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Identity Abuse

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Her picture became a porn ad
Scam artist stole her photo, used it in fake personals
By Bob Sullivan

“Don’t put your picture online” was a common warning in the early days of the Internet. Sound paranoid in the era of online dating? Don’t tell that to Laura, who 18 months ago put up an online personals ad for one month. Since then, her photo has been stolen and used in dozens of fake personals ads soliciting hard-core sex and pornography. “You have no control,” she said. “What’s hardest is you have no idea who’s seen it. What if someone really believes those things?”

The Beat Goes On

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Web Radio Expected to Keep Playing
Last-minute legislation permits negotiated royalty rates for small Webcasters.
By Michelle Madigan

"WASHINGTON — Small Webcasters expect to keep streaming their music, with Congress giving them a break on the royalty rates imposed on online radio stations."

Somebody’s Watching Me

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Feds Get New Snooping Powers
Surveillance court grants greater scope in search of terrorist activity; privacy issues raised.
Scarlet Pruitt

“A secret U.S. federal appeals court has granted law enforcement officials expanded domestic spying powers, allowing them to conduct a broad range of electronic surveillance including Internet monitoring and keystroke logging to track terrorism suspects.”

The decision, released earlier this week, overturned a previous ruling by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) last May. That decision rejected the U.S. government’s efforts to expand its domestic snooping authority.

Secret U.S. court OKs electronic spying
By Declan McCullagh

“update WASHINGTON–A secretive federal court on Monday granted police broad authority to monitor Internet use, record keystrokes and employ other surveillance methods against terror and espionage suspects.”

In an unexpected and near-complete victory for law enforcement, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review overturned a lower court’s decision and said that Attorney General John Ashcroft’s request for new powers was reasonable.

Drive-by Spamming

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This really pisses me off. This kind of stuff should really be illegal. Just because a port is open, doesn’t give you a right to spam it. That’s like tossing junk mail through someone’s open window.

Spammers slip ads through Windows
By Robert Lemos

“Spammers have co-opted an administration feature in Microsoft’s Windows operating systems and are using it to bring up intrusive advertisements on Internet-connected computers.”