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LA Times on McDanel

October 16, 2003: US Admits Convicted Man Is No Hacker, Los Angeles Times, Joe Menn…

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why it is sometimes worth it

They called him a hacker and convicted him for unlawful access under 1030.  She called him a speaker and took the appeal. Now, thanks to my colleague Jennifer…

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AP on McDanel

The Associated Press is broadcasting a story about the government's admission of error in the McDanel case. Read more here.…

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Prosecutors admit error in McDanel case

Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles are moving to vacate Bret McDanel's felony conviction, according to an article in SecurityFocus. Jennifer Granick, who ha…

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Speaking Next Sunday on Digital Democracy

Cybersalon: Digital Democracy in 2004? 6:00-8:30 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 19 Hillside Club, 2286 Cedar St., Berkeley Will the Internet encourage more people, includi…

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Owner Override [updated Oct. 13]

Many observers have pointed out that TC architectures might be used by application, service and content providers to define which client applications to interop…

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Urgent need to document the TC ecology

As Ed Felten recently wrote in IEEE Security & Privacy May/June 2003, 60, 61: "In fact, the direct effects of TC are relatively harmless. It is the ind…