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  from Tony Bradley, CISSP, your Editor and Guide
I hope all of the readers in the United States had a fun (and safe) Independence Day celebration this weekend. This week I posted an article about new legislation from Senator Hatch (R-UT) aimed at taking away some of that independence in the name of helping the RIAA fight pre-teens who download the latest Aaron Carter song illegally. I also posted a couple new book reviews as well as a blurb reiterating that switching to non-Microsoft products is fine and dandy- but it is still your responsibility to secure whatever product you do use.
 
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INDUCE Act Legislation
Senator Hatch is once again introducing legislation aimed at providing broad power to the RIAA and MPAA to fight their war against the P2P networks such as Kazaa and Grokster. The INDUCE (Inducement Devolves into Unlawful Child Exploitation Act) bill...read more

 
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Book Review: Always Use Protection
Dan Appleman's book Always Use Protection: A Teen's Guide To Safe Computing is an excellent source of information about the risks of using a computer on the Internet and how to protect yourself written in language that novice users can...read more

 
Book Review: Defend I.T.- Security By Example
Defend I.T.: Security By Example is the latest book from Ajay Gupta and Scott Laliberte and is a great compliment to their previous book Hack I.T.. Where Hack I.T. went into much greater detail about how various attacks work and...read more

 
 
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