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Comments · 9

  1. Re:The van by NewtonsLaw · · Score: 2, Interesting · on Further Updates On Terrorist Attack
    This report has been dismissed by some other sources.

    An up-to-the-minute running report on the whole story can be found on
    7amNews.com -- it's been going since 9am this morning and is pretty concise for those with limited time.


    Another suggestion worth a look is that offered part way down
    this page which suggests that Microsoft's Flight Simulator might be the new terrorist training tool.

  2. Probes coming from dial-up connections too! by NewtonsLaw · · Score: 3 · on Code Red Worm Spreading, Set To Flood Whitehouse
    My firewall is getting it about once every four or five minutes with probes coming mainly from servers based in countries along the Asian rim (Japan, Korea, etc).

    Fortunately, a trace of the sources indicate that the servers involved are being shut down pretty quickly by their admins.

    One alarming aspect is the number of these probes that are obviously coming from servers connected through PPP dial-up accounts.

    I wonder how many people have installed IIS on PCs running IIS and don't even know it's running?

    News With Attitude

  3. Screenshots ... by AftanGustur · · Score: 2 · on Surveillance on Peer-to-Peer Networks

    Here are some screenshots of one of the 'spy' progams.


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    Why pay for drugs when you can get Linux for free ?

  4. The record industry *IS* targeting ISPs! by NewtonsLaw · · Score: 1 · on Surveillance on Peer-to-Peer Networks

    The claims made in the 7amNews story referred to in the Salon article seems to have been verified by this story currently running on CNet. It looks like the recording industry is saving itself time and money by forcing ISPs to block file-swappers that the Media Tracker system has identified. There's also some extra stuff on the 7amNews.com site that answers more questions that are being asked.

  5. The record industry *IS* targeting ISPs! by NewtonsLaw · · Score: 1 · on Surveillance on Peer-to-Peer Networks

    The claims made in the 7amNews story referred to in the Salon article seems to have been verified by this story currently running on CNet. It looks like the recording industry is saving itself time and money by forcing ISPs to block file-swappers that the Media Tracker system has identified. There's also some extra stuff on the 7amNews.com site that answers more questions that are being asked.

  6. Music industry tracking individual MP3 sharers by Torqued · · Score: 1 · on Gnutella at One Year
    "Nobody's gone after gnutella because there's nobody to go after. There is no central server to shut down like there was with Napster."

    Wanna bet? Check out the article on theInternet Anti-Piracy System (aka Media Tracker)... also.. check out the screenshots here.

    "The software, developed by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), mimics all the commonly used and less-well-known file-sharing clients used to share music. The software can also be used to keep an eye on IRC chatrooms and newsgroups, according to New Zealand Web site 7amnews.com, which has obtained what it claims are screenshots of Media Tracker in operation."

    and

    "Media Tracker builds up a list of tracks, the networks they're being shared on - Napster, Freenet, Gnutella etc. - the sharer's IP address and the name of their host or ISP. The date and time the song at which a given song was shared is also recorded. All this is held in a database that can be used to cross-check individuals' sharing patterns and to locate ISPs with a high percentage of sharers among their subscribers. "

    Looks like they may be gearing up to go after individual traders, or at least their ISP's.

  7. Slashdot rejected this by Wakko+Warner · · Score: 1 · on Photorealistic, Reliable 3D Mapping For Robots
    Watch them post a link to this tomorrow afternoon, though. See, news (like the RIAA monitoring IRC, Gnutella, Freenet, FTP, the Web, and just about every other goddamned thing that sends out packets) is only NEWS when the most EYEBALLS will see it. You'll read this story again tomorrow afternoon, but I'm giving it to you now. Oh, there's screenshots of it, too.

    - A.P. (-1, offtopic, I know.)

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    * CmdrTaco is an idiot.

  8. Re:personal favorite by NewtonsLaw · · Score: 1 · on Mir Deathwatch

    The news site at 7amnews.com also says they're going to cover the descent from New Zealand. I guess if their coverage suddenly stops we'll know where Mir landed :-)

  9. Trolls, etc by Alien54 · · Score: 1 · on Is Open Source The New Jerusalem?
    Well, with all of this hoopla, people tend to overlook things. I do not believe that things are going to be as rosy as some people make out.

    Check Out this tibdit. The music industry has developed tools to track down music server/sharers on an IP by IP basis, going after the individuals themselves. (screenshoots at the article). This type of thing is going top bring about more of a loss of freedom that many people have realized.

    Abusing the system only leads to a tightening of the screws, or to chaos. This olde editorial about the Tragedy of the Commons is useful to look at. The comment posted the other day in regard to spam is a great follow up.

    The point being that everyone with a political agenda to twist someone's nose contributes to a weakening of the system.

    In a different area I made the following rambling classification of trolls:

    Some trolls are the under the bridge types, that are only interested in goats.

    Others are more interested in hoarding their shiny objects and collect their favorite gadgets, and try to prove how their collection is better. This relates to the article in New Scientist some months back about guys flaunting cell phones in bars as a display to attract women.

    You also get the trolls whose main purpose is to smash (Hulk SMASH!), break and destroy. Depending on the topic, gets into a repeating cycle, since to only way to break the cycle is to take an honest look at the thing involved. Some destructive trolls have too much invested in this. Tradition has it that there are Microsoft trolls who seek to destroy Linux. And Linux Trolls too.

    Too many people are in touch with their inner Troll, and think that is the only way to be.

    This does not help things in the long run, and threatens the very goals we seek to achieve.