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ZEN NEWS 07.7.25

JUDGES RESPOND TO SITE OUTING INFORMANTS
In response to a Web site that outs criminal informants and
undercover agents, some U.S. judges are withholding certain
court documents from the Internet. Federal judges in eastern
Pennsylvania and southern Florida are keeping plea and
sentencing memos out of online case files because of
concerns that the information is being posted on a Web site
called WhosARat.com.

RUSSIAN PROSECUTOR SEEKS 3 YEAR JAIL TERM FOR ALLOFMP3 HEAD
For the former operator of the Russian music download portal
allofmp3.com the threat of a prison term in his own country
is real. In the trial against Denis Kvasov, the former owner
of the site, the public prosecutor in Moscow had demanded on
Monday in Moscow that the defendant be given a 3-year jail
sentence for violating copyright on a massive scale.

CANADIAN SITE HIT WITH HUMAN RIGHTS COMPLAINT
The owner of a Kingston-based, right-wing website has been
slapped with a Canadian Human Rights Commission complaint
over a post that allegedly attacks Muslims. Freedominion.ca,
owned and operated by Connie Wilkins of Kingston, said she
first learned of the complaint against her last Wednesday,
when a CHRC letter reminded her to respond to the complaint,
filed June 4, 2006.

LAWYERS OBTAIN COURT APPROVAL FOR POP-UP ADS
A federal judge in Syracuse has cleared the way for lawyers
in New York State to use pop-up ads on the Internet, but did
not answer the bigger but more subtle issue of whether firms
must label newsletters and e-mail messages to clients as
advertising. The decision, issued Friday, said that
statewide rule changes that took effect on Feb. 1 violated
the free speech of lawyers.

MICROSOFT, ASK.COM TEAM UP ON PRIVACY PROTECTION
Microsoft and Ask.com said yesterday they are joining
together to encourage the creation of a set of privacy
principles for collecting data about people through online
advertising and search programs. Microsoft said it has
enhanced the privacy protection for users of its Windows
Live service by making search query data anonymous after 18
months. It would do so by permanently removing "cookie"
identifications, the IP address, and other identifiers from
search terms. Yahoo also announced similar plans yesterday.
The policies match the one that Google announced earlier
this year.

RESEARCHERS REPORT BREAKING INTO IPHONE VIA WEB SITE
Security researchers reported yesterday that hackers could
take control of an iPhone if its owner visits a doctored Web
site or Internet hotspot. The vulnerability of the vaunted
device, Apple's first cell phone, is only theoretical for
now. There are no reports of criminals actually taking
advantage of the security glitch to remotely access an
iPhone.

E-VOTING SYSTEMS "HACKED" FOR FLAWS
Siliconvalley.com reports that a handful of computer experts
have just wrapped up an intense two months of hacking or
otherwise manipulating electronic voting systems. The
rigorous testing for vulnerabilities in touch-screen voting
machines are part of an unprecedented "top-to-bottom" review
ordered by Secretary of State Debra Bowen to ensure that the
state's voting systems are secure - and whether they should
be certified for use.

CRITICS SAY THAI CYBER LAW INVADES PRIVACY
A new cyber-crime law has come into force in Thailand this
week, which allows police to seize computers from homes and
businesses. Authorities say the Computer-related Crimes Act
will help crack down on Internet pornography. Media rights
activists say the law will allow the government to invade
people's privacy.
by papasone | 2007-07-27 06:32 | ZEN NEWS