Annals of the Erosion of Privacy (cont’d.): Your Face Is Not a Bar Code:

Arguments Against Automatic Face Recognition in Public Places, by Phil Agre.

Napster Eclipsed by Newcomers: “Months after shutting down its file-trading service, Napster has finally been displaced by four new applications that allow users to trade music, movies and software, a new study concludes.

Four new file-sharing systems — FastTrack, Audiogalaxy, iMesh and Gnutella — were used to download 3.05 billion files during August, according to research firm Webnoize.

That’s more copyrighted material than was ever shared using Napster.” Wired

Arianna Huffington: A Blast From The Past: Nuclear Madness Sweeps White House — “To make the world safer.

That’s the justification by the Bush administration for its missile defense shield. But, as is often the case with the Bushies, once they have a goal, they let no facts or logic stand in their way, even if they contradict the original motivation. So just how far is the White House willing to go to build support across the globe for its missile defense shield obsession? Further than any sane person would imagine.”