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Cencorship vs. public security. 8. October 2003
Robert Carlson about the public security threats which can arise from well-meant regulation of knowledge which could also be abused... In this case biological technologies.
http://www.molsci.org/~rcarlson/Carlson_Pace_and_Prolif.pdf
British teenager appeared in court for possesion of a book. 8. October 2007

Mediaeval ages back in Britain.

A balanced view on the pro's and con's of Tor. 9. February 2007

University IT and campus security staffers came knocking on Paul Cesarini's door asking why he was using the anonymizing network.

US judge censors web links28. December 2006

Seems a combination of strange missunderstanding of technical facts and missconception about identity.

Chineese Wikipedia15. October 2006

Used to be blocked, now partially open.

govt. how secrecy decreases public security28. April 2006

A nice essay how the twin tower desaster was possible only because of too much secrecy on the govt. side.

Geheimvertrag zu Passagierdaten verletzt.25. April 2006

Hat irgendjemand etwas anderes erwartet?

France to outlaw open source DRM?18. April 2006

That' would be strange!

To whom reports the government?19. March 2006

R. Tanner complains "A democracy can only function if we have information. You can only have oversight of government if you have information."

civil liberties increase public security15. February 2006

At least that's what statistics say.

Broadcast Flag Nixed by DC Circuit of the US Ct. of Appeals 7. May 2005

This morning, the DC Circuit of the US Court of Appeals struck down the loathsome Broadcast Flag.

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