Jim Noble :

Why is skype getting all of this fear mongering?

The Onion Router (TOR - http://tor.eff.org) is a fantastic way of circumventing IT controls in just about ANY network. I can run TOR with my altirus software virtualization tool (free), and i can do it from my 4GB USB Thumbdrive.

I have worked in environments where the IT security and network staff felt that they knew exactly what was going on, however, since all of my outbound network traffic was tunneled over TOR, (at least the information that I didn't want them to see), I could still perform any feat or action that I desired on the internet.

My main point here is not to run away from these applications. They have their place. I use TOR primarily to surf competitors web sites, when I don't want my company's IP Address showing up in the web logs, however, when draconian rules are applied as described by the previous posters, these people need to understand that "tightening the screws" will only make people find these tools, and deploy them.

Sorry Larry, I had to set you straight... who still uses skype anyway?

Cheap Hack - Border Security - Skypetunnel: A Horrifying Idea

Commenting on the incident, Baltimore County police spokesman Bill Toohey told the Sun: "It's a sign that we're all a little nervous in the post-9/11 world."

Ok, so, I'm missing the connection... can someone help me out?

You try to pay a bill, with legal tender, and Best Buys (stupid employees) think that they are fake, and this has what? to do with 9/11 and terrorism?

Where is the logic in this statement, and where is the law suit?

WorldNetDaily: Man arrested, cuffed after using $2 bills

The United States is better prepared to deal with a major disaster like Hurricane Katrina, which devastated the Gulf region in 2005, but still lacks a formal structure for coordinating a national response, the head of the U.S. Coast Guard said on Tuesday.

Surprise???!? nope. but hey, it must be a slow news day.

U.S. still lacks disaster response plan: Coast Guard | U.S. | Reuters

OMG...

In my own "backyard" as it were...

Yeah lady... like that's the reason we have school shootings... You and your damned "witch hunts"... literally...

'Ban Harry Potter or face more school shootings' | the Daily Mail

WASHINGTON - Plagued by regular breaches in the security of personal data, federal agencies were ordered Tuesday to eliminate the unnecessary collection and use of Social Security numbers by early 2009.

That order and several other new security measures against identity theft were outlined in a memo to all department and agency heads from Clay Johnson III, deputy director for management of the Office of Management and Budget.

Way to go OMB!!! now if we could only get legislators to agree that this is what is REQUIRED for the populous at large...

Federal agencies ordered to eliminate personal data | The Bryan-College Station Eagle

Can an elderly father give police permission to search a password-protected computer kept in his adult son's bedroom, without probable cause or a warrant? In April, a three judge panel of the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals said yes.

This week, the son's attorney, Melissa Harrison, an assistant federal public defender in Kansas City, will ask the court to reconsider the panel's ruling. At stake is whether law enforcement will have any responsibility to respect passwords and other expressions of user privacy when searching devices which contain the most sensitive kinds of private information.

Jennifer Granick posts a very interesting legal issue, that everyone on Memestreams should review...

If this isn't overturned by the 10th Circuit, there could be some scary ramifications stemming from this action...

Please, take a read...

Hack My Son's Computer, Please

At a news conference, Bush defended the bill as a comprehensive approach that will fix what most Americans believe is a broken immigration system through which millions of illegal immigrants have slipped into the United States.

"If anybody advocates trying to dig out 12 million people who have been in our society for awhile, you know, it's sending a signal to the American people that's just not real," Bush said. "I mean, it is -- it's an impractical solution."

Well fuck that... Bush, you idiot.

Instead of a "compromise" bill, why can't your new DHS be responsible for getting the illegal immigrants out of the country? Are you saying that it's "Too Hard" for the United States of America to defend it's borders against any enemies?

These people have crossed our borders illegally for years, and the government of this country ALLOWED it to continue, and now, the only solution that can be crafted by our "leaders", is to institute REAL-ID, and keep the illegals here?

Weak... very weak.

Senate leaders battle for immigration pact | Reuters

This just warms my heart.

Revolt against new U.S. ID card grows | U.S. | Reuters

All Hail the Holy Shark!

oh, and bad, bad stingray... killing the return of our lord!

Hammerhead shark gives virgin birth | Science | Reuters

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