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Okay, this is downright creepy. In the name of comprehensive 911 coverage for all VoIP customers, the FCC is seriously considering compiling a comprehensive catalogue of internet access points. On p. 33 of this document, FCC chair Kevin Martin writes: A number of possible methods have been proposed to automatically identify the location of a [...]

Blog-a-thon tag: EFF15 More good publication news today: Dan Miller has agreed to publish my letter to Macworld. It’s about “Trusted Computing,” which has not even been discussed in the pages of MacWorld. I knew something about Digital Rights Management last summer when I went to Budapest for the 2-week seminar, Intellectual Property in Comparative [...]

The Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies has just published my review of Christine L. Borgman‘s book, From Gutenberg to the Global Information Infrastructure: Access to Information in the Networked World. Thanks to David Silver for his excellent editorial work. I think his suggestions definitely strengthened the review, and the RCCS site is in great shape.