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Archive for October, 2007

notMac challenge awarded!

It seems that somebody has finally met the criteria necessary to win the notMac challenge, which was meant to create a free and open source replacement for Apple’s .mac service. According to the SourceForge page the server is OS neutral, but I’ve yet to find instructions on how to set it up on anything […]

Encryption in the UK now legally irrelevant

Ars Technica reports that a new law going into effect today make it a criminal offense to refuse an order to decrypt your own data.

Individuals who are believed to have the cryptographic keys necessary for such decryption will face up to 5 years in prison for failing to comply with police or military orders to […]

On Burma

Technocrat carries two informative articles on the current savage military lockdown in Burma.
The Risk of Journalism discusses Courage against the Junta, an article I found painful to read.

We disguised his identity before putting the interview to air. Later, I learned he had been arrested by secret police. For telling the […]