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The new social networking?
OK, so we all know Friendster, Orkut, Tribes, Sixdegrees, etc., etc. Enter Couch Surfing. For those not in the know (I had to look it up), couch surfing is wher…
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Sadeghi, Taming TC
Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi & Christian Stüble, Taming "Trusted Platforms" by Operating System Design, in: Chae & Yung (eds.), 4th International Worksh…
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Owner Override IV
There are also areas outside trusted computing where something like an owner override feature already exists. Some web browsers (such as Safari, Opera, and Konq…
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Bounty-hunters -- the Net's new lawmen?
First SCO, now Microsoft -- offering bounties for the author(s) of MyDoom. Okay, putting aside the fact that the author(s) of MyDoom (*cough*scriptkiddies*coug…
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Comment spam
Things are getting out of hand with comment spam round here. FYI, I'm dropping the Movable Type hammer. (AKA the delete comment button).…
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A great reminder of why fair use matters
Coming to the San Francisco Independent Film Festival is the new film Value Added Cinema; a flick constructed entirely by editing together egregious product-pla…
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Counting on Democracy
The Stanford Law School Center for Internet and Society is pleased to present a screening of scenes from “Counting on Democracy,” a new documentary by Stanford…
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Real-world consequences of MMOG investigations
A few days ago, I sort of glibly linked to an article about a teenager ("Evangeline") who was running a cyber-brothel in The Sims Online. Well, the…
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NPS
January 2004: Naval Postgraduate School, CISR Invited Lecture Series…
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How antiprivacy is Dean's smartcard?
I like Howard Dean. Don't know if I'll vote for him or not, but I admire his willingness to go out there and get angry. But until a few months ago, I&#…
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democratic discourse
John Palfrey paid me a nice comment on his blog-- but it got me thinking. He, and others, write their thoughts about digital democracy daily on their blogs. I…
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the end of the wireless sanctuary
This NYT article explains how millions of wireless users are signing contracts where the fine print allows providers to add them to a phone directory. I like t…