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No excuses here - I haven't posted a "best of" post in a few weeks. So I'm shifting to a monthly format. For May 2008, the most popular post was my 28 May 2008 article on ISP content filtering and the Wiretap Statute: Paul Ohm, a law professor at the University of Colorado, is arguing that ISP content filtering is a violation of the Federal Wiretap Statute. That’s a five-year felony sentence for the ISP, and perhaps for any I… Continue

Here's post #3 in my weekly series of excerpts from my blog - billso.com. Today's post is from 17 April. It's another article on two of my favorite topics: authentication and social media. I track several different issues, and it's fun when I can combine two of these interests into a single article. Virtual keyboards and monitoring software foil keystroke loggers: Executives are excellent targets for [keystroke logger] at… Continue

It's a day late, but here's an excerpt from one of my blog articles from last week. http://billso.com/2008/04/12/finding-business-contacts-password/ ...As I’ve mentioned before, some people and companies need to address security concerns. Many social networking sites want users to reveal their lives in detail, to create compelling profiles and additional links among users. But what if a user inadvertently reveal… Continue

Each week I post an excerpt from a billso.com article that I've posted. This week's post is from Thursday, 3 April 2008. ATA Airlines shuts down ... The Advertiser noted that ATA’s last flight out of Honolulu left at 0010 HT today, after the shutdown was announced. I doubt ATA gave local hotels and airlines much advance notice. This Star-Bulletin article describes how local executives and state officials started preparing last week as rumors of Aloha… Continue