http://www.news.com/8300-13578_3-38.html The Iconoclast en-us Declan McCullagh's blog about politics, technology, and Washington, D.C.. Copyright 1995-2008 CNET Networks, Inc. All rights reserved. Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:25:00 GMT FBI's Net surveillance proposal raises privacy, legal concerns http://www.news.com/8301-13578_3-9929085-38.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TheIconoclast The FBI director and a Republican congressman sketched out a far-reaching plan this week for warrantless surveillance of the Internet.

During a House of Representatives Judiciary Committee hearing, the FBI's Robert Mueller and Rep. Darrell Issa of California talked about what amounts to a two-step approach. Step 1 involves ...

]]> http://www.news.com/8301-13578_3-9929085-38.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TheIconoclast Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:25:00 GMT Declan McCullagh Transcript: FBI director on surveillance of 'illegal' Internet activity http://www.news.com/8301-13578_3-9927552-38.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TheIconoclast When the FBI suggested that it should be able to perform wide-scale Internet monitoring to detect "illegal activity" on Wednesday, the bureau raised more questions than it answered.

To help clear things up, we're providing the transcript of FBI Director Robert Mueller's exchange at a House of Representatives ...

]]> http://www.news.com/8301-13578_3-9927552-38.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TheIconoclast Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:57:00 GMT Declan McCullagh FBI, politicos renew push for ISP data retention laws http://www.news.com/8301-13578_3-9926803-38.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TheIconoclast

FBI director Robert Mueller calls for new federal data retention laws forcing Internet companies to keep records of what their customers are doing, but without providing details. Several politicians endorsed the idea during a hearing on Tuesday.

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WASHINGTON--The FBI and multiple members of Congress said ...

]]> http://www.news.com/8301-13578_3-9926803-38.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TheIconoclast Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:50:00 GMT Declan McCullagh Shamos: Why e-voting paper trails are a bad idea http://www.news.com/8301-13578_3-9924361-38.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TheIconoclast

Carnegie Mellon's Michael Shamos, pictured here in his home in Pittsburgh, says that paper trails are hardly the solution to worries about the security of electronic voting machines, and when mandated by law, stifle further research.

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PITTSBURGH--Many computer scientists have been arguing for years ...

]]> http://www.news.com/8301-13578_3-9924361-38.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TheIconoclast Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:00:00 GMT Declan McCullagh FBI nudges state 'fusion centers' into the shadows http://www.news.com/8301-13578_3-9916599-38.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TheIconoclast WASHINGTON -- The FBI is pressuring states to become more secretive and limit even routine oversight of the bureau's data-sharing arrangements with local police, a new document shows.

A memorandum of understanding written by the FBI and signed by the state of Virginia in February 2008 aims to curb ...

]]> http://www.news.com/8301-13578_3-9916599-38.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TheIconoclast Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:40:00 GMT Declan McCullagh Home automation system, YouTube nab burglars http://www.news.com/8301-13578_3-9914877-38.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TheIconoclast Fans of home automation systems controlled by a personal computer like to speculate about how their software might be able to snare intruders. An Indiana man named Fred Thompson actually did it.

Court documents show the story started after Thompson's home in Fort Wayne, Ind., was burglarized. Thompson responded ...

]]> http://www.news.com/8301-13578_3-9914877-38.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TheIconoclast Wed, 09 Apr 2008 01:38:00 GMT Declan McCullagh Lovestruck MySpace teen not guilty of harassment, court says http://www.news.com/8301-13578_3-9914734-38.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TheIconoclast The annals of history are replete with examples of teenage angst and unrequited love. It took the state of New York to make those a crime.

State prosecutors decided to charge Isaiah Rodriguez, 18, of aggravated harassment and endangering the welfare of a child over a series of MySpace.com ...

]]> http://www.news.com/8301-13578_3-9914734-38.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TheIconoclast Tue, 08 Apr 2008 23:31:00 GMT Declan McCullagh Pittsburgh couple sues Google over Street View http://www.news.com/8301-13578_3-9911673-38.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TheIconoclast
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A Pittsburgh couple is suing Google because photographs of their home are appearing on the company's street view service.

The lawsuit, filed in Allegheny County court on April 2, claims there was a private road sign on their street that Google should have honored. It claims ...

]]> http://www.news.com/8301-13578_3-9911673-38.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TheIconoclast Fri, 04 Apr 2008 19:42:00 GMT Declan McCullagh RIAA: N.Y. judge's 'making available' ruling was no setback http://www.news.com/8301-13578_3-9910636-38.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TheIconoclast The Recording Industry Association of America says a New York judge's ruling earlier this week really wasn't much of a setback for them. In fact, they say they don't mind it much at all.

This is my article from Tuesday to which the RIAA is responding. And ...

]]> http://www.news.com/8301-13578_3-9910636-38.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TheIconoclast Thu, 03 Apr 2008 19:15:00 GMT Declan McCullagh Homeland Security blinks on Real ID: No hassles on May 11 http://www.news.com/8301-13578_3-9909928-38.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TheIconoclast

This map, updated earlier Wednesday by Homeland Security, shows all states as green--meaning no new air travel or federal building hassles on May 11. Current hassles will continue. The next deadline is December 31, 2009.

WASHINGTON--In the long-running Real ID staring match, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security ended ...

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