French Cybercrime Expert Discusses Loppsi 2 Legislation
It’s been one of the more heated debates surrounding technology in France today. The Loppsi 2 law proposal which would allow the French government to censor websites and allow police to upload key loggers and trojans onto people’s computers without their consent has been a heavily debated piece of legislation and now a cybercrime [...]
New French ‘Loppsi 2′ Law Proposal to Allow Police to Upload Malware to File Sharers?
Currently, we only have a Google translation of the article, but if the translation came out right, is France really preparing to allow the government to upload spyware onto users computers? If this is true, it almost makes the HADOPI, or three strikes law, seem like nothing.
There’s an article posted on Le Monde recently [...]
Lawmaker Wants to Ban Anonymous Online Postings
Tim Couch, a Republican representative in the Kentucky Legislature filed a bill that would make it illegal for anyone to post online anonymously.
The bill (.doc) says that everyone who signs up with an “interactive service” must demand users full name, address and valid electronic mail address.
The bill also states that any “interactive service provider” that [...]
Xupiter author orders critics to cease and desist
“A culture is made – or destroyed – by its articulate voices” – Ayn Rand
“The society that separates its scholars from its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting by fools.” – Thucydides
Some of you know by now that I run a blog with my best friend where we investigate various [...]
EULAs – A solution at last?
Disagreements aren’t what you’d call an endangered species in most tech circles. In one realm however, it seems that everyone is more or less in accord: End-User License Agreements (or EULAs) are out of control. They’re too long, too hard to read, and to the average Joe, about as relevant to everyday life as [...]
