Britain's Home Office has approved a plan that would expand warrantless searches of home PCs by police and M15 agents. The plan allows law enforcement to basically hack into a PC without a warrant. read more.
In New Year's eve's IT Blogwatch, Richi Jennings watches bloggers watch the MD5 hash algorithm get broken -- by a farm of PlayStations -- with worrying consequences for SSL digital certificates. Not to mention seasonal blinkenlights...
When President-elect Obama is inaugurated in the next few weeks, he'll have current and former Microsoft executives and their wives to thank for the bash --- they've donated in excess of $300,000. Google execs have dug deep into their pockets as well, and have given $150,000. I've got the list of donors and details in my blog.
It's the mother of all conspiracy theories. Republican tech Mike Connell dies in plane crash shortly before testifying about whether the 2004 presidential election was stolen. Was foul play involved, or has paranoia run amok?
