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The Google Data Empire.

Here's the letter from 38 state attorneys general to Larry Page.

"Google Whores Out Users with False Privacy Claims".

OP might be first space lawyer, but we've already had lawyers come from space. I'm from Pennsylvania, and our chief lawyer is a space cadet: http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/press.aspx?id=3632

http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/theoffice.aspx?id=71 Please contact the Pennsylvania Attorney General's office about this. I know at least 10 people who have so far. Remember, phone calls and handwritten letters are taken more seriously than emails.

I live in Pennsylvania, and like a number of other states we've had a state-wide DNC list for over a year now. I put my number of the list shortly after it was announced, and unsolicited calls to my apartment since the list went in effect have almost all stopped - one or two a month at most, and even those are from bonafide non profits (Pittsburgh Symphony, etc). Pre-list, I would say we got 2 or 3 calls each morning. Although on the upside I didn't need to remember to set my alarm before...

It looks like our Attorney General has even tried his hand at enforcing the law by suing Liberty One Financial, Inc. The press release states that they are seeking damages of $1000 per violation, $3000 if the violation involves a complainant over 60 years of age, and a ban on the company's right to do business in PA.

http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/ags/all.cfm

If you're in PA and you use Linux, consider filling out this Consumer Complaint Form. Maybe we can get the PA, and other states', attorney general interested.

Online complaint form for the SEC:

http://www.sec.gov/complaint/selectconduct.shtml

You'll have to check your particular state for information on how to contact your attorney general; for PA, it's: http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/ (and the contact form is http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/contact/Index.cfm)

Online complaint form for the SEC:

http://www.sec.gov/complaint/selectconduct.shtml

You'll have to check your particular state for information on how to contact your attorney general; for PA, it's: http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/ (and the contact form is http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/contact/Index.cfm)

And a substantial number of voters will probably buy it.

Pennsylvania's Do-Not-Call law makes exceptions for:

• Made in response to a consumer's previous express request.
• In reference to an existing debt, contract, payment or performance.
• When an established business relationship between the consumer and the entity making the call currently exists.
• Made on behalf of a tax-exempt charitable or fraternal organization.
• Made on behalf of a veterans' organization.
• Made on behalf of a political candidate.

Hopefully the politicos will take a lesson from Pennsylvania's AG and enforce this law.

-- Aumaden

Yes, our new governor is heading this up, I beleive I saw on the local news the other day. The fine is $1000 for each offense, $3000 if the offended is a senior citizen, as seniors are often targeted by telemarketers. I think the offended gets 10% of the fine, the state gets the rest.

I should have posted the link to PA's site in my original post... http://www.nocallsplease.com/

...And if you are called: http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/ppd/bcp/telemarketi ng/DNC_disclaimer.cfm

...And the FAQ:
Q: When a telemarketer is fined, where does the money go?

A: Act 24 requires that 10% of any civil penalties collected are remitted back to the consumer who was illegally called, up to $100 per consumer. The remainder of civil penalties are placed into the Commonwealth's General Fund.
http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/ppd/bcp/telemarketi ng/DoNotCall_List_FAQ.cfm

Yes, our new governor is heading this up, I beleive I saw on the local news the other day. The fine is $1000 for each offense, $3000 if the offended is a senior citizen, as seniors are often targeted by telemarketers. I think the offended gets 10% of the fine, the state gets the rest.

I should have posted the link to PA's site in my original post... http://www.nocallsplease.com/

...And if you are called: http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/ppd/bcp/telemarketi ng/DNC_disclaimer.cfm

...And the FAQ:
Q: When a telemarketer is fined, where does the money go?

A: Act 24 requires that 10% of any civil penalties collected are remitted back to the consumer who was illegally called, up to $100 per consumer. The remainder of civil penalties are placed into the Commonwealth's General Fund.
http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/ppd/bcp/telemarketi ng/DoNotCall_List_FAQ.cfm

I'd've voted for the guy if he were even slightly not a Republican.

Routing lookup and filter processing work differently. A routing lookup can be done with a kind of hash, and is often done in hardware for maximum speed. Filter processing is more complicated due to the fact that it has to test more kinds of things, and make varied decisions based on the results. That ends up requiring that the filters be tested in sequence. Unfortunately, the filter matching on addresses are not usually implemented as a hash lookup, and so, each filter access-list entry does one match at a time, in the specified sequence. I've seen routers slow down by having too many access-list entries. This could be designed better in routers and I could describe how, but the sad fact is it hasn't been done anywhere I've seen (most Cisco). But since this kind of blocking isn't the kind needed to keep a DoS attack from going further into the network, it works to simply add the addresses to be blocked to the route table and send their packets to a null interface (e.g. the bit bucket). The web server with the pr0n thus never even gets the SYN packet and no connection is ever established.

And yes, there are ways around it. 99% of the masses will never even think to try to go around it, which is probably sufficient to satisfy the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office Criminal Law Division Child Sexual Exploitation Unit.

The attorney general of Pennsylvania is a dirty communist!

He wouldn't let a good, capitalistic company be sold and move its factories out of Hershey!