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1)

Company working for China secret police to issue
passports to Americans
http://www.canadafreepress.com/2006/cover030806.htm
In an era where Americans will have commercial operations at six key
ports operated by Dubai Ports World, their future passports will be
issued from a contractor for the China secret police.
US courts forced the U.S. government to allow OTI in on the USA
biometric `epassport' program just weeks ago.  OTI is the contractor
for China secret police for the biometric ID card now coming online,
(www.smartcardalliance.org./newsletter/April 2003.cfm).
 That means that the same company that works for the China secret
police will have a role in providing all U.S. citizens with their
future passports?by court order.

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INTERNET HISTORY
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Internet/Home_Internet.html
Amazing Film on the early history of Network Resource Sharing.
IN THE BEGINNING ARPANET NCC (Network Control Center)
lived at BBN. Real people with a real phone number to call for network-related problems.


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PARENTS, TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, SCHOOL BOARDS
 WHO IS COLLECTING AND SELLING children's information?
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PRIVACY - It's Your Money
Opening the Door on the Credit Report and Throwing Away the Lock
In a dozen states, legislatures have set up procedures for residents
afraid of identity theft to lock and unlock their credit reports.
But credit-reporting agencies are pushing Congress to override the
state laws, which could make it harder for Americans to keep their
credit information under wraps.
Lobbyists for the big agencies - Equifax, Experian and TransUnion,
owned by the Marmon Group - are seeking to add an amendment to the
Financial Data Protection Act, a bill being rewritten by the House of
Representatives. (A similar bill, S1408, is working its way through
the Senate.) While the wording has not been set for the bill, also
known as HR3997, lobbyists for the credit agencies are pushing for a
law that limits the ability to lock credit reports to victims of
identity theft. Moreover, the reports could be unlocked with five
days' advance notice.
Once a report is locked, an agency cannot release any of its details.
NYT http://tinyurl.com/jjtmb

IRS permits tax preparers to sell your data
According to
<http://money.cnn.com/2006/03/17/commentary/everyday/sahadi/index.htm?cnn=yes>
tax preparers can, with your consent, sell any and all tax return data
to whomever.


4)

Future Trends in Computing - $125.00 PC, coming in June
Costing around 1,000 yuan (125 U.S. Dollars)
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Technology/trends.html



5)
Visa warns software may store customer data
http://news.com.com/Visa+warns+software+may+store+customer+data/2100-1029_3-6051261.html
A popular software that retailers use to control debit-card
transactions may inadvertently store sensitive customer information,
including PIN codes, says Visa.

6)
DHS Gets Another F in Computer Security
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/15/AR2006031501589.html
Most federal agencies that play key roles in the war on terror are doing
a dismal job of protecting their computers and information networks from
hackers and viruses, according to portions of a report to be released by
a key congressional oversight committee Thursday.


7)

The very interesting word Wardriving Explained
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Technology/Crystal_Radio7.html
Beware The Wardriver at Your Next Conference
http://www.internetnews.com/wireless/article.php/3592361
Every tech conference put on today is swimming in Wi-Fi signals. Some
are meant to provide public Internet access to attendees, and some are
meant to be private for exhibitors connecting to corporate networks.



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8)
Microsoft goes public with Blue Hat hacker conference
http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,109606,00.html
Microsoft Corp. is going public with some of the hacking information
discussed at its Blue Hat Security Briefings event. Just days after
the end of its third Blue Hat conference, the software vendor today
posted the first blog entries at a new Web site. Microsoft is also
promising to publish more details on the secretive invitation-only
event.

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9)
NIST sets FISMA standards for federal IT systems
http://www.gcn.com/online/vol1_no1/40127-1.html
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has released the
final standard for securing agency computer systems under the Federal
Information Security Management Act.

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10)
Lost Ernst & Young laptop exposes IBM staff
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/15/ernstyoung_ibm_laptop/
Exclusive - Ernst & Young has lost another laptop containing the
social security numbers and other personal information of its clients'
employees. This time, the incident puts thousands of IBM workers at
risk. Ex-IBM employees are also affected.

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