Liudvikas Bukys

American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (aacrao.org):

Final Report, NSF-LAMP Project: Identifying Where Technology Logging and Monitoring and Increased Security End and Violations of Personal Privacy and Student Records Begin

EDS bans IM. Viral risk avoidance [The Register]

Chronicle of Higher Ed:
Virginia Tech Police Seize and Search a Professor’s Computer in Vandalism Case

Brad Templeton:
Sample of Larry Ellison’s new National ID Card
“If you’re innocent, you have nothing to hide.”

USA ACT (PDF):

SEC. 217. INTERCEPTION OF COMPUTER TRESPASSER COM-

MUNICATIONS.

Chapter 119 of title 18, United States Code, is

amended—

(1) in section 2510—

(A) in paragraph (17), by striking ‘‘and’’

at the end;

(B) in paragraph (18), by striking the pe-

riod and inserting a semicolon; and

(C) by inserting after paragraph (18) the

following:

‘‘(19) ‘protected computer’ has the meaning set

forth in section 1030; and

‘‘(20) ‘computer trespasser’—

‘‘(A) means a person who accesses a pro-

tected computer without authorization and thus

has no reasonable expectation of privacy in any

communication transmitted to, through, or from

the protected computer; and

‘‘(B) does not include a person known by

the owner or operator of the protected computer

to have an existing contractual relationship with

the owner or operator of the protected computer

for access to all or part of the protected com-

puter.’’; and

(2) in section 2511(2), by inserting at the end

the following:

‘‘(i) It shall not be unlawful under this chapter for

a person acting under color of law to intercept the wire

or electronic communications of a computer trespasser,

if—

‘‘(i) the owner or operator of the protected com-

puter authorizes the interception of the computer

trespasser’s communications on the protected com-

puter;

‘‘(ii) the person acting under color of law is

lawfully engaged in an investigation;

‘‘(iii) the person acting under color of law has

reasonable grounds to believe that the contents of

the computer trespasser’s communications will be

relevant to the investigation; and

‘‘(iv) such interception does not acquire commu-

nications other than those transmitted to or from

the computer trespasser.’’.

Carnivore substitute keeps Feds honest. NetWitness, a commercial alternative to Carnivore. [The Register]

InfoWorld – RECOVERY – Ellison offers free software for national ID.

There has been an ongoing debate in the U.S. during recent years regarding the creation of a national ID card system, based on the existing Social Security card, that would include a centralized computer-based registry of all U.S. citizens. While some government officials in the past have advocated the creation of such a system as a means of curtailing illegal immigration in the U.S., organizations such as the American Civil Liberties Union have repeatedly voiced their opposition to the plan.

ACLU September 17, 1998 – Testimony Against Establishing a National ID Card. An old entry but becoming relevant again, especially due to Mr Ellison.

[Privacy Digest]

Chronicle of Higher Education: Libraries Criticize Federal Report on Digital-Copyright Law. Advocates for libraries are criticizing a U.S. Copyright Office report, released late Wednesday, that recommends against revising copyright law to assure that libraries and consumers can lend and archive software and other electronic material they purchase. [Tomalak’s Realm]

Internet Week: Arrest Of Computer Researcher Is Arrest Of First Amendment Rights. Bruce Schneier. Yet now here we are in 21st-century America, where the profits of the major record labels, movie houses and publishing companies are more important than First Amendment rights. In many ways, we’re seeing the legacy of the NSA’s long war against cryptographic information. [Tomalak’s Realm]

FBI chief Mueller lied to Senate about key-logging. Off to a great start [The Register]