Congress will ignore this, perhaps
because no one in their offices speaks Australian?
"Australian Attorney-General
Nicola Roxon has been forced
to back down on her government's unpopular plan to force ISPs to
store the web history and social
networking of all Australians for two years. The
plan has been deeply
unpopular with the public, with hackers
attacking the government's spy agency. Public servants at the
spy agency promoting the scheme been scathing of the government,
saying: 'These reforms are urgently needed to deal with a rapidly
evolving security environment, but there isn't much appetite within
the government for anything that attracts controversy,' but a
document on the scheme released under the Freedom of Information Act
had
90% of it redacted to prevent "premature unnecessary debate."
Roxon hasn't dropped the unpopular scheme entirely, but only delayed
it until
after the next election."
Much more on the Google “settlement”
What's really going on here?
In
the wake of FTC settlements, confusion and dissent remain
August 11, 2012 by Dissent
In a somewhat frustrating Twitter chat
following the Google settlement, one of the first questions –
tweeted by Berin Szoka of TechFreedom – was, “How can message
sent by today’s ruling be “clear” when there’s no admission
of liability?” It was a question that had also been raised by one
commissioner who had dissented from the settlement, J. Thomas Rosch.
In his dissent, Rosch
wrote, in part:
First, the
Stipulated Order for Permanent Injunction and Civil Penalty Judgment
provides that “Defendant denies any violation of the FTC Order, any
and all liability for the claims set forth in the Complaint, and all
material allegations of the Complaint save for those regarding
jurisdiction and venue.” Yet, at the very same time, the
Commission supports a civil penalty of $22.5 million against Google
for that very same conduct. Condoning a denial of liability in
circumstances such as these is unprecedented.
[More...]
Tech has been doing some interesting
stuff...
"A new malware
intelligence system developed at Georgia Tech Research Institute
is helping organizations share threat intelligence and work together
to understand malware and cyber attacks. Dubbed "Titan",
the system lets members submit threat data and collaborate on malware
analysis and classification. Unlike some other systems, members
contribute data anonymously so no one would know which specific
organizations had been affected by a specific attack. Titan users
also get reports on malware samples they have submitted, such as the
potential harm, the likely source, the best remedy, and the risks
posed by the sample. The analysis is based on what GTRI researchers
learn by reverse-engineering the malware. The
project currently analyzes and classifies an average of 100,000
pieces of malicious code each day and growing.
While other information sharing initiatives have been launched, many
are by vendors, which sometimes sparks concern that the vendor may
have some bias, and may be pushing a certain product. Not the case
with Titan."
No longer a “fringe” event.
It seems to be the new trend in schools
and companies all across the world – BYOD.
… The advantages to coming to class
or to the office with your own laptop or tablet (for example) are
obvious. It’s yours, you’ve customized the hell out of it, and
you have the entire discography of Guns n’ Roses burned to MP3 on
the hard drive. Plus you’re more likely to have Windows 7 while
the poor secretary in the corner is struggling with Windows 98. But
then there’s the cons – theft, damage, incompatibility with
colleagues devices, hooking up to the inept company network and
getting a virus, and worst of all, your colleagues seeing your Kylie
Minogue desktop wallpaper.
Our infographic today is on the subject
of BYOD. Do you bring your own device to school or work? If so,
what are the pros and cons for you?
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