[iwar] Historical posting


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             Victims of 911 Worm: FBI Warning Was No Hype 

 Self-diagnosed victims of the 911 Worm Thursday credited the FBI with protecting their hard disks from possible disaster. But others question whether the incident which began April Fools' Day is just the latest example of Internet-induced virus hysteria. "If it wasn't for list warnings, I wouldn't have caught it on time, and it would have detonated and wiped out my whole database and contacts," said Howard Gleichman, a paramedic in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, who said he discovered the worm on his hard drive Sunday after reading about it on an e-mail list for emergency management personnel. Gleichman said he subsequently forwarded the alert to more than 100 other people. http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article/0,2171,3_336231,00.html






Internet challenges old assumptions about spying 

 When Russian tanks unexpectedly rolled into Kosovo last summer - preempting and embarrassing NATO troops - George Friedman said he was among the first Americans to know. Friedman, who runs a private intelligence company in Texas, received an e-mail almost immediately from one of his sources in Kosovo. 

  "We knew before the government knew," he says.
 http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/0,1643,500189518-500255032-501300835-0,00.html






Microsoft announces Internet tools to control Web privacy Microsoft Corp. promised free Internet tools Thursday based on emerging privacy standards for controlling how much information Web users reveal. Coming from the world's largest software company, the tools could give impetus for Web sites and other companies to embrace the Platform for Privacy Practices, or P3P. The World Wide Web Consortium, an Internet standards group, may finalize P3P this summer. http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/breaking/merc/docs/016204.htm






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