minilinks for 2007-08-13

miniLinks by Hugh D'Andrade

• A Gateway for Hackers
  Susan Landau says wiretapping may create a security
  nightmare by tempting hackers.
  
• China Enacting a High-Tech Plan to Track People
  The Chinese government plans to use new ID cards to track
  all 12.4 million people in Shenzhen.
  
• Feds Consider Lowering Passenger Data Requirements
  Under a new plan, airlines would provide less data on
  travelers to the TSA.
  
• Delete This!
  Companies may begin retaining more data in response to the
  recent TorrentSpy case.
  
• Meltdown at the E-voting Machine
  The story behind why California's secretary of state
  decided to decertify E-voting machines.
  
• Voice ID Snares Drug Kingpin in Brazil
  Police identified Ramirez Abadia using voice recognition
  software, with help from the U.S. DEA.
  
• Perfect 10 Returns for More Abuse
  Having lost once, Perfect 10 returns to claim copyright
  infringement from search engine thumbnails.
  
• Microsoft Games Open for Non-Commercial Re-Use
  You can create derivative works -- but don't even think
  about reverse engineering!
  
• Mod Chip Raid Fallout: A Roundup
  Should cops target small time pirates or focus on the big
  game?
  
• DRM-free Tunes to be Watermarked
  Universal's plan to sell music without DRM doesn't mean it
  won't track user data.
  
• "Cyber-Punk" No More
  The man who supposedly coined the term "cyberspace" says
  the "cyber" prefix is fading from popular usage.
  
• Habeas Corpus for Avatars!
  Will avatars in Second Life end up having more rights than
  their human creators?
  

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