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So why is it difficult to properly legislate for Cyberspace?

28th
Nov. × ’07
By Kevin A. Thompson
Ryan Blitstein asks this question in a great article at the Mercury News, here is the link. To summarize, the difficulties include legislators who don’t understand the technology, as well as companies that fight good laws because the proposed law hurts their bottom line. Special interests, as usual, appear to have more sway than implementing [...]
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Recent “Phishing” conviction in California

19th
Jan. × ’07
By Kevin A. Thompson
A California man was recently convicted of a “phishing” scam.  Specifically, Mr. Goodin’s conviction is based upon violations of the CAN-SPAM act (15 U.S.C. §§ 7701 et seq.), as well as 10 additional counts, including wire fraud, misuse of the AOL trademark, and attempted witness harassment. The article here at Mercury News makes a big [...]
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