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ACLU Challenges FBI E-Mail Taps  17 July 2000 
Source: PC World - Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas   
The American Civil Liberties Union is calling on Congress to update federal privacy laws and ban what it says is the potential for large-scale scanning and analysis of e-mail by the FBI's Carnivore e-mail interception program. . . .

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Hollywood vs 2600.com in court today  17 July 2000 
Source: The Register - Posted by Jen Olson   
A New York court will today begin hearing the DVD copyright case between Hollywood and the Hacker community, in the shape of 2600.com. Eight studios, members of the Motion Picture Assoiciation of America (MPAA), are suing 2600.com - The Hacker Quarterly . . .

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Administration Announces New Encryption Regulations  17 July 2000 
Source: Newsbytes.com - Posted by Chris Pallack   
The Clinton administration today said it plans to change laws governing the export of powerful encryption technologies to allow export of all information-scrambling products to any end user in the European Union and to eight other trading partners.

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US To Free Up Security Software  17 July 2000 
Source: afr.com.au - Posted by Dave Wreski   
The Clinton administration plans to announce as early as today that it will allow US software and hardware companies such as Microsoft and Cisco Systems to compete on an equal footing with software makers from Australia and elsewhere, by doing away . . .

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ACLU: Block FBI e-snoops  17 July 2000 
Source: FCW - Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas   
The American Civil Liberties Union on July 11 appealed to Congress to protect Americans from unreasonable searches and seizures on the Internet in light of recent revelations that a new monitoring tool could enable the FBI to intercept the e-mail of law-abiding citizens. . . .

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Hacker zine prepares to defend itself in court  16 July 2000 
Source: ZDNet - Posted by Dave Wreski   
The cybertrial of the century begins here Monday, according to the defendants in a case that pits nine Hollywood studios against Eric Corley, a.k.a. Emmanuel Goldstein, publisher of the small hacker 'zine known as 2600. The . . .

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UK snooping bill key amendment defeated  14 July 2000 
Source: vnunet - Posted by Pete O'Hara   
An amendment to the so-called snooping bill requiring the Home Secretary to sign all warrants requesting decryption codes was defeated by just one vote in the House of Lords yesterday. The amendment, defeated by 120 votes to 119, related to a . . .

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Reno says review under way on Internet `wiretapping'  13 July 2000 
Source: SF Gate Tech - Posted by Dave Wreski   
Attorney General Janet Reno said Thursday she is looking into the FBI's new high-tech ``Carnivore'' system for e-mail monitoring to ensure that privacy safeguards are met as well as the needs of federal law enforcement officials. ``When we develop new technology, . . .

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Agencies fail to protect software, report says  13 July 2000 
Source: GovExec - Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas   
In letters sent to chief information officers at 16 federal agencies, the General Accounting Office has detailed widespread non-compliance with policies in place to protect the government's software code.. . .

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Security policies fall short  12 July 2000 
Source: Fcw.com - Posted by Chris Pallack   
Federal agencies are failing to follow the policies to ensure that changes in their software and systems do not open security vulnerabilities, the General Accounting Office told agency officials last month.

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