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David Farber | 1 May 2006 02:31

China Uncensored


Begin forwarded message:

From: Matt Murray <mattm <at> optonline.net>
Date: April 30, 2006 8:25:27 PM EDT
To: Dave Farber <dave <at> farber.net>
Subject: China Uncensored

Dear Prof. Farber,

One more for the weekend. My friends just returned from six weeks in  
China. They don't travel with tours, and instead book lodging, sight- 
seeing, and the like as they go. Normally they send a few emails  
during their travels about how they integrate with locals, etc. This  
email was the first time their travelogue was a bit more serious.

I asked and received permission to forward on to the IP list. As  
always, if you deem appropriate for resending.

All the best.

Matt Murray

MattM <at> optonline.net

Friends -

Many of you have been asking us about our observations of the _real_  
issues in China: free speech, human rights, and personal freedom. We  
must say that, for the first time in any of our travels, we were not
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David Farber | 1 May 2006 02:32

At Wellesley, arrest over chalk writing leaves a mark


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From: EEkid <at> aol.com
Date: April 30, 2006 8:13:00 PM EDT
To: dave <at> farber.net
Subject: At Wellesley, arrest over chalk writing leaves a mark

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2006/04/30/ 
at_wellesley_arrest_over_chalk_writing_leaves_a_mark/

At Wellesley, arrest over chalk writing leaves a mark Police reaction  
to peace signs is questioned
By Alison Lobron, Globe Correspondent  |  April 30, 2006

Wellesley College senior Hadley Smith began the night of April 12  
with her hands full of rainbow-colored chalk and ended it in the town  
police station.

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David Farber | 1 May 2006 13:21

more on Big holes in net's heart revealed


Begin forwarded message:

From: Jaap Akkerhuis <jaap <at> NLnetLabs.nl>
Date: May 1, 2006 6:17:47 AM EDT
To: Carl Malamud <carl <at> media.org>
Cc: dave <at> farber.net
Subject: Re: [IP] Big holes in net's heart revealed

Being in the talk I might to comment that it was all more a sales talk
for a Distributed Hash Table based alternative (which has it's own
problems). There was a lot of FUD presented.

> Hi Dave -
>
> Here is their paper in case anybody wants to read the details:
>
> http://www.cs.cornell.edu/People/egs/papers/dnssurvey.pdf
>
> A simple takeaway ... upgrade your nameserver.  There is no excuse
> to be running 5-year old versions of software on a machine that
> provides critical infrastructure.
>
> Carl
>
>> Something "well known" but not advertised till now. djf

It is advertised all the time in various place. Warnings about
outdated software gets ignored all the time. Surveys have been done
showing how many broken servers are still in production, but nobody
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David Farber | 1 May 2006 13:22

political citizen journalism in singapore


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From: James Seng <james <at> seng.sg>
Date: May 1, 2006 4:53:13 AM EDT
To: dave <at> farber.net
Subject: political citizen journalism in singapore

hi dave,

as you may be aware, the singapore government has warned bloggers are  
not to engaged in political discussion during general election (20th  
april to 6th may) as activities like blogging, podcasting and  
videocasting is not on the "approved" list.

despite that, citizen journalisms in singapore continues to cover  
debates and rallies (mostly by oppositions) which is not covered by  
the mainstream media. numerous singaporean blogs has dedicated to  
cover the elections and rallies such as http://yawningbread.org/ and  
http://djourne.net/sgelection06/

the most interesting of all is http://sgrally.blogspot.com/ a site  
that, thanks to profilations of mobile phones with videocam  
capability, youtube and other video hosting site, makes possible for  
people to submit and share their recorded snipplet of the rallies.  
(see http://sgrally.blogspot.com/2006/02/welcome-to-sg-rally- 
singapores-first.html for the background)

when the site was first reveal in feb, mainstream media downplay the  
site along the line that people wont bother to record, digitize,
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David Farber | 2 May 2006 01:25

Spies Among Us


Begin forwarded message:

From: Richard Forno <rforno <at> infowarrior.org>
Date: May 1, 2006 7:22:56 PM EDT
To: Blaster <rforno <at> infowarrior.org>
Cc: Dave Farber <dave <at> farber.net>
Subject: Spies Among Us

Spies Among Us
Despite a troubled history, police across the nation are keeping tabs on
ordinary Americans

By David E. Kaplan

5/8/06

In the Atlanta suburbs of DeKalb County, local officials wasted no time
after the 9/11 attacks. The second-most-populous county in Georgia,  
the area
is home to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the FBI's
regional headquarters, and other potential terrorist targets. Within  
weeks
of the attacks, officials there boasted that they had set up the  
nation's
first local department of homeland security. Dozens of other communities
followed, and, like them, DeKalb County put in for--and got--a series of
generous federal counterterrorism grants. The county received nearly $12
million from Washington, using it to set up, among other things, a  
police
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David Farber | 2 May 2006 01:46

Bush, the lover of democracy should love this...


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From: Robert Lee <robertslee <at> verizon.net>
Date: May 1, 2006 4:47:06 PM EDT
To: dave <at> farber.net
Subject: Bush, the lover of democracy should love this...

LA PAZ, Bolivia - President Evo Morales ordered soldiers to  
immediately occupy Bolivia's natural gas fields Monday and threatened  
to evict foreign companies unless they sign new contracts within six  
months giving Bolivia majority control over the entire chain of  
production.

ADVERTISEMENT

Morales said soldiers and engineers with Bolivia's state-owned oil  
company would be sent to installations operated by foreign petroleum  
companies.

"The time has come, the awaited day, a historic day in which Bolivia  
retakes absolute control of our natural resources," Morales said in a  
speech from the San Alberto petroleum field in southernBolivia to  
decree what he called a nationalization of the natural gas industry.  
The field is operated by Brazil's Petroleo Brasileiro SA in  
association with the Spanish-Argentine Repsol YPF SA and France's  
Total SA.

Bolivia has South America's second largest natural gas reserves after  
Venezuela, and all foreign companies must turn over most production
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David Farber | 2 May 2006 01:58

Ohio recalls voter registration CDs; Social Security numbers included


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From: Glenn Tenney CISSM CISM <gt_IP060107 <at> think.org>
Date: May 1, 2006 7:54:17 PM EDT
To: Dave Farber <dave <at> farber.net>
Subject: Ohio recalls voter registration CDs; Social Security numbers  
included

( for IP if you want )

http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/privacy/story/ 
0,10801,110983,00.html?source=NLT_SEC&nid=110983

Ohio recalls voter registration CDs; Social Security numbers included
The data was to be used for get-out-the-vote efforts in upcoming  
primary elections

News Story by Todd R. Weiss

APRIL 28, 2006 (COMPUTERWORLD) - The Social Security numbers of
potentially millions of registered voters in Ohio were included on
CD-ROMs distributed to some 20 political campaign operations in recent
months as campaigns geared up for spring primary election races.

The problem was discovered Tuesday when one of the political campaigns
contacted the Ohio secretary of state's office to say that the
personal data was on the discs, even though it wasn't requested, said
James Lee, a spokesman for Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell.
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David Farber | 2 May 2006 14:07

A downside of police surveillance and the Web: IDing pot smokers who committed no crime [priv]


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From: Tim Meehan <tmeehan <at> ncrefs.ca>
Date: May 2, 2006 1:31:38 AM EDT
To: Declan <declan <at> well.com>
Cc: David Farber <dave <at> farber.net>
Subject: Re: A downside of police surveillance and the Web: IDing pot  
smokers who committed no crime [priv]

More info...

Pubdate: Mon, 01 May 2006
Source: Colorado Daily (UC Edu, CO)
Contact: letters <at> coloradodaily.com
Author: Paula Pant, Colorado Daily Staff Writer

4/20 CRACKDOWN

Were you on Farrand Field at 4:20 p.m. on Thursday, April 20?

If so, chances are your photo may be online.

150 photos of people who were on Farrand Field during the annual
"4/20" marijuana-smoking event were posted online last week by the
University of Colorado Police Department.

CUPD is offering a $50 reward for each person identified, and
identified people are subject to possible "criminal charges," said
spokesman Lt. Tim McGraw. Identified people may also receive a ticket
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David Farber | 2 May 2006 14:10

Chalk talk.


Begin forwarded message:

From: Ken <ken <at> new-isp.net>
Date: May 1, 2006 8:17:58 PM EDT
To: dave <at> farber.net
Subject: Chalk talk.

Dave, (et al)

As quoted from the article,

"Wellesley College senior Hadley Smith began the night of April 12  
with her hands full of rainbow-colored chalk and ended it in the town  
police station.

As part of the Wellesley College Peace Coalition, Smith, 22, and  
other students spent the early evening scrawling onto the town  
center's sidewalks peace signs and quotations from Mohandas K. Gandhi.

Someone followed them back to their dormitory, copied down the  
license plate number of the car Smith was driving, and contacted  
Wellesley police, according to the police report.

That led to an evening in jail for Smith and her fellow students, an  
experience that has led to misgivings on the campus of 2,300 students  
about the way police handled the incident. A spokesman for Wellesley  
police said the students were not mistreated."

The entire story can be found here:
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David Farber | 2 May 2006 14:42

MySpace and Privacy


Begin forwarded message:

From: Frederick Lane <fslane3 <at> gmail.com>
Date: May 2, 2006 8:35:50 AM EDT
To: dave <at> farber.net
Subject: MySpace and Privacy

Hi Dave --

As some on IP have noted, a lot of college administrators are starting
to take a close look at social networking sites like MySpace and
Facebook. I just got back from doing a lecture at Drake University on
the privacy issues of social networking sites, and put my presentation
online. Here's the link if anyone is interested:

http://www.fredericklane.com/Lectures/2006%20Drake%20University/ 
2006-04-26%20Lost%20in%20MySpace_01.html

Regards,

Fred

--
Frederick Lane is an expert witness, lecturer, and author of "Obscene
Profits" (Routledge 2000) and "The Naked Employee" (Amacom 2003). His
third book, "The Decency Wars: The Campaign to Cleanse American
Culture," will be published by Prometheus Books in August 2006. For
additional information, please visit www.FrederickLane.com.
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