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So now read Dave's followup below. .< 9:27:03 PM  >John Robb thinks this capability will be pre-installed with Microsoft's OS. I think so too. How do I know? Well I don't know for sure, I don't have sources, but it must have been tempting for MS, too tempting. They get out of the antitrust conviction and in return they give the Feds the keys to all our computers. Not just in the US, of course, MS is a big seller in the international market. The workaround for terrorists (and independent developers) is to use an older or non-Microsoft OS, and get good antivirus software, not McAfee's -- to keep the Feds from going places they aren't supposed to be.  [Scripting News]
Let's hope Dave is wrong. But I wouldn't bet on it. .< 9:17:40 PM >SJ Mercury: Law and the Internet: more worries than hopes. Q&A with Lawrence Lessig. The instant reaction to the Sept. 11 episode has been to assert strong controls over the technology. When you reduce its diversity and decentralization, in my view, you weaken the Internet's strengths and you sacrifice much more than you intend to in the name of security. [Tomalak's Realm] .< 12:47:32 AM >BBC: "Somalia's only internet company and a key telecoms business have been forced to close because the United States suspects them of terrorist links." [Scripting News].< 12:38:56 AM >UK Gov agency threatens to dump 500,000 Windows desktops. Licence fee hikes a stick-up, apparently... [The Register] Go for it! .< 12:20:08 AM >War on Art: Taliban Took Ax to Culture. International Herald Tribune Nov 24 2001 6:13AM ET [Arts and culture news] I found this difficult to read, just because it's hard to imagine. |
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