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Law Requires Italian Web Cafes to Record ID
Armadni General writes "CNN is reporting that a new Italian law requires that all businesses offering public internet access, such as web cafes, to identify and record all customers. While supporters of this law trumpet its anti-terrorism potential, still others see no such advantage and bemoan this invasion of personal privacy. 'They must be able, if necessary, to track the sites visited by their clients. [...] Contents of people's e-mail is, however, supposed to remain private and can only be made available to law enforcement through a court order. Italy also obliges telecommunications companies to keep traffic data and European ministers agreed last week to require the carriers to retain records of calls and e-mails for a maximum of two years. The European Parliament's two largest groups endorsed the data retention initiative on Wednesday despite complaints from privacy advocates and telecoms, and the full body is expected to adopt a bill next week.'"
Three cheers for fake ID!
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Luckily I am well-versed in the ancient art of JAPing over Tor, and I have studied the lost techniques of Knoppix burning.
Global warming is a cube.
We let others go first and then we repeat their mistakes. Let the flogging begin. We deserve it.
Aah, so you see now what Americans have to bear with every day: fascistic laws *and* having to read them on /. too :)
"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
Blaaargh! These damned Americans and their Big Brother.... oh.
... I have studied the lost techniques of Knoppix burning.
Your knoppix-fu is easily defeated by their BIOS-fu, Configuring a public system to *only* boot from the hard drive is necessary to prevent bypassing anti-virus software and installing malware. Your fu is only useful against weaklings who fail to update BIOS settings.