RE: Salon: To heck with hactivism

[ZoeScanner <zoescanner@yahoo.com>]

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 Agreed.
               Methinks it was intended to sound
detremental in oredr to rile us into more
effective action.
Besides the manifesto & the dedicated sites,
there were some other good things in it we should
think about.

Speaking of 'thinking about'...here are some
clips that bear reading for those that havent
seen em yet...methinks these links
could,would,should
 be put on the sites we make as well as any 
others relevent..

"Most people love to follow links"...and they
should have all the exposure to these articles as
they can get. Kinda verifies what we are
saying...........which canna hurt.

 Note:
1si is on to something here : 
<< I suggest that a presskit/manifesto be
inserted 
BEFORE the list of keywords, but in the same
message.
BTW, "manifesto" has some negative connotations 
(unabomber??) is"Policy Statement"too
straight??>>
 
or...How about a Privacy Education Statement?? 
and it should also be posted Everywhere we can
post Anything...
not to mention...sent as FWD's...Just a thought.

Now..here are those Articles of 'interest':

UK E-ENVOY: 'POWERGEN SCANDAL NO REASON FOR 
REFORM' 
UK e-envoy Alex Allan has ruled out the 
possibility of any policy changes in the wake of
the Powergen scandal... 
http://www.silicon.com/a38711 

FBI Pressuring Spy Archivist 

http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,37718,00.html

by Declan McCullagh (declan@wired.com) 

10:00 a.m. Jul. 21, 2000 PDT 
  
>>The FBI wants to delete a Japanese intelligence

document from a U.S. 
website. 

Two special agents on Thursday contacted online 
archivist John Young, who 
maintains a massive archive of files related to 
spy agencies, and politely 
asked him to yank information related to Japan's 
Public Security 
Investigation Agency. 

Young refused to comply with the request. He said

the FBI told him they 
were asking on behalf of the Japanese Ministry of

Justice, which oversees the PSIA.<<
<<snip>>
Have you seen this troubling article at Business 
Week? 

http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/july2000/nf00707g.htm

  
>>It's about a company - eWatch - that (quoting 
Slashdot), "specializes in 
tracking the comments of, and garnering personal 
information about folks 
with a beef with a company. The service isn't 
cheap, upwards of $5,000 per 
'screenname.' This was apparently used against 
Northwest Airlines sick-out employees last
Christmas.<<
<<snip>>

eWatch CyberSleuth 

http://www.ewatch.com/pop_sleuth.html 

<<<Now, Companies Can Track Down Their 
  Cyber-Critics 

 A new service allows corporate spinmeisters to
retaliate against outspoken citizens with
"reeducation" efforts -- or worse.

  Beware the public relations person with a
modem. 
Now corporate spinmeisters, too, can go online to
track customers -- especially the disgruntled
ones who vent their spleen in cyberspace. 

  That's right. All those companies you love to
hate now have a way to find out who's griping
about 
  them, and they can target complainers for a
little reeducation. 
Thanks to a new product from Dallas-based eWatch
-- and sold through Edelman Interactive public
relations agency and PR Newswire -- companies can
now monitor what people do or say on the Web and
respond. 

The result: So-called "anticorporate activism,"
as 
it's known in the flak trade, will never be the
same -- and neither will your sense of free
speech as a consumer.<<<
<<snip>>

Surveillance Proposal: Half Empty or Half Full?  
                                    
http://www.thestandard.com 
  
Clinton Administration Urges Updating Wiretap Law

for E-Mail 
http://interactive.wsj.com/articles/SB963877762516626935.htm

(Paid subscription required.) 

Proposal Offers Surveillance Rules for the 
Internet 
http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/00/07/biztech/articles/18secure.html

(Registration required.) 

E-Mail Privacy Guard Backed 
http://www.sjmercury.com/svtech/news/top/docs/email071800.htm


U.S. Hopes to Extend Online Wiretapping 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57330-2000Jul17.html


Clinton Proposes Updated Wiretap Laws (AP) 
http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/cti236.htm

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  & I've been a member of ICANN for a year now...
Reminder to those whom put it off 
till the last minute...tic tic tic....

ICANN DOT-EU VOTE: ONE WEEK TO DEADLINE 
Internet users have only a week left to register 
for Icann elections which will decide whether 
Europe gets its own dot-eu domain... 
http://www.silicon.com/a38715 
Lastly,

 We need this to continue & get better....
how ever patronising a gesture it may be..at
least 
BB are finally acknowledging the need..
Shows they are seeing the light, now to get em to
go into it...

Beefing Up Privacy Initiatives
   By CNET NEWS.COM 
 Trying to quell concern over online profiling,
  several major Internet companies are stepping
  up efforts to give surfers more information
about their privacy online. 


((Just tossed this on as a feel good peice...))

   Victim of Net Harassment Awarded
      By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 
A federal judge awarded a former fair housing
 advocate $1.1 million in damages from a
neo-Nazi group that displayed intimidating
images of her on its Web site. 

Peace
ZoeScanner
www.dfn.org




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