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Jan30

Another law, another waste of time, another misunderstanding of the criminal mind

by Michael Farnum on January 30th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
Posted In: Crime, Laws, Security, Social Networking

Here’s another law (trying to get passed in New York) to try to stop sex offenders from getting on social networking sites, and in particular those sites where they might contact minors.  I haven’t seen the bill yet, but from what I am reading, it is essentially useless.  Just like all of these laws, it […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Dec07

Requiring sex offenders to register IM names and email addresses

by Michael Farnum on December 7th, 2006 at 4:35 pm
Posted In: Crime, Government, Laws, Rant, Security

I just wrote a post over at Computerworld entitled The Security of Web 2.0 – an Oxymoron. Then I find this story about Senators McCain and Schumer proposing legislation that will require sex offenders to register their IM names and email addresses. I need to read more about this bill. Like typical security legislation passed […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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