Attached Link: http://www.infoworld.com/ucita/

Anyone interested in privacy to look into the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (UCITA), which has been adopted bu Maryland and Virginia. "UCITA is filled with language that encourages software publishers to secretly deploy remote disabling devices in their software and offers them legal protection should those devices be discovered and exploited by others." UCITA is being continually debated and revised but clearly has some interesting implications for privacy. If you think terrorists are dangerous, watch out for corporate America protecting its interests. Don't look for help from the government either as long as lobbyists and corporate campaign contributions call the shots in DC. "...state of the art, 48k Sinclair Spectrum." I still have my Timex-Sinclair 2068. Wasn't life simple with only 48K of RAM and no internet?

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