off topic: LinuxPlanet:My Semi-Annual Security Rant

Interesting though: What do your politics have to do with your computer? For some, who question conventional wisdom and large institutions, the answer is an unashamed "everything." Going down a list of some of the worst recent privacy abuses, from weapon-sniffing scanners to the seemingly innocuous TiVO, Dennis E. Powell addresses the ironies inherent in a computing community intent on maintaining its firewalls while personal privacy vanishes. "Say hello to Big Brother," says Dennis: http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-06-06-005-20-OP -- Cheers, Joost