[Cybertel-Ann] 1.9.7 :: WiFi FreeLoaders :: Boondoggle :: Brazil Blocks YouTube :: dot XXX Back Again :: The Right to Link ::

[Robert Cannon]

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Big Brother in the form of an increasingly powerful
government and in an increasingly powerful private
sector will pile the records high with reasons why
privacy should give way to national security, to law
and order, to efficiency of operation, to scientific
advancement and the like.  - william Doughlas

Wi-Fi concerns prompt new security laws, CW, 1/9/2007 
Concerns over piggybacking and unauthorized use of
others' Wi-Fi hotspots have prompted new laws in New
York and California.
http://feeds.computerworld.com/~r/Computerworld/News/~3/72872773/article.do
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http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/wifi.htm

Sidestepping the Net neutrality boondoggle, CNET,
1/9/2007 
Policy analyst Randolph J. May warns that political
miscalculations may tempt states to mandate the
regulation of Internet services.
http://news.com.com/2010-1028_3-6148337.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm

Brazilian ISPs Told To Block YouTube Until Google
Shuts It Down, Techdirt, 1/9/2007 
Following the Brazilian court order last week
demanding Google shut down YouTube because of a racy
video involving a well-known model having sex on the
beach, a Brazilian ISP has stepped up to block all
access to YouTube. The judge's order did...
http://techdirt.com/articles/20070108/163943.shtml
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/ipv.htm

Proposal for porn domain (dot XXX) revived, BBC,
1/9/2007 
Plans to create a dedicated net domain catering for
pornography have been revived.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/technology/6240725.stm
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/

Attack of the Zombie Computers Is Growing Threat, NYT,
1/9/2007 
Thousands or even millions of PCs are being hijacked
by malicious programs to commit Internet crimes.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/07/technology/07net.html?ex=1325826000&en=2d1ccd4e0cd204b8&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/worms.htm

ILSR Report: Five Ways Public Ownership Solves US
Broadband Problem, MuniWireless, 1/9/2007 
Becca Vargo Daggett of the Institute for Local
Self-Reliance (ILSR) has written a report on how
public ownership of broadband infrastructure would
bring affordable, high-speed broadband access to urban
and rural communities in the US. Attention:...
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/muniwireless/~3/72886769/1582
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http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/muni.htm

EFF Defends Right to Link from Internet Wiki, EFF,
1/9/2007 
Legal Battle Over Controversial Prescription Drug
Zyprexa San Francisco - The Electronic Frontier
Foundation (EFF) today defended the First Amendment
rights of a citizen-journalist to link from a public
"wiki" to electronic copies of damaging...
http://www.eff.org/news/archives/2007_01.php#005058
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/link.htm

Social Networking Websites and Teens, Pew, 1/9/2007 
More than half (55%) of all online American youths
ages 12-17 use online social networking sites.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PewInternetAndAmericanLifeProjectFrontPage/~3/72095829/report_display.asp
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/data/

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