May 2004 Archived Blogs
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FBI ABDUCTS ARTIST, SEIZES ART
Feds Unable to Distinguish Art from Bioterrorism
U.S. Nearing Deal on Way to Track Foreign Visitors
The Patriot Act Board Game
Database Tagged 120,000 as Possible Terrorist Suspects
AEOLIAN RIDE
Join AEOLIAN RIDE - a mass bike ride through NYC with 50 inflatable suits on 6/5
etoy uses barcodes to track kids at etoy.DAY-CARE
Illuminating blacked-out words
European researchers at a security conference in Switzerland last week demonstrated computer-based techniques that can identify blacked-out words and phrases in confidential documents.
Bug Me Not
BugMeNot.com was created as a mechanism to quickly bypass the login of web sites that require compulsory registration and/or the collection of personal/demographic information (such as the New York Times).
Quick, After Him: Pac-Man Went Thataway
Interactive Map on SWIPE Toolkit Tracks Information Encoded on Drivers' Licenses
Through the use of SWIPE Toolkit's Decode Barcode application, we have been keeping track of information encoded on drivers' licenses in the US and Canada. Check out the current results.
When One Man's Video Art Is Another's Copyright Crime
Jon Routson puts his Bootleg series to rest at Team Gallery.
ACLU Challenge to "National Security Letter" Authority
The American Civil Liberties Union has challenged the FBI¹s unchecked authority to issue "National Security Letters" (NSLs), which demand sensitive customer records from Internet Service Providers and other businesses without judicial oversight.
In Search of the Elusive Swing Voter
Independents listen to a disproportionate amount of country radio, and they watch SportsCenter more often than other Americans.
SWG Star Wars Galaxies Jedi Account Naritus +3.5Mil Cred
Disney Forbidding Distribution of Film That Criticizes Bush