September 2001 Archives

September 25, 2001

Associated Press: Starbucks apologizes for charging NYC rescue workers for water

September 24, 2001

Wired News: GPS races to speeders’ rescue

September 22, 2001

Washington Post: To attacks’ toll add a programmer’s grief

September 21, 2001

TechTV: FBI investigates web domains: suspicious names registered before attack

Washington Post: Anti-terror push stirs fears for liberties

wartimeliberty.com: Freedom and security during war

CNET News.com: Yahoo News hacked, story changed

September 20, 2001

CNET News.com: eBay’s charity auction upsets some sellers (note the statement near the end of report that PayPal is deducting credit card processing costs from Red Cross donations — PayPal’s web site says that “100% of the proceeds” will be donated)

September 19, 2001

Wired News: Coalition to Congress: slow down (also see In Defense of Freedom)

September 17, 2001

NBA Playerfile: Michael Jordan

CNN: Microsoft to alter ‘Flight Simulator’ game

September 16, 2001

Seattle Times: Lingering U.S. rights vs. safety debate is revived

September 15, 2001

Los Angeles Times: Activist groups on lookout for erosion of civil liberties

Washington Post: Terrorism bills revive civil liberties debate

September 14, 2001

Wired News: Senate OKs FBI net spying

Wired News: Civil liberty the next casualty?

Wired News: Hiding like snakes in the e-grass

September 13, 2001

InformationWeek: Report: FBI seeks e-mail about attacks; Digdirt.com: E-mails link Osama bin Laden’s terrorist network to Tuesday’s bombings

Computerworld: FBI to investigate Internet’s role in terrorist attacks; Washington Post: Privacy trade-offs reassessed; objections to surveillance technology face new test after attack

InformationWeek: Cyberscuffles follow terrorist attacks; Newsbytes: Hackers discuss retaliatory cyberstrikes

Wired News: Congress mulls stiff crypto laws

Los Angeles Times: Officials call for more net security

Privacy Headquarters: How to aid investigators (a guide for financial institutions dealing with requests for information by law enforcement authorities in the wake of terrorist attacks)

Space Imaging: Attack on America (pre-attack and post-attack satellite photos)

ZDNet Anchordesk: Aftermath: How terrorists attacked your privacy rights, too

Computerworld: Consumers warned to beware of online disaster-relief scams; eWeek: Tragedy attracts spammers (also see CNET News.com, InternetNews.com, MSNBC, Wired News, and ZDNet News)

Computerworld: FBI issues cyberthreat advisory

The New Republic: Law and Order (by Jeffrey Rosen)

The Register: Taleban site hacked and defaced

September 12, 2001

Poynter.org: Front pages from Tuesday special editions; Front pages from the day after

CAUCE: Email groups warn of terrorism-related scams online

InternetNews.com: CERT says no cyber-terrorism accompanied attacks (also see Interactive Week)

Wired News: Anti-attack feds push Carnivore (also see CNET News.com, MSNBC, The Register, and ZDNet, for additional coverage of FBI serving search warrants on ISPs)

September 11, 2001

Politechbot: Anonymous remailer operators start to take remailers offline (also see Network World) — but see a contradictory report in The Register

September 09, 2001

BBC News: Offensive e-mail lands law firm in trouble

September 03, 2001

SatireWire: Windows not a virus

Ananova: Defendant faces the music rather than paying fine (Ohio man convicted of disorderly conduct is ordered to listen to four hours of polka music)

September 01, 2001

Salon.com: Copywrong? A government report giving the Digital Millennium Copyright Act a passing grade is a disaster for the general public, say critics

Privacy.Org: Rental car agencies install tracking devices

InternetNews.com: MAPS, Media3 settle mail-blocking case