media files, the days of capturing an audio program on your PC seem to be over (if the program originated on that PC). The inputs of your sound card are severely degraded in software if the card is also playing an audio program (tested here with Grooveshark). This may be the tip of the iceberg. Being in bed with the RIAA is bad enough, but locking your own files away from you is a tactic so outrageous it may kill the OS for many persons. Many users will not want to experiment with a second sound card or computer just to record from online sources, or boot up under a Linux that supports ntfs-3g just to control their files."
Read on for more details of this user's findings.
For your Security newsletter. (You do have one, right?)
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/021609-9-dirty-tricks-social-engineers.html
9 Dirty Tricks: Social Engineers' Favorite Pick-Up Lines
By Joan Goodchild , CSO , 02/16/2009
Related
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/business/20090217_Identity-theft_scammers_pretend_to_be_IRS.html
Identity-theft scammers pretend to be IRS
By Peter Mucha Inquirer Staff Writer Posted on Tue, Feb. 17, 2009
Online con artists are always coming up with something new.
Now they're phishing for private information via fax - while pretending to be the IRS.
The phony e-mail arrives, pretending to be from "Internal Revenue Service," with a subject line such as "please see the attachment."
Tools for geeks
http://www.killerstartups.com/Blogging-Widgets/pakblogger-com-blog-on-web-2-0-internet-tips
PakBlogger.com - Blog On Web 2.0 & Internet Tips
A blog that deals with Web 2.0 and Internet tips, PakBlogger is an interesting online destination for those who want to maximize their time on the World Wide Web
The blog itself is subdivided into categories such as “Gadgets”, “Tips and Tricks” and “How To”, whereas a section that is named “Google” is likewise provided. The latter includes postings that go by names such as “10 Useful Google Chrome Tips And Tricks” and “Top YouTube Videos – Most Viewed YouTube Videos Using Google Map”.
Of course, you can see the most recent postings on the menu that is provided on the right-hand side of the main page, and you can see what new developments are attracting the most attention this way.
Usual features such as updates via RSS are likewise featured, so that you can always keep posted on the world of the Internet and Web 2.0 one way or the other. If you happen to be interested in the Internet as a whole, this weblog is definitely worth visiting at least once, and being browsed through for a while.
Even as a slide show, this is an interesting list.
http://www.download.com/8301-2007_4-10163791-12.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5
Slideshow: Voice chat for free on your PC
by Jessica Dolcourt February 17, 2009 12:01 AM PST
You don't need a fistful of dollars to make an international call, just a computer with a microphone, speakers, and one of the six applications we gathered together for you in this collection of free voice-chat apps (some offer upgrades to premium services.) As a bonus, all of these fine downloads offer video calls to let you put a face to a voice.
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