Friday, August 12, 2005

Its a two fer Friday :)

E-mail wiretap case can proceed, court says

"In a closely watched case governing Internet privacy, a federal appeals court has reinstated a criminal case against an e-mail provider accused of violating wiretap laws. .....
The case deals with an indictment of Bradford Councilman, formerly vice president of online bookseller Interloc, which is now part of Alibris.

Interloc provided some of its customers, typically dealers of rare or used books, with e-mail addresses ending in "@interloc.com." Councilman allegedly ordered the creation of a Procmail script, which saved copies of inbound messages from Amazon.com sent to those specialty book dealers, in hopes of gaining commercial intelligence. (Procmail is a popular Unix utility used for sorting and delivering incoming e-mail.) "

As an admin, what do you think of this? And from the opposite side, in my opinion,on this issue specifically to further commatize *grin*, what's the effect on privacy?
And the second item, as promised in the Title:
Mac Hacks Allow OS X on PCs
"Imagine if your next Mac cost you only $300, and ran faster than any G4 or G5 you've ever used.

That future may already be unfolding: Hackers have found a way to bypass a chip designed to prevent the Mac OS from running on non-Apple PCs, which are often cheaper than Macs. "
So, who's gonna do a geek speak on this? ;)

--MissM

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