Fact Squad Radio On 'The Spy in Your Computer'

URIICA co-founder Lauren Weinstein writes: "Greetings. My latest very short "Fact Squad Radio" audio (MP3) vignette is entitled "The Spy in Your Computer?" It discusses the current controversy and risks regarding the FBI's reported "Magic Lantern" computer virus project and similar surveillance systems. It may be of some interest. The segment may be accessed via: http://www.factsquad.org/radio." Here's a direct link to the file, but the others are worth checking out, too.

Comments

Er, pretty factless

[imrdkl]

Nothing new there, at least not from what's been discussed here. Feels like just another sound byte, to me. (779k sound bytes, to be precise)

Perhaps nice for joe-user, but in that case, it borders on fanaticism, given the claims made against ML with no real explanation How it Works.

"Fact" Squad

[n-baxley]

I hate to do this since this seems like a neat site, but the "radio" broadcasts are not very packed with facts. I listened to several of them, and the only one that had any facts in it was the Cell Phone Ban segment. Most of it is just his opinoins. Maybe my definition of facts is too rigid. I like the concept, but the name doesn't ring true.

OT - he won't get a fair trial

[Anonymous Coward]

dead men can't defend themselves.
that's American revenge, oh, I mean justice

Rights of lasdot editors

[sales_worldwide]

I know. I have had many stories refused, and am glad to hear of others who have had the problem. The Slashdot editors are obviously too busy docking dicks with Katz and Jamie (so they can pretend to have foreskins) to get any real work done:

2001-01-08 13:26:50 What'se a good joystick (or rather, pad) for Quake (askslashdot,games) (rejected)
2001-01-09 15:51:12 How to program for DoCoMo java phones? (askslashdot,programming) (rejected)
2001-01-09 16:09:02 Pile cream recommendations? (askslashdot,linuxcare) (rejected)
2001-01-09 16:54:12 Penis Extenders for linux geeks - do they work? (askslashdot,linuxcare) (rejected)
2001-01-11 09:13:23 Halitosis solution for linux users? (askslashdot,linuxcare) (rejected)
2001-01-11 11:30:01 How does the new 2.4 linux kernel compare to FreeB (askslashdot,unix) (rejected)
2001-01-12 09:59:38 Nerds cause a plane to emergency land (articles,news) (rejected)
2001-01-12 10:05:40 How can linux users get girls? (askslashdot,linuxcare) (rejected)
2001-01-12 11:02:29 Linux users may be able to get the girls after all (articles,linuxcare) (rejected)
2001-01-12 11:43:06 So what has happened to HavenCo, 6 months on? (askslashdot,humor) (rejected)
2001-01-17 10:58:13 Linux Torvalds responsible for Transmeta losing HP (articles,transmeta) (rejected)
2001-01-17 14:08:15 Densest matter created (articles,science) (rejected)
2001-01-18 10:25:05 Unix software for TiVo style TV recording/pausing? (askslashdot,unix) (rejected)
2001-01-19 10:47:40 Legal help required in getting back my kid from Li (askslashdot,linuxcare) (rejected)
2001-01-19 10:56:31 Boffins triple mobile network capacity (articles,science) (rejected)
2001-01-22 10:27:24 Disposable phones (articles,news) (rejected)
2001-01-22 13:21:10 Microelectronics grows up. Will linux users? (articles,news) (rejected)
2001-01-22 13:33:49 Penis Extenders for Power Users? (askslashdot,linuxcare) (rejected)
2001-01-25 10:10:32 MIR fucked (articles,space) (rejected)
2001-02-05 16:56:13 Wave/sea power - what are the dangers? (askslashdot,science) (accepted)
2001-03-22 17:04:30 Zimmerman is a fuckwit - proof here. (articles,news) (rejected)
2001-09-10 09:13:55 Linux GPL Loophole - PowerVR not releasing source (articles,linux) (rejected)
2001-09-17 11:45:08 Linux GPL violations (articles,news) (rejected)
2001-09-17 11:54:40 GPL loophole for linux (askslashdot,linux) (rejected)
2001-09-25 10:01:15 Secure Fax Recommendations (askslashdot,news) (rejected)
2001-10-29 09:11:25 Linux/'GPL/Loophole (articles,patents) (rejected)
2001-11-05 15:45:59 ATM Fraud - experiences and stories? (articles,news) (rejected)
2001-11-14 12:11:17 Talking of cheap satellites (articles,news) (rejected)
2001-11-23 18:28:34 Wind up phone. (articles,news) (rejected)

Um blah blah blah

[linzeal]

Wtf ? This is baseless garbage for the most part. Few good snippets here and there. This boy needs to buy a junior high school english book and learn to write a frigging essay before boring people to death with his directionless unclever ranting.